1067 BC Samuel 1043 BC King Saul 1000 BC 1011 BC King David 1003 BC King David conquers Jerusalem 992 BC King David sins with Bathsheba

971 BC King Solomon wikipedia 967 BC King Solomon receives Wisdom 960 BC Temple built in Jerusalem (1st temple) Glory of God present

935 BC King Ashur-Dan II helps resurgence in 931 BC King Rehoboam 931 BC Civil War - 12 Tribes Divided 931 BC King Jeroboam I (Judah) North: Israel (10) South: Judah (2) (Israel)

1 & 2 Samuel written by Samuel (earlier) and ? 900 BC

883 BC King Ashurnasirpal II (Assyria) 877 BC Elijah 877 BC Samaria becomes capital of Israel (10) 874 BC King Ahab (Israel) 869 BC Elijah and the flour & oil miracle and evil wife Jezebel 867 BC Elijah vs. Prophets of Baal at Mt. Carmel 865 BC Elisha (anointed by Elijah) 861 BC Elisha and the miracle of oil for a widow 850 BC Elisha blinds Aram army

840 BC Obadiah (to Edom) 842 BC Elijah taken to Heaven 835 BC Joel (Judah) blogspot.com

800 BC bibleencyclopedia 800 BC Homer composes The Iliad and 795 BC Elisha dies The Odyssey 794 BC Dead man thrown on Elisha'a corpse is resurrected

776 BC First Olympic Games ()

760 BC Amos (Israel), Jonah (to Ninevah) 755 BC Hosea (Israel) 753 BC founded (Italy)

745 BC King Tiglath-Pileser III (Assyria) 740 BC Isaiah (Judah) 735 BC Micah (Judah) 726 BC Shalmaneser V (Assyria) 722 BC Sargon II (Assyria) 722 BC Assyria destroys Israel 715 BC King Hezekiah (Judah) (north 10 tribes) 705 BC (Assyria) 701 BC Assyria prevented from destroying 700 BC Jerusalem & Judah (south 2 tribes) 700 BC 697 BC King Manasseh (Judah) Evil King Manasseh sacrifices (burns) own children to idols Thus Manasseh misled Judah ... to do more evil than the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the sons of Israel. 2 Chr 33:9 660 BC Nahum (to Ninevah)

640 BC King Josiah (Judah) ancient.eu 630 BC Zephaniah 627 BC Jeremiah 628 BC Young King Josiah institutes reforms (Judah) Hilkiah finds 'book of the law' during temple rennovations (Deuteronomy?) 607 BC Habakkuk 612 BC conquers Ninevah (Assyria) 605 BC Daniel (Babylon) 1st Exile: 606 BC Daniel taken with exiles to Babylon 600 BC 2nd Exile: 597 BC Ezekiel taken with exiles to Babylon 592 BC Ezekiel (Babylon) 587 BC King Zedekiah (Last Judah King) 586 BC Lamentations (Jeremiah) 3rd Exile: 586 BC Jerusalem and Temple Destroyed Babylon destroys Judah (southern 2 tribes) Jeremiah (?) writes 1 & 2 Kings 560 BC Gautama Buddha (India) 555 BC Confucias (China)

539 BC Persia conquers Babylon () 538 BC Cyrus issues decree allowing Jews to return to Jerusalem 1st Return: 538 BC Led by Zerubabbel 535 BC Foundations laid for 2nd Temple in Jerusalem wordpress.com 521 BC King Darius I (Persia) 520 BC Haggai, Zechariah 516 BC Temple rebuild finished in Jerusalem (2nd temple) No Glory of God (both in Jerusalem) 509 BC Rome becomes a Republic (Italy) 500 BC 490 BC Battle of Marathon (Greece def. Persians) 486 BC King Ahasuerus (Persia) 480 BC Battle of Thermopylae (Persians def. Greece) 479 BC Esther becomes Queen (Persia) 469 BC Socrates (Greece) 464 BC Esther (written) 464 BC King Artaxerxes I (Persia) 457 BC Ezra 2nd Return: 457 BC Led by Ezra 461 BC Peloponnesian wars (Greece)

Ezra writes 1 & 2 Chronicles

444 BC Nehemiah 3rd Return: 444 BC Led by Nehemiah (Jerusalem's walls rebuilt)

432 BC Malachi 428 BC Plato (Greece) 423 BC King Darius II (Persia)

gospeldoctrine.com 400 BC