The Beginnings Genesis 1-11
The Beginnings e Creation and Fall Adam Seth Cain murders Abel; departs; Access to Seth born Garden of Eden Enosh guarded after the Fall Kenan Mahalalel Jared Lamech, descendant of Cain, Enoch gives birth to Jabal, Jubal, Methuselah and Tubal
Lamech Adam dies at 930 “Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.” Noah
Apostasy of “the sons of God” Shem Ham Japheth Before Flood A prosperous God warns Noah; sons born civilization; iron, etc. e Flood After Flood Eden gone; Ice Age and Stone Age
Noah dies at 950 The Nations Descendants of Noah’s sons repopulate the earth
Genesis 1-11 Babel and Dispersion Prehistory History
3200 Rise of Sumeria ( -) Dynasty 0 3150 High chronology (Murnane, Clayton, Shaw) 3150 / 3100 “Menes” 3100 Low chronology (Baines, Malek) I 3050 or Narmer unites 3040 3000 Egypt Middle chronology Short chronology (conventional) II Early Dynastic Period 2750 III 2686 2649
2500 Egyptian Old Kingdom VI 2334 2270 2250 2225 VII-VIII 2181 2193 Akkadian Empire Nahor born to Terah Guti invasions end 2150 of Sargon 2165 Abram born to Terah in Ur Akkadian supremacy 2083 Abraham 2000000-bst-bib-gen-rev-1p010yr-tml-bcrx 3/1/2014 BcResources.net © ncBc 2225 Nahor, Abram’s brother, 2218 Sargon Guti invasions () 2215 born to Terah The Patriarchs Genesis 11-50
2200 ( -) Egyptian Old Kingdom 2193 High chronology (Murnane, Clayton, Shaw) Low chronology (Baines, Malek) VII-VIII 2181 Dynasty of Sargon Middle chronology and Akkadian Supremacy Short chronology (conventional) 2165 Gen. 10-11 Abram born to Terah in Ur Abraham (Nahor born c. 2225) 2150 2150 Egyptian First Intermediate Period The Patriarchs Egyptian XI 2134
Terah leaves Ur for Canaan 2115 Story Guti invasions () 2112 of Job Ur-Nammu revives Ur-Nammu 2100 Sumeria () 2095 Ur III 2090 Abram enters Canaan 2083 2080 2080 Mentuhotep ‘the ancestor’ Ishmael born 2074
2065 Cities of Plain destroyed; 2060 2055 Isaac Isaac born
Genesis 12-25 2050 2047 Egyptian Middle Kingdom Ur-Nammu 2030 2030 Sarah dies Mentuhotep 2025 Isaac marries Rebekah Elamites destroy Ur; Indo-European 2010 2007 invasions in Greece, etc. 2004 2004 2005 Esau & Jacob born 2000 Jacob XII 1991 1990 Abraham dies 1985
Amenemhet I Jacob’s sons...
1962 Mentuhotep ... by Leah 1956 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun ... by Zilpah Gad, Asher 1950 Amen. I ... by Bilhah Dan, Naphtali 1940 ... by Rachel 1937 XII Joseph, Benjamin (after return to Canaan) Senusret I Senusret
Genesis 25-36 1930 1926 Jacob leaves for Haran
1915 1911 Joseph born 1908 1910 Jacob returns to Canaan Amenemhet II Joseph 1900 1898 Joseph sold into slavery Rise of Minoans; 1895 1894 Hittites invade Asia 1885 Senusret I Senusret Minor Sen. II Isaac dies; Joseph exalted 1878 1877 Joseph and Israel in Egypt 1875 1872 Jacob moves to Egypt; 1870 start of Israel’s 430-yr. sojourn Joseph’s sons by Asenath Manasseh & Ephraim
1850 . (. -) Amen. II High chronology (Murnane/Clayton; cf. Baines/Malek) 1841 III * Senusret 1840 Low chronology (Shaw) 1836 Genesis 37-50 Low chronology (Kitchen) 1831 1830 * The recorded rising of the Sun in conjunction with the Dog Star in the 7th year of Senusret 1817
III is a primary pillar upon which ancient sojourn 430-year Egyptian chronologies have been built. Amenemhet III 1805 Joseph dies in Egypt 2000000-bst-bib-gen-rev-1p010yr-tml-bcrx1800 1797 3/1/2014 BcResources.net © ncBc 1792 Exodus 1-18 Israel’s 430-year sojourn in Egypt 430-year Israel’s Genesis 37-50 1831 1830 Sojourn and Exodus1817 Exodus – Deuteronomy Joseph Amenemhet III 1805 Joseph dies in Egypt 1800 1797 1792 Amenemhet III 1786 XIII 1782 17731772 Hammurabi Israel multiplies in Egypt 1759 1750 1750 Exodus 1-18 Hammurabi codifies laws Old Babylonian Empire and extends the empire 1728 1730 A “new king rises” and afflicts Israel, forcing them 1720 sojourn in Egypt 430-year Israel’s Hyksos invade Upper to build Pithom and Raamses Egypt, sacking Memphis Hammurabi 1700 1686 ... - High chronology (Murnane/Clayton; cf. Baines/Malek) Low chronology (Shaw) Low chronology (Kitchen) ... Dynasty XV (Hyksos) High chronology (Murnane, Clayton) Dynasty XVII (Theban) Low chronology (Shaw; cf. Kitchen) 1650 * The sack of Babylon by the Hittite king Mursilis I is one crucial reference point for xing early ancient Near Eastern dates. Ancient κ records mention both a solar and a lunar eclipse in the month of Hyksos Sivan that year. Possible dates for the sack of Babylon are: 1651: Long/High chronology Old Hittite Kingdom in 1595: Middle chronology Asia, Syria— 1531: Short/Low (conventional) chronology 1650-1500; 1586-1436 1499: Ultra-short/low chronology 1600 1595 1595 Sack of Babylon * by Mursillis I; Kassite dynasty until 1155 () Israel continues to multiply
XVIII 1570 Egyptian New Kingdom Persecution intensifies 1550 Ahmose I 1550 XVIII 1546 Amenhotep I 1531 1531 Ahmose I Sack of Babylon * () 1525 1526 Tuthmosis I 1524 Moses born, set adrift in 1518 Nile; rescued, adopted, raised Amenhotep I Moses Tuthmosis II in Pharaoh’s court 1504 1500 Tuthmosis I Hatshepsut 1492 Tuthmosis II 1486 Moses kills an Egyptian 1479 and flees to Midian
Hatshepsut Exodus 1-18 Joshua Tuthmosis III * Tuthmosis
Israel’s 430-year sojourn in Egypt 430-year Israel’s Moses called at burning bush 1450 1450 Exodus 1446 * Exodus from Egypt; crossing Red Sea; Exo 19-40;
III * Tuthmosis receiving the Law at Mt. Sinai
* Tuthmosis III’s date of accession (with 1-10 Lev, Num 40 years Hatshepsut as regent) is used to identify an II Amenhotep 1425 Moses edits, writes Torah Egyptian chronology as “High” (1504), 1419 “Middle” (1490), or “Low” (1479). * 1446 date for the exodus is derived, in part, from Thiele’sWilderness chronology of Israel’s monarchy and 1 Kings 6.1. Num 10–DeuNum 2000000-bst-bib-gen-rev-1p010yr-tml-bcrxAmen. II 3/1/2014 B1406cResources.net © ncBc 1401 Law rehearsed, Moses dies 1400 Joshua leads Israel across the Jordan River; begins three campaigns to conquer, then divide the Land Exodus, Conquest, and Settlement Exodus – Joshua/Judges Dynasty XV (Hyksos) Dynasty XVII (Theban) * The sack of Babylon by the Hittite king Mursilis I is one crucial reference point for xing early ancient Near Eastern dates. Ancient records mention both a 1650 solar and a lunar eclipse in the month of Sivan that year. Possible dates for the sack of Babylon are: κ 1651: Long/High chronology Hyksos 1595: Middle chronology 1531: Short/Low chronology Old Hittite Kingdom in 1499: Ultra-short/low chronology Asia, Syria— 1650-1500; 1586-1436 1600 1595 1595 Sack of Babylon * by Mursillis I; Kassite dynasty until 1155 () Israel continues to multiply
XVIII 1570 Egyptian New Kingdom Persecution intensifies 1550 Ahmose I 1550 XVIII 1546 Amenhotep I 1531 1531 Ahmose I Sack of Babylon * () 1525 1526 Tuthmosis I 1524 Moses born, set adrift in 1518 Nile; rescued, adopted, raised Amenhotep I Moses Tuthmosis II in Pharaoh’s court 1504 1500 Tuthmosis I Hatshepsut 1492 Tuthmosis II 1486 Moses kills an Egyptian 1479 and flees to Midian * Tuthmosis III’s date of accession (with Hatshepsut as regent) is used to identify an Exodus 1-18 Joshua Egyptian chronology as “High” (1504), “Middle” Hatshepsut (1490), or “Low” (1479). For the Egyptian 18th Tuthmosis III * Tuthmosis dynasty, the high chronology shown () is
Israel’s 430-year sojourn in Egypt 430-year Israel’s Moses called at burning bush that of Murnane and Clayton; the low 1450 1450 1446 * chronology () is that of Shaw (cf. Kitchen). Exodus Exodus from Egypt; crossing Red Sea; Exo 19-40;
Tuthmosis III * Tuthmosis receiving the Law at Mt. Sinai Lev, Num 1-10 Lev, Num
Amenhotep II Amenhotep 1425 Moses edits, writes Torah 1419 Wilderness Num 10–DeuNum Amen. II 1406 1401 Law rehearsed, Moses dies 1400 Tuthmosis IV Conquest and Joshua leads Israel across the Jordan 1391 River; begins three campaigns to 1386 Settlement conquer, then divide the Land
Joshua Mesopot. Cushan-rishathaim, 1380 Othniel King of Mesopotamia, Judah oppresses Israel 8 years Amenhotep III Amenhotep Danite move and civil war 1353 Judges Deliver Israel 1350 e Amarna Period 1349 1344 of Egypt; Akhenaten Akhenaten Suppiluliuma I creates cult of sun god 1334 1336 Tutankhamun New Hittite Kingdom I Suppil. 1325 (Judges 17-21) Moabites becomes great empire 1322 Eglon oppresses Israel 18 years New Hittite Kingdom Ehud Ehud assassinates Eglon Benjamin 1306 1300 1295 XIX 1293/2 * 1446 as a date for the exodus is derived, in part, from Thiele’s chronology of Israel’s Ramesses I Muwatalli II Seti I * monarchy and the statement of 1 Kings 6.1 that Solomon began to began to build the temple in the 480th year after the exodus and the fourth year of his reign (= 966). 1279 1282 1274 Others date the period of Israel’s oppression, exodus, and conquest later (e.g., to the Battle of Kadesh 1272 time of Seti I, Ramesses II, and Merneptah). 2000000-bst-bib-gen-rev-1p010yr-tml-bcrxShamgar 3/1/2014 BcResources.net © ncBc Sea Peoples Naphtali Shamgar kills 600 Philistines Jabin, King of Canaanites at Hazor, with Sisera, his general, oppresses Israel 20 years Ramesses II the Great * Ramesses II the Great Exo 19-40; Lev, Num 1-10 Lev, Num
Amenhotep II Amenhotep 1425 Moses edits, writes Torah 1419 Conquest, Settlement, and Judges Wilderness Joshua – 1 Samuel Num 10–DeuNum Amen. II 1406 1401 Law rehearsed, Moses dies 1400 Tuthmosis IV Conquest and Joshua leads Israel across the Jordan 1391 River; begins three campaigns to 1386 Settlement conquer, then divide the Land Joshua Mesopot. Cushan-rishathaim, Joshua 1380 Othniel King of Mesopotamia, Judah oppresses Israel 8 years Amenhotep III Amenhotep Danite move and civil war 1353 Judges Deliver Israel 1350 e Amarna Period 1349 1344 of Egypt; Akhenaten Akhenaten Suppiluliuma I creates cult of sun god 1334 1336 Tutankhamun New Hittite Kingdom I Suppil. 1325 (Judges 17-21) Moabites becomes great empire 1322 Eglon oppresses Israel 18 years New Hittite / = Middle / Short (conventional) chronology Kingdom Ehud Ehud assassinates Eglon Benjamin 1306 1300 1295 XIX 1293/2 Ramesses I Muwatalli II Seti I * 1279 1282 1274 Battle of Kadesh 1272 Shamgar Sea Peoples Naphtali Shamgar kills 600 Philistines Canaanites 1250 Jabin, King of Canaanites at Hazor, with Sisera, his general, oppresses Israel 20 years
Ramesses II the Great * Ramesses II the Great Deborah Deborah, Barak, and Jael Ephraim used by God to deliver Israel Collapse of Late Bronze Age empires 1212/3 1207 Merneptah * 1207 Israel stela 1203 1200 of Merneptah * Midianites
Seti II Midianites oppress Israel 7 years Judges 1-16 XX 1186/5 Gideon (Jerubbaal) delivers 1183/2 Gideon Setnakhte 1179 Manasseh Israel with 300 men c. 1175 1178 Invasion of Middle the “Sea Peoples” in Assyrian Story Year 8 of Ramesses III Period of
Ramesses III Ruth gives birth to Obed Ruth 1152/1 1150 Abimelech, son of Gideon,
Ashur-Dan I Tola conspires to be king 1133 Issachar Ashur-resh-ishi I Nebuchadnezzar I 1116/5 Jair defeats the Elamites; Gilead 1120 Tiglath-pileser I captures Carchemish Ramesses IV-XI Philistines 1100 Ammonites Eli at Shiloh; Samuel born Ammonites and Philistines Tiglath-pileser I Tiglath-pileser oppress Israel 18 and 40 years XXI (High Priests/Theban) 1080 Jephthah * Piankh 1078/6 Abdon 1074 1075 Battle of Aphek; XXI (Tanite) 1070 Ibzan ark captured by the Philistines Pinedjem I Samson Elon Samuel
A.-bel-kala Dan Ephraim 1055 Battle of Mizpah Smendes I
Masaherta 1Sa 1-31 1050 Philistines Saul Early Monarchy A.-nas.-pal I A.-nas.-pal Ironworking / 1028 * Seti I, Ramesses II, Merneptah: one “late date” for Israel’sShalm. exodus II from Egypt makes these the pharaohs of the David* Jephthah kills, the Goliath judge from Gilead, oppression, exodus,techniques and early spread conquest of the land (cf. Exodus 1.8, 11; 2.23). * TheDavid Israel in stela the of Merneptah includes a begins to lead when Israel has already stanza recounting his victories over thoseSea living Peoples in Canaan: “Israel1013 is wasted, bare ofWilderness seed.” This non-biblical reference con rms dwelt in the land for “300 years” 1011 1011/04 Psusennes I Psusennes that by 1207 BCE, Israel has become established in the land.Menkheperre This encourages dates for the exodus no laterIshbosheth than 1247 / Abner BCE. (JudgesCivil 11.26). war ends; Philistines 1004 Philistines defeated 2000000-bst-bib-gen-rev-1p010yr-tml-bcrx 3/1/2014 BcResources.net © ncBc 1000 Egyptian 3rd Intermediate Period David Ashur-rabi II 2Sa 1-24; 1Ch 10-29 Jabin, King of Canaanites at Hazor, with Sisera, his general, oppresses Israel 20 years
Last Judges and First * Ramesses II the Great Kings Deborah Deborah, Barak,Judges and Jael 9 – 1 Kings 22 Ephraim used by God to deliver Israel Collapse of Late Deborah Bronze Age empires 1212/3 Ephraim 1207 Merneptah * 1207 Israel stela 1203 1200 of Merneptah * New Hittite Midianites
Seti II Kingdom Midianites oppress Israel 7 years Judges 1-16 XX 1186/5 Gideon (Jerubbaal) delivers 1183/2 Gideon Setnakhte 1179 Manasseh Israel with 300 men c. 1175 1178 Invasion of Middle the “Sea Peoples” in Assyrian Story Year 8 of Ramesses III Period of
Ramesses III Ruth gives birth to Obed Ruth 1152/1 1150 Abimelech, son of Gideon,
Ashur-Dan I Tola conspires to be king 1133 Issachar Ashur-resh-ishi I Nebuchadnezzar I 1116/5 Jair defeats the Elamites; Gilead 1120 Tiglath-pileser I captures Carchemish Ramesses IV-XI Philistines 1100 Ammonites Eli at Shiloh; Samuel born Ammonites and Philistines Tiglath-pileser I Tiglath-pileser oppress Israel 18 and 40 years XXI (High Priests/Theban) 1080 Jephthah * Piankh 1078/6 Abdon 1074 1075 Battle of Aphek; XXI (Tanite) 1070 Ibzan ark captured by the Philistines Pinedjem I Samson Elon Samuel
A.-bel-kala Dan Ephraim 1055 Battle of Mizpah Smendes I
Masaherta 1Sa 1-31 1050 Philistines Saul Early Monarchy A.-nas.-pal I A.-nas.-pal 1028 Ironworking Shalm. II David kills Goliath techniques spread David in the Sea Peoples 1013 Wilderness 1011 1011/04 Psusennes I Psusennes Menkheperre Ishbosheth / Abner Civil war ends; Philistines 1004 Philistines defeated 1000 Egyptian 3rd Intermediate Period David 991 War with Ammon;
Ashur-rabi II Davidic psalms during revolt of Absalom
2Sa 1-24; wanderings and reign 1Ch 10-29 972 Pinedjem II Pinedjem United 970 970 967 Adonijah’s conspiracy Siamon Solomon Monarchy 963 Temple dedicated Psu. ‘III’ Psu.
Psu. II Psu. 950 Solomon begins decline 950 XXII (Tanite) 945
Revival of Assyria begins II Tiglath-Pileser Sheshonq I 935 North Kingdom South Divided 931/30 926 Israel Judah Sheshonq I (Shishak) Jeroboam I Rehoboam plunders Jerusalem Jeroboam establishes Ashur-Dan II 912/1 Abijam 913 rival worship centers Nadab 908 911/10 Neo- II Osorkon I Osorkon Assyrian Baasha Asa 900 Empire Baasha at war with Asa Sheshonq II Tuk. III Elah, Zimri III 885 Zimri’s conspiracy Takelot I 1Kg 1-22; 2Ch 1-20 Tibni 880 Omri IV 874/3 870/69 Ahab and Jezebel 853 A.-nasir-pal II Jehoshaphat Battle of Qarqar— 859/8 Osorkon II Osorkon Assyria v. Syria and Israel Elijah Ahaziah 853/2 850 Jehoram 848 c. 845 Philistines and Arabs Jehoram *ObadiahB C841 Ahaziah 841 841 (841 ) V Jehu’s purge plunder Jerusalem; = Clayton / Shaw; In = Kitchen * The Israel stela of Merneptah con rmsQ. Athaliah that, by835 1207 BCE, Israel has become established in the land. Takelot II Takelot *Joel 18th year of Shalmaneser Shalmaneser III * JephthahJehu begins to lead when Israel has already dwelt in the land for “300 years” (Judges 11.26). III, Jehu pays him tribute Jehoiada reforms Judah / = Middle / Short (conventional) chronology824/3 The reigns of the kings are basedJoash upon E. R. Thiele (with the McFall modi cations). Sh. Ad. V (Jehoash) 814/3 2000000-bst-bib-gen-rev-1p010yr-tml-bcrx811 3/1/2014 BcResources.net © ncBc Sheshonq III Elisha’s MinistryElisha’s 2Kg 1-17; 2Ch 21-28 Samson Samuel
A.-bel-kala Dan Ephraim 1055 Battle of Mizpah Smendes I
Masaherta 1Sa 1-31 Kingdom1050 I: United and DividedPhilistines 1 Samuel 11 – 2 Kings 20 Saul Early Monarchy A.-nas.-pal I A.-nas.-pal Samuel 1028 Ironworking Shalm. II Ephraim David kills Goliath techniques spread David in the
Sea Peoples 1013 1Sa 1-31 Wilderness 1011 1011/04 Psusennes I Psusennes Menkheperre Ishbosheth / Abner Civil war ends; Philistines 1004 Philistines defeated 1000 Egyptian 3rd Intermediate Period David 991 War with Ammon;
Ashur-rabi II Davidic psalms during revolt of Absalom
2Sa 1-24; wanderings and reign 1Ch 10-29 972 Pinedjem II Pinedjem United 970 970 967 Adonijah’s conspiracy Siamon Solomon Monarchy 963 Temple dedicated Psu. ‘III’ Psu.
Psu. II Psu. 950 Solomon begins decline 950 XXII (Tanite) 945
Revival of Assyria begins II Tiglath-Pileser Sheshonq I 935 North Kingdom South Divided 931/30 926 Israel Judah Sheshonq I (Shishak) Jeroboam I Rehoboam plunders Jerusalem Jeroboam establishes Ashur-Dan II 912/1 Abijam 913 rival worship centers Nadab 908 911/10 Neo- II Osorkon I Osorkon Assyrian Baasha Asa 900 Empire Baasha at war with Asa Sheshonq II Tuk. III Elah, Zimri III 885 Zimri’s conspiracy Takelot I 1Kg 1-22; 2Ch 1-20 Tibni 880 Omri IV 874/3 870/69 Ahab and Jezebel 853 A.-nasir-pal II Jehoshaphat Battle of Qarqar— 859/8 Osorkon II Osorkon Assyria v. Syria and Israel Elijah Ahaziah 853/2 850 c. 845 Jehoram Jehoram 848 Philistines and Arabs *Obadiah 841 Ahaziah 841 841 841 V Jehu’s purge plunder Jerusalem; In Q. Athaliah 835 Takelot II Takelot *Joel
18th year of Shalmaneser Shalmaneser III Jehu Jehoiada reforms Judah III, Jehu pays him tribute 824/3 Joash Sh. Ad. V (Jehoash) 814/3 811 Hazael oppresses Israel Sheshonq III Jehoahaz and plunders Jerusalem 800 798/7 Jehoash 796 Elisha’s MinistryElisha’s
A.-nirari III (Joash) Shes. IV Shes. Amaziah 783 Pami 2Kg 1-17; 2Ch 21-28 782/1 776 Shalm. IV First Olympics 773 Jeroboam II restores borders Pami Israel’s “Golden Age” of Jeroboam II 767 Jonah prosperity, stability, and Ashur-Dan III Amos Azariah religious fervor 755 Zechariah/Shallum (Uzziah) Ashur-N. V 753/2 750 XXV (Nubian) 747 VII Sheshonq V 745/4 Menahem Pekahiah 739 Tiglath- VIII Pileser III Pekah Jotham 732 Tiglath-Pileser III 732/1 731 Piankhi invades Syria and Israel Osork. IV Shalm. V Hoshea IX Ahaz 720 722
Hosea’s Min. Hosea’s Israel to captivity 715 Israel’s Fall 715 Sargon II Micah Shabaka Hezekiah’s reforms 705/4 Hezekiah 701 700 Sennacherib Shebitku Sennacherib besieges Jerusalem MinistryIsaiah’s 687/6 681/0
Esarhaddon 2Ch2Kg 18-25; cf. Taharqa Manasseh 671 Memphis captured 669 Manasseh reverses reforms; 663 XXVI( (Saite) 664 ) B C Ashurbanipal = Clayton / Shaw; = Kitchen * The placement of Obadiah (c. The reigns of the kings aretaken based upon into exile; repents
sacks ebes 656 845) and Joel2Kg 18-25; 2Ch 29-36 (c. 835) re ect early E. R. Thiele (with the McFall modi cations). dates, based upon an evaluation of 650 Nahumthe internal evidence. Others date
Ashurbanipal the books to a later period. Amon 643/40
2000000-bst-bib-gen-rev-1p010yr-tml-bcrx I Psamtik Zephaniah 3/1/2014Josiah BcResources.net © ncBc Book of Law found; Josiah’s reforms Hazael oppresses Israel Jehoahaz and plunders Jerusalem 800 798/7 Jehoash 796 Elisha’s MinistryElisha’s
A.-nirari III (Joash) 2 Kings 14 – Nehemiah / Malachi Kingdom II: Falls and IV Shes. Returns Amaziah 783 Pami 2Kg 1-17; 2Ch 21-28 782/1 776 Shalm. IV First Olympics 773 Jeroboam II restores borders Pami Israel’s “Golden Age” of Jeroboam II 767 Jonah prosperity, stability, and Ashur-Dan III Amos Azariah religious fervor 755 Zechariah/Shallum (Uzziah) Ashur-N. V 753/2 750 XXV (Nubian) 747 VII Sheshonq V 745/4 Menahem Pekahiah 739 Tiglath- Pekah VIII Pileser III 2Kg 1-17 Jotham 732 Tiglath-Pileser III 732/1 731 Piankhi invades Syria and Israel Osork. IV Shalm. V Hoshea IX Ahaz 720 722
Hosea’s Min. Hosea’s Israel to captivity 715 Israel’s Fall 715 Sargon II Micah Shabaka Hezekiah’s reforms 705/4 Hezekiah 700 701 Sennacherib Shebitku Sennacherib besieges Jerusalem MinistryIsaiah’s 687/6 681/0 Esarhaddon 671 Taharqa Manasseh Memphis captured 669 XXVI (Saite) 664 Manasseh reverses reforms; 663 Ashurbanipal taken into exile; repents
sacks ebes 656 2Kg 18-25; 2Ch 29-36 650 Nahum
Ashurbanipal Amon 643/40
Psamtik I Psamtik Zephaniah Josiah 626 627 Book of Law found; Neo-Babylonian Empire Josiah’s reforms 614, 612, 610 612 Fall of Assyria 610 Nabopolassar Jehoahaz 609 609 Necho kills Josiah 605 Battle of Carchemish 605 Habakkuk Jehoiakim 605 Judah subjugated Necho 600 595 Jehoiachin 598/6 597 Jerusalem surrenders Psamtik II Zedekiah 589 Min. Jeremiah’s 586 Lamentations Temple destroyed Wahibre Ezekiel Judah’s Fall
570 Nebuchadnezzar 562 Daniel’s MinistryDaniel’s Captivity 556 Nabonidus (Belshazzar coregent) 550 550 Cyrus conquers Medes 550 538 Persian Empire Cyrus issues edict Ahmose II 537 539 Fall of Babylon 539 Return of Zerubbabel Returns from Captivity 536 Temple foundation laid Cyrus II Cyrus Zerubbabel Egyptian XXVII (Persian) 525 Ezra 1-6 522/1 520 Building resumed Egyptian 1st Persian Period Haggai & Zechariah 515 Cambyses II Temple rededicated Roman Republic Darius I 500 the Great Classical Age in Greece 490-449 486/5 Persian War 479 Esther becomes queen Esther
470-399 I Xerxes Life of Socrates (Ahasuerus) 465 Ezra 458/7 Return of Ezra 450 Chronicles Ezra 7-10 445 Return of Nehemiah
Artaxerxes I Nehemiah Nehemiah 431-404 Peloponnesian War Malachi 424/3 Intertestamental Period
409 Carthage and Greece Darius II 405/4 404 battle over Sicily Egyptian XXVIII-XXX Athens surrenders to Lysander of the Spartans 400 Nefaaud I Amyrtaeus B C 387 Plato founds Academy The reigns of the kings are based upon E. R. Thiele (with the McFall modi cations). Hakor 2000000-bst-bib-gen-rev-1p010yr-tml-bcrx 3/1/2014 BcResources.net © ncBc Artaxerxes II 409 Carthage and Greece Darius II 405/4 404 battle over Sicily Egyptian XXVIII-XXX Athens surrenders to Lysander Intertestamentalof the Spartans Period Hellenistic400 PeriodNefaaud I Amyrtaeus 387 Plato founds Academy Hakor Intertestamental Period
Artaxerxes II —from c. 420 BCE Nakhtnebef Djedhor 359/8359 Nakhthoreb Argead 350 XXXI (Persian) 343 Philip II Artaxer. III Artaxer. Egypt’s Second Persian Period 336 338 Philip II defeats Athenians; end of Delian League 332 Alexander the Great 330 331 Darius III Empire of Alexander Battle of Gaugamela 323 Diogenes’ death 323-301 Alexander dies; wars of Diadochi 322 Thrace, Demosthenes’ suicide Macedonia, Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt, Greece Pergamon Babylon Cyrenaica Epicurus 300 Euclid Cassander Seleucids... Ptolemies... 301 Battle of Ipsus Zeno the Stoic Lysimachus Seleucus I Ptolemy I 280 Demetrius I 291 Hellenistic Period Pyrrhus invades Italy 286 278 282/1 283/2 Celts invade Anatolia 279 281 282/1 Battle of Corupedium 276 Attalids... Ptolemy II Antigonids... Philetaerus Antiochus I Antigonus II 263 261 Septuagint (LXX) Eumenes I Antiochus II
250 246 246 Archimedes 242/1 239 Seleucus II Ptolemy III Demetrius II 229 Attalus I Antigonus III Seleucus III 223 221 222 Roman Republic Antiochus III 217 the Great Ptolemy IV Battle of Raphia Philip V 205 202 Battle of Zama; 200 200 197 Antiochus III defeats Ptolemies; Rome defeats Hannibal Ptolemy V Seleucids control Palestine 189 Battle of Magnesia 187 Eumenes II 179 Seleucus IV 180 Perseus 175 Ptolemy VI Antiochus IV 170 168/7 Battle of Pydna 168/7 Pt. VIII 168-167 Mattathias and sons Antioc.V 164 164/3 Judas Roman 160/59 160 lead “Maccabean Revolt” domination Demetrius I Jonathan 148 Attalus II High Priest Hasmonean Period 150 146 Alexander I 145 Rome destroys 142 142 Corinth and Carthage Attalus III Demetrius II Ptolemy VIII Simon Judean independence 133/2 vs. others 135/4 John Pharisees and Sadducees Cleopat. 123 Hyrcanus I 120 appear; 800 Pharisees Mithridates 116 Antiochus VIII executed in their civil war becomes king vs. Anti. IX Ptolemy IX against Jannaeus and of Pontus 107 Aristobulus I Sadducees Ptolemy X 100 96 Alexander Jannaeus 88 83 Ptolemy IX Tigranes I 80 vs. Seleu. VII Ptolemy XII Alexandra Salome 66 Antiochus XIII / Philip II Hyr. II / Aris. II Pompey commands 63 63 63 60 Pompey conquers Palestine the Roman East First Triumvirate Berenice IV 49 51 50 Julius Caesar 43 Herodian Cleopatra VII Second Triumvirate Dynasty 37 31 33 30Ptolemy XV Battle of Actium 27 Julio-Claudian Dynasty Roman Empire BCE Herod the Great Herod 4 BCE Life of Christ 5/4 BCE Jesus born
0 Augustus NT Jesus CE 2000000-bst-bib-gen-rev-1p010yr-tml-bcrx14 3/1/2014 BcResources.net © ncBc Gospels H. Antipas 331 Battle of Gaugamela 323 Diogenes’ death 323-301 Alexander dies; wars of Diadochi 322 Thrace, Demosthenes’ suicide Macedonia, Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt, NT Church in Greco-RomanGreece Pergamon ContextBabylon Cyrenaica Intertestamental – NT Epicurus 300 Euclid Cassander Seleucids... Ptolemies... 301 Battle of Ipsus Zeno the Stoic Lysimachus Seleucus I Ptolemy I 280 Demetrius I 291 Hellenistic Period Pyrrhus invades Italy 286 278 282/1 283/2 Celts invade Anatolia 279 281 282/1 Battle of Corupedium 276 Attalids... Ptolemy II Antigonids... Philetaerus Antiochus I Antigonus II 263 261 Septuagint (LXX) Eumenes I Antiochus II
250 246 246 Archimedes 242/1 239 Seleucus II Ptolemy III Demetrius II 229 Attalus I Antigonus III Seleucus III 223 221 222 Roman Republic Antiochus III 217 the Great Ptolemy IV Battle of Raphia Philip V 205 202 Battle of Zama; 200 200 197 Antiochus III defeats Ptolemies; Rome defeats Hannibal Ptolemy V Seleucids control Palestine 189 Battle of Magnesia 187 Eumenes II 179 Seleucus IV 180 Perseus 175 Ptolemy VI Antiochus IV 170 168/7 Battle of Pydna 168/7 Pt. VIII 168-167 Mattathias and sons Antioc.V 164 164/3 Judas Roman 160/59 160 lead “Maccabean Revolt” domination Demetrius I Jonathan 148 Attalus II High Priest Hasmonean Period 150 146 Alexander I 145 Rome destroys 142 142 Corinth and Carthage Attalus III Demetrius II Ptolemy VIII Simon Judean independence 133/2 vs. others 135/4 John Pharisees and Sadducees Cleopat. 123 Hyrcanus I 120 appear; 800 Pharisees Mithridates 116 Antiochus VIII executed in their civil war becomes king vs. Anti. IX Ptolemy IX against Jannaeus and of Pontus 107 Aristobulus I Sadducees Ptolemy X 100 96 Alexander Jannaeus 88 83 Ptolemy IX Tigranes I 80 vs. Seleu. VII Ptolemy XII Alexandra Salome 66 Antiochus XIII / Philip II Hyr. II / Aris. II Pompey commands 63 63 63 60 Pompey conquers Palestine the Roman East First Triumvirate Berenice IV 49 51 50 Julius Caesar 43 Herodian Cleopatra VII Second Triumvirate Dynasty 37 31 33 30Ptolemy XV Battle of Actium 27 Julio-Claudian Dynasty Roman Empire BCE Herod the Great Herod 4 BCE Life of Christ 5/4 BCE Jesus born 0 Augustus Jesus CE 14 Gospels H. Antipas
Tiberius 29-33 Jesus’ public ministry Caligula 37 39 41 H. Agrippa I Early Church 41 43 44 General Epistles Apostle James martyred Rome invades Britain Mt. Acts
50 Claudius 54 Paul’s Travel Epistles 47-57 Paul’s missionary travels ...Prison Epistles Paul’s imprisonments Nero persecutes churches Nero 66-73 Luke-Acts ...Pastoral Epistles Jewish revolt 6869 Paul and Peter martyred 70 Flavian Mark Titus destroys Vespasian II H. Agrippa 79 temple 81 Titus Domitian John Didache of the Twelve Apostles Church persecuted Nervan-Antonian96 Revelation 98 c. 96 Clement writes 1 Clement 2000000-bst-bib-gen-rev-1p010yr-tml-bcrx100 Trajan 3/1/2014 BcResources.net © ncBc