COMPLETE BIBLICAL TIMELINE Catch a glimpse of the whole sweep of biblical history. The ten historical eras outlined in the Chronological Life Application Study Bible, along with the books of the Bible you will find in each, are in the center bar. Significant world events are above the bar, and biblical events are below it. Stonehenge Sumerian erected in England Iron objects king, Sargon, Horses domesti- estimated manufactured becomes cated in Egypt Mexican Sun in the ancient first “world 2000 BC 2300 BC Pyramid built Near East conqueror” 1500 BC 2500 BC 2331 BC Egyptians Ziggurats built Hammurabi of First metal- Egyptians use import gold in Mesopotamia Spoked wheels Babylon provides working Great Pyramids of first written law papyrus and ink from other parts 2100 BC invented in South Egypt constructed for writing of Africa estimated code estimated America 2630 BC 2500 BC 2400 BC 1900 BC 1750 BC 1440 BC 2600 BC 2500 BC 2400 BC 2300 BC 2200 BC 2100 BC 2000 BC 1900 BC 1800 BC 1700 BC 1600 BC 1500 BC 1400 BC WORLD EVENTS Beginnings God’s Chosen The Birth undated–2100 BC Family of Israel EXODUS, 1500 – 1445 BC 2100 BC–1800 BC 1800 BC–1406 BC LEVITICUS, 1445 – 1444 BC GENESIS, undated–1805 BC JOB, NUMBERS, 1445 – 1406 BC around 1900 BC DEUTERONOMY, 1406 BC BIBLICAL EVENTS 1929 BC 1876 BC 1406 BC 2066 BC Jacob flees Jacob moves 1526 BC Moses dies Isaac is Moses is undated 2166 BC to Haran to Egypt undated born 1805 BC born Creation Abraham 1443 BC Noah builds the ark Joseph dies is born 2006 BC 1898 BC Israel refuses to Jacob and Joseph sold enter Canaan 2091 BC Esau are born into slavery 1446 BC Abraham The Exodus travels to 1915 BC around 1800–1446 BC 1445 BC Early Accounts of Creation Canaan Joseph is born 1885 BC Slavery in Egypt Ten Command- and the Flood Joseph rules ments given Several ancient civilizations wrote Egypt down their own stories about 1445 BC origins. These tablets from Babylon The second record a creation myth and a story Passover about an ancient flood. A34 A35 Destruction of Troy during Trojan War 1183 BC First Chinese dictionary Trojan Horse Homer’s Iliad and 1200 BC Odyssey written down King Tutankhamen Replica in is buried in Egypt Troy, Turkey Mayans settle in the 800 BC amidst great treasure Yucatan peninsula Celts invade 1358 BC 1000 BC Britain 900 BC Evidence of Palace of Knossos highly developed Water clock on island of Crete Silk fabrics Native Americans Gold vessels and metal and stone invented in destroyed by manufactured in California build jewelry popular in sculptures in Founding of Egypt earthquake in China wood-reed houses Northern Europe Africa Carthage 1400 BC 1380 BC 1250 BC 1000 BC 950 BC 850 BC 814 BC 1400 BC 1300 BC 1200 BC 1100 BC 1000 BC 900 BC 800 BC WORLD EVENTS Possessing the Land United Monarchy Splintered Nation 1406 BC–1050 BC 1050 BC–930 BC 930 BC–586 BC JOSHUA, 1406 – 1376 BC 1 SAMUEL, 1105 – 1010 BC 2 SAMUEL & JUDGES, 1376 – 1100 BC 1 CHRONICLES, 1 KINGS, 970 – 853 BC 1010 – 970 BC RUTH, 2 CHRONICLES, 970 – 538 BC around SONG OF SONGS 1100 BC & ECCLESIASTES, 2 KINGS, 853 – 561 BC around 950 BC BIBLICAL EVENTS Israel Stele 1213 BC This monument honoring 1376 BC 1162 BC 1105 BC 1050 BC 1010 BC 997 BC 930 BC 885 BC 875 BC 835 BC Pharaoh Merneptah is the Judges begin earliest evidence for the Gideon Samuel Saul becomes David David Israel divides Omri Elijah begins Joash to rule in existence of the nation of becomes is born king becomes sins with into two nations begins his ministry begins Israel Israel outside the Bible. Israel’s judge king in Bathsheba to rule in to rule in 1075 BC 1025 BC Judah Israel 853 BC Judah 970 BC 1406 BC Samuel David Ahab dies 1200 BC 1003 BC Solomon begins 910 BC Joshua leads Israel becomes anointed in battle Philistines land on David becomes building the Asa begins to into Canaan Israel’s final as king coast of Canaan judge king over all Israel Temple rule in Judah 848 BC 1209 BC Elisha’s 1020 BC 960 BC Deborah becomes 970 BC ministry David defeats Goliath The Temple is completed Israel’s judge Solomon begins becomes king A36 A37 Earliest musical Cyrus the notation in Great conquers Greece False teeth the Medes, 750 BC First known invented in founding the lock and key Italy Persian Empire in the palace 700 BC Pythagoras, 550 BC Greek philosopher Shedu in Assyria Aesop writes his and mathematician, Horseback Assyrian statue, 710 BC fables is born postal service limestone, 560 BC Japan founded as 582 BC in the Persian 8th century BC a nation Nineveh destroyed Empire 660 BC 540 BC First known Olympics 612 BC occurs Gautama Greek Buddha, the 776 BC Legendary The Temple astronomer founder of Babylon date for Soldering Horse racing of Artemis is Thales Buddhism, Confucius overthrown founding of iron first held at constructed predicts an is born in is born in by Cyrus of of Rome invented 33rd Olympics in Ephesus eclipse India China Persia 753 BC 650 BC 648 BC 600 BC 585 BC 563 BC 551 BC 539 BC 800 BC 750 BC 700 BC 650 BC 600 BC 550 BC WORLD EVENTS Splintered Nation Exile 930 BC–586 BC 586 BC–538 BC 2 CHRONICLES, 970 – 538 BC 2 CHRONICLES, 970 – 538 BC 2 KINGS, 853 – 561 BC 2 KINGS, 853 – 561 BC DANIEL, 605 – 536 BC JONAH, 793 – 753 BC MICAH, 742 – 687 BC ZEPHANIAH, 640 – 621 BC EZEKIEL, 597 – 571 BC AMOS, 760 – 750 BC ISAIAH, 740 – 681 BC NAHUM, JEREMIAH, 627 – 585 BC 663 – 654 BC LAMENTATIONS, 586 BC; HOSEA, 753 – 715 BC HABAKKUK, 612 – 589 BC OBADIAH, around 586 BC BIBLICAL EVENTS 760 BC 722 BC 701 BC 627 BC 605 BC 573 BC 553 BC 538 BC Amos begins Assyria Sennacherib Jeremiah First captivity; Ezekiel’s Daniel’s first Daniel his ministry destroys taunts begins his Daniel taken vision of vision prays for 793 BC Samaria Hezekiah ministry to Babylon a restored his people Temple Jonah begins his ministry 539 BC 740 BC 586 BC Daniel thrown Isaiah begins his ministry 597 BC 622 BC Babylon destroys to the lions Second captivity; Jerusalem Law scroll found in Ezekiel taken to the Temple Babylon 562 BC King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon dies 609 BC Neco kills Josiah in battle A38 A39 Romans make Herod the Great king of Judea Hippocrates, 37 BC the father Earliest copies of Sun of modern Cleopatra and Tzu’s The Art of War medicine, Marc Antony Jews and commit suicide 500 BC is born The Parthenon is astrologers Cleopatra becomes last 30 BC 460 BC built in Athens, Greece independent Egyptian ruler 448 BC banished Greeks repel Great Wall of China from Rome 51 BC Herod the Persia in the built 139 BC Great begins Public libraries Battle of Plato, famous 215 BC remodeling open in Athens, Marathon The Golden philosopher, Aristotle is First Julius Julius Caesar Temple in Greece Chinese becomes dic- Jerusalem 490 BC Age begins is born born Caesar, ships reach Romans tator for life, 520 BC in Athens, 429 BC 384 BC Alexander the Judas first 20 BC Socrates, Greece Antiochus Maccabeus east coast emperor conquer assassinated Great defeats Romans build of India England 2 years later Polo played Rome famous 457 BC Socrates the Persian first paved road, Romans IV plunders begins a of Rome, Sumo as a sport becomes a philosopher, condemned Plato writes Empire the “Appian Way” conquer Jerusalem revolt against 102 BC is born 55 BC 46 BC wrestling in Persia republic is born to death The Republic Sicily Temple Antiochus IV in Japan 330 BC 312 BC 100 BC 525 BC 509 BC 469 BC 399 BC 370 BC 241 BC 169 BC 165 BC 23 BC 350 BC 300 BC 500 BC 450 BC 400 BC 250 BC 200 BC 150 BC 100 BC 50 BC AD 1 WORLD EVENTS Return & Diaspora 538 BC–6 BC INTERTESTAMENTAL PERIOD EZRA, 538 – 450 BC HAGGAI, 520 BC MALACHI, 430s BC ZECHARIAH, 520 – 518 BC ESTHER, 483 – 473 BC NEHEMIAH, 446 – 432 BC BIBLICAL EVENTS 538 BC 520 BC 473 BC 458 BC 445 BC around 255 BC 20? BC Cyrus Haggai Festival Ezra leads Nehemiah Hebrew Old Mary, Jesus’ allows and of Purim another group of returns to Testament begins mother, is exiles to Zechariah originates returning exiles Jerusalem to be translated born return to serve as to Jerusalem into Greek Jerusalem prophets (Septuagint) 538 BC Zerubbabel 515 BC 479 BC leads Second Temple Esther becomes queen The Septuagint 50,000 completed in Jerusalem of Persia Jesus and the apostles apparently people referred to the Old Testament in back to translation quite often. This 4th Jerusalem century AD manuscript is particularly well preserved. A40 A41 Judea Painting on canvas Rome begins construction becomes AD 66 on the Colosseum a Roman Tiberius London is founded Emperor AD 75 Claudius province succeeds Caesar AD 43 AD 6 Augustus as poisoned by Roman emperor order of his wife Mount Vesuvius AD 14 Herod Romans erupts Saddles first used in AD 54 Caligula Agrippa Claudius Fire burns destroy a Europe Zealots in becomes appointed becomes AD 79 Romans Nero Rome, Nero religious China opens Judea rebel the Roman king of the Roman AD 1 begin becomes blames commune silk trade with against Rome emperor Judea emperor Domitian using the Roman Christians at Qumran the West becomes the AD 7 AD 37 AD 40 AD 41 soap emperor AD 64 AD 68 AD 74 Roman emperor AD 50 AD 54 AD 81 AD 20 AD 1 AD 10 AD 30 AD 40 AD 50 AD 60 AD 70 AD 80 AD 90 AD 100 WORLD EVENTS 1 COR, AD 53 1 JOHN, between AD 80–90 Jesus Christ The Church PHIL, AD 61 2 COR & 2 & 3 JOHN, around AD 90 6 BC–AD 30 AD 30–present 1 TIM & ROMANS, REVELATION, AD 95 AD 54 TITUS, AD 62 MATTHEW, 6 BC – AD 30 ACTS, AD 30 – 60 2 TIM & LUKE, 6 BC – AD 30 JAMES, AD 48 1 PETER, AD 64 COL, MARK, AD 26 – 30 GAL, AD 49 PHLM, 2 PETER, AD 65 & EPH, JOHN, AD 26 – 30 1 & 2 THES, AD 60 HEBREWS & AD 50 JUDE, around AD 66 BIBLICAL EVENTS 4 BC AD 5? AD 35 AD 51 AD 57 AD 64 Herod the Paul is Saul’s conversion Paul begins Paul in AD 62 Paul Great dies born AD 26 on the Damascus his third prison in Paul is martyred John the road Masada missionary Caesarea released AD 70 6 BC Baptist journey from prison After Rome destroyed AD 30 AD 40 Rome Jesus is born begins his in Rome Jerusalem in 70 AD, a small AD 6 ministry Jesus is crucified The destroys group of Jewish nationalists Jesus visits Temple conversion Jerusalem dug in at the rugged fortress of of Cornelius as a boy AD 27 AD 49 AD 59 Masada, where they remained Jesus The Paul’s voyage to Rome for three years until the begins Jerusalem AD 73 Romans’ siege finally broke his Council Jews commit through the stronghold.