The document provides a timeline of major events and rulers from the Old Testament period starting with Abraham until the birth of Jesus. It outlines the establishment of Israel in Canaan, the united kingdom under Saul, David and Solomon, the division into Israel and Judah, the exile and returns from exile, and the period of prophets and empires until the birth of Jesus.
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Old Testament Timeline
1. Old Testament Timeline
Abraham until the Birth of Jesus
The Exodus
1446 BC
Writing of the
Torah
~1446 BC
The United Kingdom
1051 BC - 931 BC
The Conquest
1406 BC
Samuel
~1121 - ~1020 BC
Solomon’s Temple
966 BC
Saul’s Reign
1051 - 1011
David’s
Reign
1011 - 971
Solomon’s
Reign
971 - 931
Othniel
~1350 BC
Era of the Judges
Ehud
~1302 BC
Deborah
~1240 BC
Gideon
~1180 BC
Jephthah
~1124 BC Samson
~1104 BC
Israel in Egypt
Enslaved in Egypt
1876 BC
Isaac
2066 - 1886 BC Jacob (Israel)
2006 - 1859 BC
Abraham
2166 - 1991 BC
Abrahamic Covenant
2090 BC
Moses
1526 - 1406 BC
Mosaic Covenant
1446 BC
Davidic Covenant
977 BC
2. Divided Kingdom
931 - 722 BC
Israel
Jeroboam: 931-911
Nadab: 911-910
Baasha: 910-887
Bad King Good/Bad King
Good King Prophet
Major Prophet
Elah: 887-886
Zimri: 886
Judah
Omri: 886-875
Exile
586 - 538
Ahab: 875-853
Ahazariah: 853-852
Joram/Jehoram: 852-841
Jehu: 841-814
Jehoahaz 814-798
Joash/Jehoash 798-782
Jeroboam II 782-753
Zechariah 753
Shallum: 752
Menahem: 752-742
Pekahiah: 742-740
Pekah: 740-732
Hoshea: 732-722
Assyrian Empire 810 - 605 Babylonian Empire 605-539 Persian Empire 539-334
Rehoboam: 931-913
Abijah/Abijam: 913-911
Asa: 911-870
Jehoshaphat: 873-848
Jehoram: 848-841
Alexandrian
Empire
334-323
Ahaziah: 841
Queen Athaliah: 841-835
Joash/Jehoash: 835-796
Amaziah: 796-767
Uzziah/Azariah: 767-740
Jotham: 750-731
Ahaz: 735-715
Hezekiah: 715-686
Manasseh: 686-642
Amon: 642-640
Josiah: 640-609
Jehoaha: 609
Jehoiakim: 608-598
Jehoiachin: 598-597
Zedekiah: 597-586
Elijah: 875-852
Elisha: 852-797
Jonah: 760
Amos: 760
Micah: 742
Hosea: 755
Isaiah: 740-681
Nahum: 660-630
Israel falls to
Assyria - 722 BC
Zephaniah: 640-609
Habakkuk: 640-609
Jeremiah: 627
Daniel: 605
Ezekiel: 597
Obadiah: ~586
Haggai: 520
Zechariah: 520
Malachi: 460
Nebuchadnezzar
Attacks on
Jerusalem
605, 597, 586
Jeshua and
Zerubbabel Led
Return
538
Temple Rebuilt
515
Ezra Led Return
458
Nehemiah Led
Return
445
Ptolemaic
Empire
323-204 Seleucid
Empire
204-165
Maccabean
Period
165-163
Roman Empire
63 BC - 70 AD
Titus Destroyed the
Temple
70 AD
Jesus’ Birth
~4 BC
Crucifixion
~33 AD
Wall of
Jerusalem Rebuilt
445
Joel: 586