1451 BC – 1095 BC · 71 events
Conquest and Judges
Jordan parts, Jericho falls, and the tribes take their inheritance; then the long spiral of the judges — rebellion, oppression, crying out, deliverance — until Israel asks for a king.
- 1451 BCRahab hides the spies in Jericho
- 1451 BCIsrael crosses the Jordan
- 1451 BCIsrael circumcised and keeps the Passover at Gilgal
- 1451 BCJoshua meets the commander of the LORD's army
- 1451 BCThe fall of Jericho
- ·Achan's sin brings defeat at Ai
- ·Israel captures Ai
- ·Joshua builds an altar on Ebal and reads the law
- ·The Gibeonites secure a treaty with Israel
- ·The southern campaign; the sun stands still at Gibeon
- ·Joshua defeats the five Amorite kings
- ·Joshua defeats the northern coalition at Hazor
- ·The conquered kings east and west of the Jordan are listed
- 1445 BCThe land begins to be divided by lot
- 1445 BCCaleb receives Hebron as his inheritance
- ·The tabernacle is set up at Shiloh
- ·The remaining tribal allotments are assigned
- ·The cities of refuge are appointed
- ·Cities and pasturelands are assigned to the Levites
- ·The eastern tribes build an altar by the Jordan
- ·Joshua gives his farewell charge to Israel's leaders
- ·Covenant renewal at Shechem
- ·Death of Joshua
- ·Joseph's bones are buried; Eleazar dies
- ·Israel's tribes leave portions of the land unconquered
- ·The angel of the LORD rebukes Israel at Bochim
- ·A new generation turns to the Baals
- ·Othniel, the first judge, delivers Israel
- 1325 BCEhud delivers Israel from Moab
- ·Shamgar delivers Israel from the Philistines
- 1285 BCDeborah summons Barak against Sisera
- 1285 BCSisera's army is routed; Jael strikes Sisera
- 1285 BCDeborah and Barak sing of the LORD's victory
- 1245 BCThe LORD calls Gideon to deliver Israel
- 1245 BCGideon tears down Baal's altar and asks for the fleece signs
- 1245 BCGideon's three hundred rout Midian
- 1245 BCGideon pursues and defeats the kings of Midian
- ·Gideon refuses kingship but makes an ephod
- ·Abimelech kills his brothers and is made king
- ·Shechem is destroyed and Abimelech falls at Thebez
- ·Tola and Jair judge Israel
- 1188 BCIsrael repents under Ammonite oppression
- 1188 BCJephthah is chosen and answers the king of Ammon
- 1188 BCJephthah defeats Ammon and fulfills his vow
- ·Jephthah's men defeat Ephraim at the Jordan
- ·Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon judge Israel
- 1155 BCBirth of Samson
- ·Samson's marriage feast and riddle provoke conflict
- ·Samson strikes the Philistines with fire and a donkey's jawbone
- ·Delilah betrays Samson to the Philistines
- ·Samson's death among the Philistines
- ·Micah establishes an idolatrous shrine
- ·The tribe of Dan seizes Laish and takes Micah's idols
- ·Gibeah's crime brings a summons against Benjamin
- ·Israel fights Benjamin over the sin of Gibeah
- ·Israel preserves a remnant of Benjamin
- ·Hannah prays and Samuel is born
- ·Samuel is dedicated; Hannah praises the LORD
- ·Eli's sons profane the priesthood and are condemned
- ·The boy Samuel called at Shiloh
- 1116 BCThe ark captured; Eli's house judged
- 1116 BCThe ark humbles Dagon and afflicts the Philistine cities
- ·The Philistines return the ark to Israel
- ·The ark is kept at Kiriath-jearim for twenty years
- ·Samuel judges Israel; victory at Mizpah
- 1096 BCIsrael asks Samuel for a king
Ruth
Ruth 1:1 places this story in the days of the judges, but Scripture does not give a year. The events below follow the book's own order.