Adam (“Man”) - 930 years
3930 BC
3801 BC
2900 BC
2700 BC
2500 BC
2300 BC
Seth (“appointed”) - 912 years
2275 BC
2889 BC
Enosh (“mortal”) - 905 years
1700 BC
1923 BC
3471 BC Jared (“shall come down”) - 962 years
Enoch (“commencement”) - 365 years 2944 BC
2641 BC
Enoch taken to heaven
Mahalel (“the Blessed one”) - 895 years
Tower of Babel
The Flood
2509 BC
1100 BC
(1923 BC)
2275 BC
Lamech (“lamentation”) - 777 years
430 years in Egypt
480 yrs until Solomon starts Temple
(Ex 12:40-41, Gal 3:16)
(1 Kings 6:1)
900 BC
2280 BC
Call of
Abraham
1925 BC
Shem - 600 years
2373 BC
1773 BC
2273 BC Arphaxad - 438 years
The Fall (3930 BC)
Israel’s Exodus
from Egypt
1835 BC
Shelah - 433 years
2238 BC
1805 BC
(1417 BC)
1371 BC
1744 BC
2208 BC Ebner - 464 years
2174 BC Peleg - 239 years
1935 BC
2144 BC Reu - 239 years
1905 BC
2112 BC Serug- 230 years
1882 BC
2082 BC Nahor- 148
yrs 1934
1848 BC
Slavery
2053 BC
Terah- 205
yrs
1923 BC Abraham -175
yrs 1748
1823 Isaac- 180
yrs
1643 BC
1763 Jacob - 147
yrs 1616 BC
1672 Joseph-
110
yrs
1562
1498 Moses-
Jacob
Enters
Egypt
(1633)
King Solomon 40yrs (941 - 902)
120 1378
yrs
Job?
King David 40yrs(981 - 942)
Period of Judges (see Table #3)
Judge Samson (1001 - 981)
Judge
King Saul (1021 - 981)
Oppression
Judge Abdon (1029 - 1021)
Judge Elon (1039 - 1029)
Judge Ibzan (1046 - 1039)
Judge Jephthah (1052 - 1046)
Ammonite oppression (1070 - 1052)
Judge Jair (1092 - 1070)
Judge Tola (1115 - 1092)
1377 BC
Abimelech (1118 - 1115)
40 yrs
Judge Gideon (1158 - 1118)
Midianite oppression (1165 - 1158)
Judge Ehud (1305 - 1225)
1847 BC
1848 BC
Adam’s Fall
Yrs
BC
Total
References
0
3930
0
1.
Adam to Abraham’s birth
2008
1923
2008
Gen 5,11, Acts 7:2-4
2.
To Abraham’s call by God
75
1848
2083
Gen 12:1-4
3.
To Abraham’s journey to Egypt
0.5
1847
2083
Gen 12:1-10, Ex 12:40-41
4.
To Exodus
430
1417
2513
Ex 12:40-41, Gal 3:15-17
5.
To Solomon’s temple construction
4791
938
2993
1 Kings 6:1
6.
To Solomon’s temple completion
7
931
3000
1 Kings 6:37-38
524
3406
1Kings12 - 2 Kings 25, 1&2 Chronicles
8.
To Cyrus’ decree to rebuild the temple
(end of Babylonian captivity)
70
454
3476
Jeremiah 25, 2Chron 36:20-21
9.
To Christ’s baptism
483
30AD
3959
Daniel 9:24-27
10.
To destruction of temple by Rome
40
70AD
4000
Secular history
September
1
March of 1848
Jacob moves to Egypt
1633
BC
Event/People
Yrs
Book
Verses
1417
Exodus/Wilderness Journey
40
1. Many people mistakenly think that the Israelites were in slavery to the Egyptians for 400 years and that the 430 year time period described in Exodus (Ex 12:40-41), during which they lived in the land of Egypt, started
when Jacob and his sons, at the invitation of Joseph, moved to Israel (ending, obviously, when the Israelites left Egypt to go to the Promised Land). But Galatians 3:15-17 makes it clear that the 430 year period started
long before Jacob was alive (even before the birth of his father Isaac), back at the time when God made His original covenant with Abraham (Jacob’s grandpa). Therefore, the time from Jacob entering Egypt, and the
subsequent time his descendants spent in Egypt, much of it in slavery, was much less than 400 years - only 215 years to be exact (see chart immediately below).
1377
Conquest of land
6
1371
Aramaen oppression
8
1363
Judge Othniel
40
3:9,11
1323
Moabite oppression
18
3:14
1305
Judge Ehud
80
3:30
1225
Canaanite oppression
20
4:2-3
1205
Judge Barak
40
4:14; 5:31c
1165
Midianite oppression
7
6:1
1158
Judge Gideon
40
8:28
1118
Abimelech
3
9:22
2. Exodus 12:40-41 states that the people of Israel were physically in the land of Israel for 430 years “to the very day.” When put together with Gal 3:15-17, this means that the event which triggered the start of the 430-yr countdown, must have
been Abraham’s going down to Egypt to avoid a famine (Gen 12:10), shortly after his covenant-making encounter with God (Gen 12:1-4).
3. The forgotten 6 months - many scholars don’t take into consideration on their timelines, a roughly 6-month gap between God making His covenant with Abraham, and Abraham going down to Egypt. Abraham was 75 years old when God
made the covenant with him (Gen 12:4); this means that God made His covenant with Abraham sometime in 1847. We know that the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt took place in March. Therefore, because the Israelites were in Egypt for 430
years ‘to the very day’ (Ex 12:40-41) Abraham must have also entered Egypt in March. Because of Gal 3:15-17, we know that Abraham must have travelled to Egypt within a year of God making the covenant with him. Therefore, Abraham must
have gone down to Egypt in March of 1848. So there is an approximate 6-month gap between the covenant and Abraham going to Egypt.
Israelites Slavery in Egypt only lasts about 120 years (colours below are not represented on the timeline)
Jacob to Egypt 1633
Levi dies 1539
95 years - End of Generation
Moses born 1498
40 years - New king & Slavery starts
215 years from Jacob moving to Egypt until the Exodus
Exodus 1417
80 years - Kill male babies
1. Exodus 1:1-8 says that Joseph and all of his brothers died before the new king arose and the enslaving of the Israelite people started. This means that slavery could not have started before 1539, when Levi, the last of the brothers to die, passed
away at age 137 (Ex 6:16).
2. Oppression slowly turns into slavery: Already during Joseph’s day, the Egyptians disdained the Hebrews to the point that they would not eat with them (Gen 43:32). When Pharaoah gave Jacob’s family the best land and free food during the famine (Gen 47:11-12), Egyptian animosity towards the Hebrews must have deepened. When the new Pharaoh arose, this animosity changed from disdain to oppression (Ex 1:11-12) and eventually to slavery with brick making (Ex 1:14). The culmination of this oppression was the decree, by Pharaoh, to kill all Hebrew male babies (Ex 1:22). This decree would have happened about 80 years before the Exodus, right around the birth of Moses (Acts 7:19-20).
Isaac’s birth: 1823
25
1848: Abram’s call
Joshua 14:10-11
1021
981
941
901
Saul
David
Solomon
40
40
40
17
23
10:1-2
1092
Judge Jair
22
10:3
1070
Ammonite oppression
18
10:6-8
1052
Judge Jephthah
6
12:7
1046
Judge Ibzan
7
12:8-10
1039
Judge Elon
10
12:11
1029
Judge Abdon
8
12:13-14
1021
Philistine oppression/King Saul (concurrent)
40
884
881
3
41
840
25
40
1 Kings 2:10-11
941
Solomon’s first 4 years
4
1Kings 6:1
938
Temple building begins
480 yrs
1Kings 6:1
Rehoboam (E)
Abijah (E)
Asa (G)
1 Kings 14:21
15:1-2
15:9-10
Jehoshaphat (G)
Exodus:1417
In Genesis 15:13 God told Abraham that his offspring would be ‘afflicted’ for 400 years. Of course, many have assumed that this verse means that the Israelites were afflicted in Egypt for 400 years. But Gal 3:15-17 is clear
(see chart at left) that there can only be 430 years between Abraham and the Exodus, which means that Jacob and his descendants were only in Egypt for 215 years. This means that God must have considered the ‘affliction’
to start when Ishmael ridiculed Isaac, who was 5 years old (Gen 21:8-10). This interpretation is confirmed by Paul, in Gal 4:29, when he states that Ishmael ‘persecuted’ Isaac.
22
Jehoram (E)
Ahaziah (E)
Athaliah (E)
Joash (G)
(also ‘Jehoash’)
2 Kings 8:16-17
8:26
11:1-3, 12:1
12:1
Nadab
Baasha
Elah
Zimri
855-844
844-823
22
Ahab
*38
Amaziah (G)
14:1-2,17
738
727
11
52
NO KING
Uzziah (G)
(aka Azariah)
14:1,23 + 15:1
15:1-2
16
*14
29
616
561
559
528
527
524
517
516
55
2
31
1
11
506
0
11
Jotham (G)
Ahaz (E)
Hezekiah (G)
811-784
783-767
769-754
767
675
659
645
Jeroboam
2
24
2
7
days
12
823-812
*3
1
6
*38
400 years of mistreatment and slavery
430 years
901-880
1 Kings
14:19-20
Omri/Tibni 16:16-28
15:32-33
16:1-2
753-713
712-690
690
689
688-679
678-677
676-657
656-649
648-640
Ahaziah
12
28
*17
16
41
23
6m
1m
10
2
20
8
9
Jehoram
Note: all the Israelite kings are evil. Some Judean kings are good and some
are evil, so they are each denoted by a (G) or (E).
15:25
15:33
16:8
16:15
Israel split in 2, Tibni & Omri both reign first 5 yrs; Omri defeats Tibni &
reunifies Israel. Omri – 12 total yrs.
Ahab & Ahaziah co-reign 2 yrs 824-823.
16:29
22:41
1818: Ishmael ridicules (‘persecutes’) Isaac
5
Kingdom Splits under Rehoboam (901 BC)
Israel
25:9
Elijah
Israel
Elisha
2 Kings 3:1
Confusing: both Israel & Judah had kings named Jehoram reigning at the
same time.
Jeroboam
(the 2nd)
NO KING
Zechariah
Shallum
Menahem
Pekahiah
Pekah
NO KING
Hoshea
13:1
13:10
14:23
15:8
15:13
15:17
15:23
15:27
17:1
Scripture references for dating
Elijah & Ahab: 1Ki. 17-19;
Elijah & Ahaziah – Jehoram: 2Ki. 1:17-18.
Ahab, Ahaziah, Jehoram, Jehu,
Jehoahaz, Jehoash
1Ki. 19:16-21 – Elisha’s start in ministry, during Ahab’s reign;
2Ki. 13:10-19 – the end of Elisha’s life, under Jehoash.
Time-span 10: 40 yrs to Temple destruction
Elijah’s ministry stretched over 4 yrs:
826-823 BC.
Elisha ministered much longer than Elijah, 53+ yrs.
823–765? BC
During Jeroboam II of Israel &
Uzziah of Judah
Amos 1:1. Jeroboam II reigned 753–713 BC; Uzziah reigned 727 – 676 BC. Amos wrote sometime when
their reigns overlapped.
5
Hosea
Judah
Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz & Hezekiah
Hos 1:1.
Hosea ministered across 4 kings whose reign years
stretched: 727 – 617 BC.
6
Isaiah
Judah
Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz & Hezekiah (Isa 1:1)
Isa 1:1. Isaiah was called in the year that Uzziah died (676 BC, see Isa 6:1; and he ministered until at
least Hezekiah’s 14th year (2 Ki. 20:1-6).
Isaiah’s ministered from 676 BC to somewhere between 632 – 617 BC.
676 ~ 617 BC
Micah ministered across 3 kings whose reign years
stretched: 675 – 617 BC.
Zephaniah
Judah
Josiah (some overlap w
Jeremiah)
Zeph 1:1
9
Jeremiah
Josiah, Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim &
Zedekiah
(Jer 1:1)
Jer 1:1; 25:1-3. Jeremiah’s first 23 years of ministry stretched from Josiah’s 13th yr (547 BC) to 524 BC.
His ministry continued past the fall of Jerusalem (506 BC, see Jer 39) and possibly to the 37th yr of
Jehoiachin’s exile (480 BC, see Jer 52:31).
547 ~ 480ish? BC
(at least til’ 506 BC)
528 BC?
Nahum
Wrote prophesy
against Ninevah
?
Na 1:1. Nahum prophesied the downfall of Assyria, which had exiled the 10 tribes of Israel in 640 BC.
Babylon conquered Assyria shortly before conquering Judah in 524 BC.
11
Habakkuk
Judah
Just before the Babylonian
exile
Habakkuk prophesied of the impending Babylonian exile, probably just before it happened.
12
Daniel
Babylon
During reigns of Babylonians
and Persians
Daniel’s ministry starts in the first year of the Babylonian Exile (Dan 1:1-7) which is 524 BC and extends
past the fall of the Babylonian empire into the reign of the Persians.
Late 530s BC?
Daniel’s ministry lasted over 70 yrs.
524 – 450ish? BC
13
Ezekiel
Babylon
During Babylonian exile
Ezekiel’s ministry starts in 512 BC, the 5th yr of Jehoiachin’s exile (Ez 1:1-3 – see Table 3.E.iii. above ).
His last prophecy was given in 492 BC, 14 yrs after Jerusalem was burned (Ez 40:1 – see Table 3.E.iii.
above).
512 – 492 BC
14
Haggai
Judah
After Babylonian exile
Hag. 1:1. All of Haggai’s prophetic writings happened in the 2nd year of Darius (~439 BC) – see Hag
1:1; 2:1; 2:10 & 14. The main thrust of Haggai’s ministry (along with Zechariah) was to encourage the
Jews, who were discouraged, to finish re-building the Temple (which had been destroyed under the
Babylonians) – see Ez 6:14.
~438 BC
(date of writing – his ministry lasted longer)
Zech 1:1; 7:1. Zechariah’s writings happened in the 2nd and 4th years of Darius’ reign. Zechariah and
Haggai worked together as prophets to encourage the Jewish returnees from Babylon to finish the job
they had started and complete the Temple (Ez 6:14).
~438 – 436 BC
(date of writing – his ministry lasted longer)
15
16
17
Zechariah
Ezra
Malachi
Judah
Judah
Judah
After Babylonian exile
After Babylonian exile
After Babylonian exile
~433 – 419 BC
The book of Malachi gives no dating information. However, Malachi has always been placed last in
the Minor Prophets, and there is an approximate chronological order to the 15 prophetic books. The
Talmud regularly classes Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi together as the first 3 post-exilic prophet.
420s BC?
Obadiah
Wrote prophesy
against Edom
?
The book of Obadiah gives no dating information. It consists of one lengthy prophecy against Esau
and all of his descendents – that they will be permanently destroyed. Its order in the Bible seems to
suggest that it was written around the time of Amos and Jonah.
19
Joel
Judah
?
The book of Joel gives no dating info. Certain factors suggest the mid 700’s – but it’s not certain.
1
Return under Zerubbabel
Ezra 2:1-2
Cyrus
1
Zerubbabel presents burnt offerings
Ezra 3:6
2
Cyrus
2
Temple work begins - foundation laid
Ezra 3:8-10
2
Cyrus
2
Opposition to building grows
Ezra 4:5
439
16
Xerxes (Darius)
1
Neighbors complain, so work stops
Ezra 4:6
438
17
Darius
2
453
?
(Possibly mid-700’s – around Jonah, Amos)
? (Possibly mid-700’s – around Jonah, Amos and Hosea)
7
2
Work stops during Darius’ 2nd year (6th month)
Ezra 4:24
Darius
6
Haggai’s first word
Haggai 1:1
Darius
7
Haggai’s second word
Haggai 2:1
Darius
8
Zechariah: “Return to the Lord”
Zechariah 1:1
Darius
9
Haggai’s third & fourth words
Haggai 2:10 & 24
Darius
11
Zechariah’s vision of horseman
Zecharaiah 1:7
Xerxes banishes Vashti
Esther 1:1-3
437
18
Xerxes (Darius)
3
436
19
Darius
4
9
70 yrs of fasting in months 5 & 7 completed
Zechariah 7:1-7
434
21
Darius
6
12
Zerubbabel completes the Temple
Ezra 6:15
433
22
Darius
7
1
Israel celebrates Passover
Ezra 6:19
Artaxerxes (Darius)
7
428
Ezra 7:8-9. Ezra returned to Jerusalem from Babylon in the 7th yr of Artaxerxes (a.k.a. Darius) – see Ez
7:8-9 – which would have been about 433 BC (the Bible doesn’t tell us exactly when Darius’ reigned,
but it was after Cyrus). In Nehemiah 8 – 9 we find Ezra ministering to the people in the 21st year of
Artaxerxes (a.k.a. Darius) – see Neh 2:1 – which would have been 419 BC.
18
Ezra 1:1-4; 2Chron 36:22-23; Isa
44:28; 45:13
Josiah’s reign was 559 – 529 BC
Judah – before and
during the Babylonian Exile.
10
Cyrus’ decree to rebuild the temple & Jerusalem
Amos wrote sometime when U & J’s reigns overlapped
727 – 713 BC.
Israel
8
1
Cyrus
Amos
7
454
Before 753 BC
4
Mic 1:1.
Yrs
1
2Ki. 14:25 – Jeroboam II (753-713) recovered some land as prophesied by Jonah.
Jotham, Ahaz & Hezekiah
BC
(colour below is represented on the timeline)
Daniel’s First Set of 7 sets of 7 years: From Cyrus’ decree to Nehemiah finishes Jerusalem
Name
Rgn Mnth Note: Xerxes, Darius & Artaxerxes refer to the same king
Yr.
Event
Verses
Cyrus
Before Jeroboam II’s reign.
Judah
Table 6: 49 years to rebuild Jerusalem & the Temple
Dates
Israel
Micah
30 AD
Time-span 8: 70 yrs Babylonian captivity (Judah)
Jonah
Jehoahaz & Jehoash co-reign 3 yrs (769-767)
Confusing: both Israel & Judah had kings named Jehoash reigning at the
same time.
Ahab, Ahaziah, Jehoram
‘Famine’ of hearing God’s voice
(Amos 8:11)
Time-span 9: 483 yrs - Daniel’s ‘69 weeks’ (Dan 9:24-27)
Time-span 7: 407 yrs to Babylonian exile
3
Jehu
Jehoahaz
Jehoash
Israel
22:51
18:1-2 + 16:2 + 640
Assyrian
2 Kings 18:10
(no more political entity Israel)
17:1 + 18:9-10 = 645BC
Captivity
Asterisks from the Kings of Judah list
Manasseh (E/G)
21:1
Amon (E)
21:19
1. Jehoram: Jehoram reigned a total of 8 years, but only 3 by himself. He co-reigned with Jehoshaphat 5 yrs in 2
different stints (824-23 & 818-816), only reigning by himself from 815-813 (see further down for more).
Josiah (G)
22:1
Jehoahaz (E)
23:31
Jehoiakim (E)
23:36
2. Joash: Amaziah began co-reigning with Joash the last 2 yrs of Joash’s reign (767-766). Joash actually reigned 40
yrs – 38 by himself.
Babylonian Captivity 24:1-4
Jehoiachin (E)
24:8
3.Ahaz: Hezekiah began co-reigning with Ahaz the last 2 yrs of his reign (746-745). Ahaz actually reigned 16 yrs
but only 14 by himself.
Zedekiah (E)
24:18, 25:3-21
Jerusalem Falls
2
Prophet
(displayed on timeline as
)
Place
During the reign(s) of
Jesus born (1 BC)
Jesus baptized (30 AD)
454 BC
Table 5: Dating the Prophets (colours below are not represented on the timeline)
Notes
1
824-823
815
812
811
805
Ref
1 Sam 13:1
1 Ki 2:10-11
1 Ki 11:42
Judges 15:20
King David
Yrs Kings
880-879
879-856
856-855
1 Sam 13:1
981
BC
Judah
JUDGES 3:7-8
Judge Tola
(Judge Samson 1001-981, 2nd half of Saul’s reign)
King
Kings G=Good
Ref
E= Evil King
Jesus dies (33 AD)
524 BC
Contemporaries- Post-exilic
Bible
Timeline
How the 400 years of ‘affliction’ fit with the 430 years from Abraham to the Exodus
Deut 1:3
1115
640 BC
Time-span 6: 7 yrs to complete the Temple
Time-span 3: Call of Abraham to his journey to Egypt = 6 months
John the Baptist born (1 BC)
70yrs
938 BC
Contemporaries- Exile
Note: Solomon began the Temple in the 480th year from the Exodus, which was 938 BC. But counting 480 years like that would
include 1417 BC as 1 of the 480 years, which we already counted as part of the 430-year period from Abraham’s journey to the
Exodus. Therefore, even though from the Exodus to the Temple is 480 years, we only count 479 years on this table – otherwise our
count would end up with an extra year in it, due to counting 1417 BC twice.
430 years “to the very day”
March of 1417
Total Years from the Fall to 2nd Temple destruction: 4000
Total Years from the Fall until now: almost 6000
6 mths
(colours below are represented on the timeline)
BC Yrs
30 AD
Kings of Israel
Contemporaries
407
Exodus
Period of the Judges
(390 yrs)
To start of Babylonian captivity
Abraham Enters Egypt
75 years
Gen 1-3
7.
Call
#1 King Jeroboam 22yrs(901 - 880)
#2 King Nadab 2yrs(880 - 879)
#3 King Baasha 24yrs(879 - 856)
#4 King Elah 2yrs (856 - 855)
#5 King Zimri 7dys (855)
#6 King Omri 12yrs (855-844)
#7 King Ahab 22yrs (844-823)
Obadiah? (very uncertain)
Elijah (826-823) Jonah
Amos
Elishah (823-765?)
#8 King Ahaziah 2yrs (824-823)
#9 King Joram 12yrs (823-812)
#10 King Jehu 28yrs (811-784)
#11 King Jehoahaz 17yrs (783-767)
#12 King Jehoash 16yrs (769-754)
#13 King Jeroboam II 41yrs (753-713)
NO KING 23yrs (712-690)
#14 King Zechariah 6mnths (690)
#15 King Shallum 1mnth (689)
#16 King Menahem 10yrs (688-679)
#17 King Pekahiah 2yrs (678-677)
931 BC
#18 King Pekah 20yrs (676-657)
NO KING 8yrs (656-649)
#19 King Hoshea 9yrs (648-640)
Contemporaries
Event
Birth (1923 BC)
Assyrian Exile (640 BC)
Division of Judah & Israel (901 BC) (No more Israel)
7
Time-span 5: 480 yrs until Solomon starts Temple
Table 4: The Kings of Israel and Judah (colours below are not represented on the timeline)
Table 3: Exodus to Temple = 480 years (1 Kings 6:1)
116 Years
(see “Time-span” notes below timeline in green)
Judge Othniel(1363 - 1323)
Aramean oppression (1371 - 1363)
1417 BC
Time-span 4: 430 yrs to Israel’s Exodus from Egypt
Time-span 1: Adam to Abraham’s birth = 2008 yrs
Table 2: From Abraham’s call to the Exodus is only 430 years (colours below are not represented on the timeline)
70 AD
483 years from Cyrus’ Decree to Jesus’ Baptism
(‘69 sets of 7 years Daniel 9:24-27)
1371 BC
Time-span 2: Abraham’s birth to his call = 75 yrs
Table 1: The 10 Defining Time-spans of Bible History
981 BC
Moabite oppression (1323 - 1305)
2275 BC
There are many different time-spans referred to in Scripture, most of which overlap with each other and do not help us to build a comprehensive timeline. There are 10, however, which follow consecutively, one after the other,
and which, when put end to end, give us a precise and comprehensive outline of human history from the Fall of Man (Adam’s sin) to the destruction of the 2nd Temple by Rome. When these 10 time-spans are added up, they make
exactly 4000 years. These 10 time-spans are valuable pieces of information because they give us a skeletal outline of history into which the rest of the events of Scripture can be confidently and accurately placed. Ignorance about
these 10 time-spans has led many scholars to make inaccurate Bible timelines which must rely, for many dates, on outside sources rather than the Scriptures. Each of these 10 time-spans is clearly defined in Scripture.
100 BC
Jerusalem Destroyed (506) - no more kings
Canaanite oppression (1225 - 1205)
1923 BC
300 BC
454 BC:
Persians take Babylon
Cyrus’ Decree: Jews rebuild Jerusalem
Daniel’s 483 yr period starts
938 BC
Judge Barak (1205 - 1165)
3930 BC
500 BC
Kings of Judah
(1848 BC)
2875 BC Noah (“to bring rest”) - 950 years
The 10 Consecutive
Time-spans which define
the Bible’s Timeline
700 BC
#20 King Zedekiah - E 11yrs(516 - 506)
#19 King Jehoiachin - E 1yr(517)
#18 King Jehoiakim - E 11yrs(527 - 518)
#17 King Jehoahaz - E 1yr(528)
#16 King Josiah - G 31yrs(559 - 529)
Mordechai vs. Haman (428)
#15 King Amon - E 2yrs(561-560)
Esther ~30yrs (439-403?)
#14 King Manasseh - E/G 55yrs(616 - 562)
Darius/Xerxes/Artaxerxes
~36yrs (439 - 403?)
#13 King Hezekiah - G 29yrs(645 - 617)
Belshazzar (? - 454) Cyrus
#12 King Ahaz - E 16yrs(659 - 646)
9yrs(454 - 445)
Daniel (524-451?)
#11 King Jotham - G 16yrs(675 - 660)
Nebuchadnezzar 44yrs (524 - 481)
#10 King Uzziah (‘Azariah’)- G 52yrs(727 - 676)
Ezekiel (511-490) Temple Rebuilt 20yrs (454-434)
NO KING 11yrs(738 - 728)
Haggai (438)
Joel? (very uncertain) Habakkuk (530)
#9 King Amaziah - G 29yrs(767 - 739)
Zechariah(438-436)
Nahum (528)
Micah
#8 King Joash - G 40yrs(805 - 766)
Ezra (433-406?)
Isaiah
Jeremiah (547 - ?)
#7 Queen Athaliah - E 6 yrs(811 - 806)
Nehemiah (420-406?)
Hosea
Zephaniah
#6 King Ahaziah - E 1yr(812)
Malachi?
#5 King Jehoram - E 8yrs(824-823 & 818-813)
#4 King Jehoshaphat - G 25yrs(840 - 816)
#3 King Asa - G 41yrs(881 - 841)
#2 King Abijah - E 3yrs(884 - 882)
#1 King Rehoboam - E 17yrs(901 - 885)
Abraham
born
(sometime between
2154 & 2112 BC)
(2275 BC)
3244 BC Methuselah (“his death shall bring”) - 969 years
3057 BC
1300 BC
1417 BC
1848 BC
2696 BC
3309 BC
1500 BC
Babylonian Exile begins (524 BC)
2791 BC
3606 BC Kenan (“sorrow”) - 910 years
3536 BC
1900 BC
1848 BC
3000 BC
3696 BC
2100 BC
(Daniel’s first set of 7 sets of 7 years)
3100 BC
1 AD
49 yrs until Jerusalem rebuilt
3300 BC
70 yrs Babylonian captivity
3500 BC
Solomon completes the Temple
3700 BC
Conquest of the land (6 years)
3900 BC
Wilderness (40 years)
3930 BC
27
Some more Israelites return to Jerusalem
Ezra 7:7
Artaxerxes (Darius)
5
Ezra returns to Jerusalem
Ezra 7:8-9
Artaxerxes (Darius)
9
People confess their sins
Ezra 7:8; 10:9
Artaxerxes (Darius)
10
Ezra deals with foreign wives
Ezra 7:8; 10:16-17
Xerxes (Darius)
10
Xerxes (Darius) crowns Esther as queen
Esther 2:16
1
Haman plots to kill all Jews
Esther 3:7
Xerxes (Darius)
1
Edict tells of plan to kill Jews
Esther 3:12
Xerxes (Darius)
3
New edict that Jews can self-defend
Esther 7:9
Xerxes (Darius)
12
Jews plunder enemy and feasting
Esther 9:1-19
Xerxes (Darius)
12
420
35
Artaxerxes (Darius)
20
9
Nehemiah hears of Jerusalem
Nehemiah 1:1
419
36
Artaxerxes (Darius)
21
1
The king talks to Nehemiah
Nehemiah 2:1
Artaxerxes (Darius)
21
Nehemiah 12-yr governship begins
Nehemiah 5:14
406
49
Artaxerxes (Darius)
6
Nehemiah rebuilds walls in 52 days
Nehemiah 6:15
Artaxerxes (Darius)
7
Ezra reads law in square
Nehemiah 8:1-3
Artaxerxes (Darius)
7
People hear about booths celebration
Nehemiah 8:13
Artaxerxes (Darius)
7
Ezra & people celebrate booths
Nehemiah 9:1
Artaxerxes (Darius)
7
Day of fasting and repentance
Nehemiah 8:13-17
Nehemiah expels Eliaship
Nehemiah 13:6
Darius?
70 AD