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Creation and Pre-Flood
- 4004 BC Creation week
- 4004 BC Adam and Eve in Eden
- 4004 BC The Fall
- · Cain murders Abel
- 3874 BC Birth of Seth
- · People begin to call on the name of the LORD
- 3382 BC Birth of Enoch
- 3317 BC Birth of Methuselah
- 3130 BC Birth of Lamech
- 3074 BC Death of Adam
- 3017 BC Enoch walks with God and is taken
- 2962 BC Death of Seth
- 2948 BC Birth of Noah
- 2469 BC God grants 120 years; Noah preaches righteousness
- · God commissions Noah to build the ark
- 2349 BC Death of Methuselah
- 2348 BC The Flood begins
Flood to Babel
- 2348 BC The ark rests on the mountains of Ararat
- 2347 BC The earth is dry; Noah leaves the ark
- 2347 BC God's covenant with Noah; the rainbow sign
- · Noah's vineyard; the blessing and the curse
- 2346 BC Birth of Arphaxad
- 2311 BC Birth of Salah
- 2281 BC Birth of Eber
- 2247 BC Birth of Peleg
- · Nimrod's kingdom in Shinar
- 2242 BC The tower of Babel; languages confused; nations dispersed
- 2217 BC Birth of Reu
- 2185 BC Birth of Serug
- 2126 BC Birth of Terah
- 1998 BC Death of Noah
- 1996 BC Birth of Abram
Patriarchs
- 1921 BC The call of Abram; departure from Haran
- 1921 BC Abram sojourns in Egypt during the famine
- · God's covenant with Abram; the promise of the land
- 1910 BC Birth of Ishmael
- 1897 BC The covenant of circumcision; Abram renamed Abraham
- 1897 BC Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed; Lot rescued
- 1896 BC Birth of Isaac
- 1871 BC The offering of Isaac on Moriah
- 1859 BC Death of Sarah at Hebron
- 1856 BC Isaac marries Rebekah
- 1836 BC Birth of Jacob and Esau
- 1821 BC Death of Abraham
- · Jacob flees to Haran; the dream at Bethel
- 1745 BC Birth of Joseph
- 1728 BC Joseph sold into Egypt
- 1715 BC Joseph made ruler over Egypt
- 1706 BC Jacob's family enters Egypt
Egypt and Exodus
- 1689 BC Death of Jacob; blessing of the twelve
- 1635 BC Death of Joseph
- · A new king enslaves Israel
- 1571 BC Birth of Moses; hidden and drawn from the Nile
- 1531 BC Moses flees to Midian
- 1491 BC The burning bush; Moses sent to Pharaoh
- 1491 BC The ten plagues on Egypt
- 1491 BC The first Passover; Israel leaves Egypt
- 1491 BC The crossing of the Red Sea
- 1491 BC The covenant and law at Sinai
- 1491 BC The golden calf
- 1490 BC The tabernacle erected; the glory fills it
- 1490 BC The twelve spies; Israel refuses the land
- 1452 BC Death of Aaron at Mount Hor
- 1451 BC Death of Moses on Nebo
Conquest and Judges
- 1451 BC Israel crosses the Jordan
- 1451 BC The fall of Jericho
- · Defeat at Ai; Achan's sin; victory restored
- · The southern campaign; the sun stands still at Gibeon
- 1445 BC The land divided among the tribes
- · Covenant renewal at Shechem
- · Death of Joshua
- · Othniel, the first judge, delivers Israel
- 1325 BC Ehud delivers Israel from Moab
- 1285 BC Deborah and Barak defeat Sisera
- 1245 BC Gideon's three hundred rout Midian
- 1188 BC Jephthah delivers Gilead from Ammon
- · Ruth and Boaz in Bethlehem
- 1155 BC Birth of Samson
- · Samson's death among the Philistines
- 1116 BC The ark captured; Eli's house judged
- · The boy Samuel called at Shiloh
- 1096 BC Samuel judges Israel; victory at Mizpah
United Kingdom
- 1095 BC Saul anointed first king of Israel
- · Samuel anoints David at Bethlehem
- · David defeats Goliath
- 1055 BC Death of Saul and Jonathan at Gilboa
- 1055 BC David king over Judah at Hebron
- 1048 BC David king over all Israel; Jerusalem taken
- 1045 BC The ark brought to Jerusalem
- · The Davidic covenant
- 1035 BC David's sin with Bathsheba; Nathan's rebuke
- · Absalom's rebellion and death
- 1015 BC Death of David; Solomon enthroned
- 1012 BC Solomon begins the temple
- 1005 BC The temple dedicated; the glory fills the house
- · The queen of Sheba visits Solomon
- 975 BC Death of Solomon; the kingdom about to divide
Divided Kingdom
- 975 BC The kingdom divides; Jeroboam's golden calves
- 971 BC Shishak of Egypt plunders Jerusalem
- · Elijah and the prophets of Baal on Carmel
- 897 BC Ahab falls at Ramoth-gilead; Micaiah vindicated
- 896 BC Elijah taken up in the whirlwind
- 895 BC Elisha's ministry begins with a double portion
- · Athaliah's usurpation; Joash preserved and crowned
- · Jonah preaches to Nineveh; Jeroboam II's deliverance
- · Amos and Hosea prophesy to Israel
- · The year King Uzziah died; Isaiah's vision
- 721 BC Samaria falls; Israel carried to Assyria
- 713 BC Sennacherib's invasion; the angel delivers Jerusalem
- · Manasseh's captivity and repentance
- 629 BC The call of Jeremiah
- · Nineveh falls, as Nahum foretold
- 623 BC Josiah's reform and the great Passover
- 607 BC Daniel taken to Babylon; the first deportation
- 599 BC Jehoiachin deported; Ezekiel among the captives
- 586 BC Jerusalem falls; the temple burned
Exile
- · Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the furnace
- · Nebuchadnezzar's dream of the statue
- · Nebuchadnezzar's madness and restoration
- 574 BC Ezekiel's vision of the new temple
- 562 BC Jehoiachin lifted from prison in Babylon
- 538 BC Belshazzar's feast; Babylon falls
- 538 BC Daniel's prayer and the seventy weeks
- · Daniel in the lions' den
Return
- 537 BC The decree of Cyrus
- 536 BC The first return under Zerubbabel
- 535 BC The altar rebuilt; the temple foundation laid
- · Opposition halts the temple work
- 520 BC Haggai and Zechariah stir the work
- 515 BC The second temple completed and dedicated
- 518 BC Esther made queen; the Jews delivered
- 509 BC The feast of Purim established
- 467 BC Ezra's return and reform
- 454 BC Nehemiah rebuilds Jerusalem's wall
- 454 BC The Law read at the Water Gate; covenant renewed
- 416 BC Malachi, the last of the prophets
Intertestamental
- 332 BC Alexander conquers the Persian empire
- 320 BC Jerusalem under the Ptolemies
- · The Septuagint translation begun in Alexandria
- 198 BC Judea passes from Egypt to Syria
- 168 BC Antiochus IV desecrates the temple
- 167 BC Mattathias begins the Maccabean revolt
- 165 BC The temple cleansed and rededicated (Hanukkah)
- 143 BC Simon leads Judea toward independence
- 63 BC Pompey takes Jerusalem; Rome arrives
- 40 BC Herod made king of Judea
- 37 BC Herod takes Jerusalem
- 17 BC Herod begins rebuilding the temple
Life of Christ
- 5 BC The annunciation to Mary
- 5 BC Birth of John the Baptist
- 4 BC The birth of Jesus at Bethlehem
- 4 BC The presentation in the temple; Simeon and Anna
- · The magi; the flight to Egypt
- AD 9 The boy Jesus in the temple
- · The baptism of Jesus; the ministry begins
- · Water to wine at Cana; the first sign
- · The feeding of the five thousand
- · Peter's confession at Caesarea Philippi
- · The raising of Lazarus
- · The transfiguration
- AD 33 The triumphal entry
- AD 33 The last supper; the new covenant
- AD 33 Gethsemane; the arrest
- AD 33 The crucifixion
- AD 33 The burial in Joseph's tomb
- AD 33 The resurrection
- AD 33 Emmaus, the appearances, and the great commission
- AD 33 The ascension
Early Church
- AD 33 Pentecost; the Spirit poured out
- · Stephen, the first martyr
- AD 34 The conversion of Saul on the Damascus road
- · Philip and the Ethiopian official
- · Cornelius; the gospel to the Gentiles
- · Antioch: disciples first called Christians
- AD 44 James martyred; Peter delivered; Agrippa's end
- · The first missionary journey
- · The Jerusalem council
- · The Macedonian call; the gospel enters Europe
- · Paul at the Areopagus
- · Paul at Corinth; the Gallio synchronism
- · Ephesus: the word grows mightily; the riot
- · Paul's arrest in Jerusalem; witness before rulers
- · Paul reaches Rome
- · Nero's persecution; Peter and Paul martyred
- AD 70 Jerusalem and the temple destroyed by Titus
- AD 95 John's Revelation on Patmos