| FROM THE CREATION OF ADAM TO THE BIRTH OF CHRIST | |||
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| Period | Date | Event | Scripture Reference |
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I From Adam to the Deluge |
B.C. | ||
| 4004 | Man Created | Gen. 1, 2 | |
| 4002 | Birth of Cain | Gen. 4:1 | |
| 4001 | Birth of Abel | Gen. 4:2 | |
| 3875 | Death of Abel | Gen. 4:8 | |
| 3874 | Birth of Seth | Gen. 5:3 | |
| 3382 | Birth of Enoch | Gen. 5:18 | |
| 3317 | Birth of Methuselah | Gen. 5:21 | |
| 3074 | Death of Adam | Gen. 5:5 | |
| 3017 | Enoch translated | Gen. 5:24 | |
| 2948 | Birth of Noah | Gen. 5:28, 29 | |
| 2348 | Death of Methuselah | Gen. 5:27 | |
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II From the Deluge to the Call of Abraham |
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| 2348 | Noah enters the ark | Gen. 7:6, 7 | |
| 2347 | Noah goes forth from the ark | Gen. 8:18 | |
| 2234 | Building the tower of Babel | Gen. 11:1-9 | |
| 1998 | Death of Noah | Gen. 9:29 | |
| 1996 | Birth of Abraham | Gen 11:26 | |
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III From the call of Abraham to the Exodus |
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| 1936 | Removal of Abraham from Ur to Haran | Gen. 11:31 | |
| 1921 | Abraham called to Canaan | Gen. 12:1-5 | |
| 1913 | Abraham's rescue of Lot | Gen. 14:1-24 | |
| 1910 | Birth of Ishmael | Gen. 16 | |
| 1897 | Renewal of God's Covenant with Abraham | Gen. 17, 18 | |
| 1897 | Destruction of Sodom | Gen. 18, 19 | |
| 1896 | Birth of Isaac | Gen. 21:1-5 | |
| 1871 | Abraham's faith tested | Gen. 22:1-19 | |
| 1859 | Death of Sarah | Gen. 23:1, 2 | |
| 1856 | Marriage of Isaac and Rebekah | Gen. 24 | |
| 1836 | Birth of Jacob and Esau | Gen. 25:24-26 | |
| 1821 | Death of Abraham | Gen. 25:7, 8 | |
| 1760 | Jacob's flight to Padan-aram | Gen. 28-30 | |
| 1746 | Birth of Joseph | Gen. 30:22-24 | |
| 1729 | Joseph sold into Egypt | Gen. 37 | |
| 1716 | Joseph honored in Egypt | Gen. 41 | |
| 1706 | Jacob's removal to Egypt | Gen. 43-47 | |
| 1689 | Jacob's death | Gen. 49 | |
| 1636 | Joseph's death | Gen. 50:26 | |
| 1574 | Birth of Aaron | Exodus 6:20 | |
| 1571 | Birth of Moses | Exodus 2:1-10 | |
| 1531 | Moses' flight to Midian | Exodus 2:11-22 | |
| 1491 | Moses commissioned to deliver Israel | Exodus 3, 4 | |
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IV From the Exodus to the Division of the Kingdom |
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| 1491 | Crossing the Red Sea | Exodus 14, 15 | |
| 1491 | Giving the law a Sinai | Exodus 19-40 | |
| 1452 | Death of Aaron | Numbers 20:27-29 | |
| 1451 | Death of Moses | Deut. 34 | |
| 1451 | Joshua, Moses' successor | Deut. 34:9 | |
| 1451 | Crossing the Jordan | Joshua 1-4 | |
| 1443 | Death of Joshua | Joshua 24 | |
| 1155 | Birth of Samuel | 1 Sam 1:20 | |
| 1095 | Saul anointed king of Israel | 1 Sam 10, 11 | |
| 1055 | Death of Saul | 1 Sam 31 | |
| 1055 | David made king of Judah | 2 Sam 2:4 | |
| 1048 | David made king of all Israel | 2 Sam 5:1-5 | |
| 1033 | Solomon's birth | 2 Sam 12:24 | |
| 1015 | Solomon made king | 1 Kings 1 | |
| 975 | Revolt of the ten tribes | 1 Kings 12 | |
| Period | Date | Kings of Judah | Kings of Israel |
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V From the Division of the Kingdom to the captivity of Judah |
B.C. | ||
| 975 | Rehoboam | Jeroboam | |
| 958 | Abijah, or Abijam | ||
| 955 | Asa | ||
| 954 | Nadab | ||
| 953 | Baasha | ||
| 930 | Elah | ||
| 929 | Zimri | ||
| 929 | Omri | ||
| 918 | Ahab | ||
| 914 | Jehoshaphat | ||
| 897 | Ahaziah | ||
| 896 | Joram, or Jehoram | ||
| 892 | Joram, or Jehoram | ||
| 885 | Ahaziah | ||
| 884 | Athaliah | Jehu | |
| 878 | Joash, or Jehoash | ||
| 856 | Jehoahaz | ||
| 839 | Jehoash | ||
| 839 | Amaziah | ||
| 825 | Jeroboam II | ||
| 810 | Uzziah, or Azariah | ||
| 784 | Interregnum | ||
| 773 | Zachariah | ||
| 772 | Shallum | ||
| 772 | Menahem | ||
| 761 | Pekahiah | ||
| 759 | Pekah | ||
| 758 | Jotham | ||
| 742 | Ahaz | ||
| 730 | Hoshea | ||
| 726 | Hezekiah | ||
| 721 | Captivity of Israel | ||
| 697 | Manasseh | ||
| 642 | Amon | ||
| 640 | Josiah | ||
| 609 | Jehoahaz | ||
| 609 | Jehoiakim | ||
| 598 | Jehoiachin | ||
| 598 | Zedekiah | ||
| 587 | Captivity of Judah |
| Period | Date | Event | Scripture Reference |
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VI From the Captivity of Judah to End of Old Testament History |
B.C. | ||
| 587 | Destruction of Jerusalem | 2 Kings 25:8, 9 | |
| 538 | Capture of Babylon by Cyrus | Daniel 5:3l | |
| 536 | Cyrus permits Jews to return | Ezra l:1-4 | |
| 536 | Return under Zerubbabel | Ezra 2:1-2 | |
| 534 | Foundation of second temple laid | Ezra 3:8-13 | |
| 521 | Building of temple stopped | Ezra 4:24 | |
| 520 | Building of temple resumed | Ezra 6:14 | |
| 520 | Appeals of Haggai and Zechariah | Ezra 6:14 | |
| 515 | Second temple dedicated | Ezra 6:16-22 | |
| 478 | Esther made queen by Xerxes | Esther 2:17 | |
| 473 | Haman's plot fails | Esther 7:10 | |
| 458 | Ezra given a commission | Ezra 7:11-26 | |
| 445 | Nehemiah governor of Jerusalem | Neh. 2 | |
| 432 | Second visit of Nehemiah to Jerusalem | Neh. 13:4-7 | |
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VII From the close of Old Testament History to the Birth of Christ |
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| 335 | Alexander the Great becomes monarch of the East | ||
| 320 | Ptolemy Lagus surprises Jerusalem | ||
| 277 | Septuagint Verson of the scriptures ordered | ||
| 170 | Antiochus Epiphanes, the Syrian, captures Jerusalem | ||
| 166 | Jews revolt and Judas Maccabaeus becomes governor of Jerusalem |
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| 63 | Jerusalem becomes a Roman province | ||
| 40 | Herod made king | ||
| 28 | Augustus Caesar becomes emperor of Rome | ||
| 18 | Herod's temple begun | ||
| 4 | Birth of Christ |