O. T. TIMELINE
Genesis 1-10 CREATION/FALL/FLOOD; Tigris-Euphrates
EGYPT DOMINANT
Job (no mention of Abraham, Moses, the Law or
Exodus)
Genesis 11-50: Abraham (2000 BC), Isaac, Jacob, Joseph
[1800-1700 BC Old Babylonian Empire;
Hammurabi]
POWER VACUUM 1446 TO 930 BC
Exodus: 1446 BC first giving of law; (1 Kg 6:1)
966+480
Leviticus: worship statutes/ordinances
Numbers: 40 years wandering (1446-1406)
Deuteronomy: 2nd giving
of law to new generation
Joshua: (1406-1375 BC) conquest of Canaan under Joshua
Judges: (1375-1050
BC) no unity; Gideon, Samson
Ruth: (1200 BC?) Moabite descendant of David, 10th generation
1 Samuel: (1065-1010
BC); King Saul; David before king
2 Samuel: (1010-970 BC); King David; prophet Nathan
Psalms (1/3rd
David)
1 Kings 1-11/1 Chronicles 1 to 2 Chronicles 9
(970-930 BC) Solomon (1 Kg 3:1; 9:16) married daughter of Pharoah
Proverbs (written and gathered by Solomon); Wisdom
Ecclesiastes;
Wisdom; vanity, under the sun
Song of Solomon; love story; lily of the valley
930 BC civil
war divides nation into N. Israel and S. Judah
930 B.C. 1 Kings 14:25-26 Egypt sacked Jerusalem
(EGYPT, SYRIA, N. ISRAEL,
ASSYRIA threats)
1 Kings 12 to
2 Kings 14/2 Chron 10 to 25; Rehoboam (931-913); Israel Baal worship; 2 Kings 14 Rehoboam paid tribute to Egypt
Obadiah (887/586
BC?) Edom to end; Day of the Lord
Elijah (875-848 BC)(1 Kg 17 - 2 Kg 2)(2 Chron 21:12); N. King Ahab
Jonah (862 BC)
preached to Nineveh, Assyrian capital
Jehoshaphat (873-848 BC) (Judah) (1
Kg 15 - 2 Kg 3) (2 Chron 17-21)
Ahab (871-853 BC)(Israel), Jezebel
(1 Kg 16 - 2 Kg 21)(2 Chron 18-22)
Elisha (848-796 BC) (Israel) 1 Kg 19 - 2 Kg 13)
Joel (835/586
BC?) grasshopper plague type of Day of the Lord
ASSYRIA emerging in East; EGYPT controlled
2 Kings 15:19 to 17/2 Chronicles 26-28
Hosea (785-724 BC) N Israel worships Baal; marries harlot
Amos (750-740
BC) N Israel’s Baal worship as LORD
Isaiah (760-698 BC) prophesied of Babylon, Persia and Messiah
Micah (750-710
BC) punishment and restoration; 5:2 Bethlehem
King Uzziah (790-739 BC) Judah
722 BC 10 tribes of N
Israel to Assyrian captivity;
2 Kings 14:23-29
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2 Kings 18-23/2
Chronicles 29-35; only Judah remains
King Hezekiah of Judah (715-686 BC)
good
Nahum (713 BC) prophesied fall of Nineveh of Assyria
701 BC: Assyria invaded Judah, captures cities, takes tribute
Zephaniah (630 BC) Day of the Lord
prophecy to Judah (2 Kg 23:29)
King Josiah (640-609 BC) good; dies
fighting Egypt at Megiddo
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BABYLON (609-539 BC) defeated Assyria/Egypt at Carchemish
2 Kings 23-25/2
Chronicles 36
Habakkuk (626 BC) Babylon to punish Judah; 2:2 live by faith
Jeremiah (629-580
BC) writes from Jerusalem when it fell in 586 BC
Lamentations: Jeremiah mourns the destruction
of Jerusalem
BABYLONIAN EXILE of Judah
(606-536 BC); 70 years
Daniel 1-8 (605-539 BC) captive in Babylon
after 606 BC siege
Ezekiel (595-574 BC) captive near Babylon after 2nd siege
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PERSIAN EMPIRE (612-330 BC); Post-Exile O.T.
Daniel 9-12 (539-530
BC)
Ezra (536-457 BC) worked to have temple rebuilt in 515 BC
Haggai (520 BC) goal of rebuilding
temple
Zechariah (520 BC) goal of rebuilding temple
Esther (521-509 BC) protected Jews who chose
not to leave Persia
Nehemiah (446-434 BC) goal to rebuild city walls
Malachi (450-400
BC?) goal to cleanse priesthood
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GREEK EMPIRE
(330-165 BC) Apocrypha, Esdras, Maccabees
300-200 BC Egypt rule of Palestine
SYRIAN GREEK RULE (200-165 BC) AND SYRIAN SELEUCID rule
165-65 BC; MACCABEAN INDEPENDENT RULE:
132 BC JOHN HYRCANNUS
ROMAN EMPIRE (63 BC) conquered Judea
37 BC Herod the Great captured Jerusalem
Mark Anthony and Caesar made him king
