| 2000-1750 |
Old Babylonian period |
| 2000-1700 |
Israel's Patriarchal period |
| ca. 1900-1400 |
Old Assyrian period |
| 1882 |
Terach born |
| 1813 |
Abraham born |
| ca. 1850/1750/1700 |
Abraham & Sarah,
Isaac & Ishmael,
famine forces Israelites to migrate to Egypt |
| 1800 |
First Jerusalem city
wall built |
| ca. 1792-1750 |
Hammurabi |
| ca. 1750-1200 |
Hittite empire |
| 1765 |
The Tower of Babel |
| 1743 |
Origin of traditions of the "Abrahamic covenant" |
| 1713 |
Isaac born; Abraham
circumcises himself;
Sodom & Gomorrah destroyed |
| ca. 1700-1550 |
Hyksos in Egypt |
| 1677 |
Isaac prepared as
sacrifice; Sarah dies |
| 1653 |
Jacob born |
| 1638 |
Abraham dies |
| ca. 1600-1150 |
Kassite period (Babylonia) |
| 1590 |
Isaac blesses Jacob
instead of Esau. |
| ca. 1570-1085 |
New Kingdom period (Egypt) |
| 1569 |
Jacob marries Leah |
| 1565 |
Levi born |
| 1562 |
Joseph born |
| 1546 |
Joseph sold into
slavery |
| 1533 |
Isaac dies |
| 1532 |
Joseph becomes viceroy
of Egypt |
| 1523 |
Jacob and his family
join Joseph in Egypt |
| ca. 1500-1200 |
Ugaritic texts |
| 1452 |
Joseph dies |
| 1429 |
Egyptian enslavement of the Hebrews begins |
| ca. 1400-900 |
Middle Assyrian period |
| ca. 1400-1300 |
Amarna period (Egypt) |
| 1393 |
Moses born. |
| 1355 |
Joshua born. |
| 1314 |
Moses sees the burning
bush. |
| ca. 1300-1200 |
Mosaic period (Israel) |
| 1280 |
Exodus from Egypt,
Sinai Torah, Canaan Entry |
| 1240 |
After setting up the Ark at Shiloh near Shechem (Nablus),
Joshua launches foray into Jerusalem
(Joshua 10:23, 15:63) |
| ca. 1200 |
Sea Peoples invade Egypt
and Syro-Palestine |
| ca. 1200-1050/1000 |
Period of the Judges
(Israel) |
| ca. 1200-1000 |
Jerusalem is a Canaanite
city |
| ca. 1150-900 |
Middle Babylonian period: |
| ca. 1106 |
Deborah judges Israel. |
| ca. 1050-450 |
Hebrew prophets (Samuel-Malachi) |
| ca. 1000-587 |
Monarchical period
in Israel |
| ca. 1030-1010 |
Saul (transitional king) |
| ca. 1010-970 |
David conquers the
Jebusites and makes Jerusalem
his capital |
| ca. 970-931 |
Solomon builds the
First Temple on Mount
Moriah |
| ca. 931 |
Secession of Northern
Kingdom (Israel) from Southern Kingdom (Judah) |
| 931-913 |
Rehoboam rules Judah |
| 931-910 |
Jeroboam I rules Israel, choses Shechem as his first capital,
later moves it to Tirzah |
| 913-911 |
Abijah rules Judah |
| 911-870 |
Asa rules Juda |
| 910-909 |
Nadab (son of Jeroboam) rules Israel |
| 909-886 |
Baasha kills Nadab and rules Israel |
| 900-612 |
Neo-Assyrian period |
| 886-885 |
Elah, son of Baasha, rules Israel |
| 885 |
Zimri kills Elah, but reigns just seven days before committing
suicide, Omri chosen as King of Israel |
| 885-880(?) |
War between Omri and Tibni |
| 885-874 |
Omri kills Tibni, rules Israel |
| 879 |
Omri moves capital of Israel from Tirzah to Samaria |
| 874-853 |
Ahab, Omri's son, is killed in battle, Jezebel reigns as Queen.
Athaliah, Ahab and Jezebel's daughter, marries Jehoram, crown prince
of Judah |
| 870-848 |
Jehoshapha rules Judah |
| 853-851 |
Ahaziah, son of Ahab, rules Israel, dies in accident |
| 750-725 |
Israelite Prophets
Amos, Hosea, Isaiah |
| 722/721 |
Northern Kingdom (Israel) destroyed by Assyrians;
10 tribes exiled (10
lost tribes) |
| 720 |
Ahaz, King of Judah dismantles Solomon's bronze vessels and places
a private Syrian altar in the Temple |
| 716 |
Hezekiah, King
of Jerusalem, with help of God and the prophet Isaiah
resists Assyrian attempt to capture Jerusalem
(2 Chronicles 32). Wells
and springs leading to the city are stopped |
| 701 |
Assyrian ruler Sennacherib beseiges Jerusalem |
| 612-538 |
Neo-Babylonian (“Chaldean”)
period |
| 620 |
Josiah (Judean King) and “Deuteronomic Reforms” |
| ca. 600-580 |
Judean Prophets Jeremiah
and Ezekiel |
| 587/586 |
Southern Kingdom (Judah) and First
Temple destroyed-Babylonian exile |
| ca. 550 |
Judean Prophet “Second Isaiah” |
| 541 |
First Jews return from Babylon in small numbers to rebuild the
city and its walls. Seventy years of exile terminated. (Daniel
9, Haggai 2:18-19) |
| 539 |
Persian ruler Cyrus the
Great conquers Babylonian Empire |
