Creation of Adam Tower of Babel
the World Enoch Abraham
Noah Isaac
Jacob (Israel)-12 tribes
Worldwide Joseph in Egypt
Time Unknown 4000BC? Flood 2000BC 1800BC
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Genesis 1-11 Genesis 12-50
(Job?)
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Israel in Israel in Israel in Kings:
bondage the wilderness the Land Saul, David, Solomon
Moses & Aaron- -The Law given -The Temple
-Israel delivered -The Tabernacle in Jerusalem
from Egypt
1480BC 1447BC 1407BC 1390BC 1100BC 1000BC
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Exodus 1-11 Exodus 12-40 Joshua Judges 1+2 Samuel Psalms
Leviticus Ruth Proverbs
Numbers Song of Sol.
Deuteronomy Ecclesiastes
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Elijah & Elisha End of Kingdom: Old
The Kingdom divided: Israel captive Judah Captive Testament
-Israel (Northern kgdm) (in Assyria) (in Babylon) Complete
-Judah (Southern kgdm) Jerusalem destroyed
931BC 722BC 586BC (a) (b) 400BC
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Obadiah Jonah Isaiah Nahum Jeremiah Ezekiel Ezra Nehemiah
Joel Amos Micah Habakkuk Lamentations Daniel Esther Malachi
1 Kings Hosea Zephaniah Haggai
1 Chronicles 2 Kings 2 Chronicles Zechariah
(a) 538BC - Cyrus decrees to rebuild
the Temple. Ezr 1:1-4; 2Chr 36:22,23
(b) 445BC - Artaxerxes decrees to
rebuild Jerusalem. Neh 2:5; Dan 9:25
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Notes: 1. Major events are shown above the timeline.
2. Books are shown at their approximate time of writing,
below the timeline (exceptions: see Note 3).
3. The following books are spread out below the timeline
according to the events which they record: Genesis, Exodus.
4. Most times are approximate. A few are established with
relative precision (such as the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC).
5. To PRINT this page, you may need to set your browser to a font
size that allows the full width of the text to fit the width
of the page. The same setting will work for the NT chart.
6. This timeline was adapted (with changes) from a chart by
Dr. Bardwell Marshall, Basic Bible Truths, McMinnville, OR 97128.