Old Testament Timeline

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Genesis

4000 bc - 1806 bc

Moses

God created heavens and the earth

4000 bc

God created man and woman

3999 bc

Man and woman sin

3998 bc

Cain kills Abel

3000 bc

Noah's boat for the flood

2993 bc

Eliphaz, Bildad, Zophar's response

2100 bc

Job

2100 bc

Job

Job curses his day of birth

2100 bc

Job defends his innocence

2100 bc

Lord challenges Job and blesses him after his response

2100 bc

Satan tests Job, who is faithful to God

2100 bc

Abram leaves native country

2091 bc

plagues come on pharoah for Abram's lies

2090 bc

Abram rescues Lot

2084 bc

God promises many descendants to Abram

2081 bc

Ishmael is born from Abram and Sarai's servant

2080 bc

Abram to Abraham

2074 bc

Sarai to Sarah

2070 bc

Abraham deceives Abimelech

2067 bc

Circumcision of every men

2067 bc

Isaac is born from Abraham and Sarah

2067 bc

God tests Abraham's faith by telling him to kill Issac

2054 bc

Issac marries Rebekah

2026 bc

Abraham's death

1991 bc

Jacob steals Esau's blessing

1929 bc

Jacob dreams

1928 bc

Laban and Jacob, God's protection on Jacob

1928 bc

Jacob leaves to Canaan

1908 bc

Jacob and Esau make peacce

1906 bc

Jacob named Israel

1906 bc

Jacob wrestles with God

1906 bc

Joseph dreams

1898 bc

Joseph succeeds under Potiphar by God's help

1898 bc

Jospeh sold into slavery

1898 bc

Potiphar's wife seduces and accuses Joseph, Joseph sent to prison

1889 bc

Joseph interprets two dreams

1887 bc

Joseph becomes ruler of Egypt

1886 bc

Joseph interprets Pharoah's dream

1886 bc

Famine begins

1875 bc

Joseph reveals himself and invites Jacob to Egypt

1875 bc

Joseph's brothers go to Egypt

1875 bc

Jacob's death

1859 bc

Joseph's death

1806 bc

Exodus

1800 bc - 1445 bc

Moses

Moses is born

1525 bc

God sends disasters to Egypt

1446 bc

Israel make themselves a god calf to idolize and Moses gets angry

1446 bc

Lord rescues Israel from hands of Egyptians

1446 bc

Lord's power shown to Moses

1446 bc

Manna from Heaven and water from the rock

1446 bc

Moses

Moses and the burning bush

1446 bc

Moses receives commandments from God at Sinai

1446 bc

Water splits

1446 bc

Israelites complain against God

1445 bc

Law of Purity and Holiness

1445 bc

Law of Sacrificing

1445 bc

Leviticus

1445 bc

Moses

Numbers

1445 bc - 1407 bc

Moses

Tabernacle made

1445 bc

Aaron's death

1407 bc

Deuteronomy

1407 bc - 1406 bc

Moses
final summary-Joshua

Joshua chosen to lead Israel

1407 bc

Psalms

1407 bc - 586 bc

David, Asaph, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, Moses

Jericho's fall

1406 bc

Joshua

1406 bc - 1375 bc

Joshua
ending-Phinehas the high priest

Joshua leads Israel

1406 bc

Moses' death

1406 bc

Moses' songs

1406 bc

Joshua's death

1375 bc

Judges

1375 bc - 1075 bc

Samuel

altar of Baal is broken down

1169 bc

Israel defeats Midian

1169 bc

Boaz marries Ruth

1140 bc

Naomi and Ruth return to Moab

1140 bc

Ruth

1140 bc

Samuel

Ruth works in Boaz's field

1140 bc

1 Samuel

1100 bc - 1010 bc

Samuel and prophets Nathan and Gad

Samuel is born from Hannah

1100 bc

Samson is born

1090 bc

Samson tells his wife Delilah about the strength of his hair

1075 bc

temple crashed down by Samson's prayer

1075 bc

Lord speaks to Samuel

1070 bc

Samuel leads victory for Israel

1070 bc

Saul appointed king

1043 bc

Saul does bad to God's eyes and God rejects him as king

1028 bc

David appointed as king

1024 bc

David kills Goliath

1024 bc

Saul tries to kill David

1014 bc

Psalms of David

1013 bc - 970 bc

David spares Saul's life

1011 bc

Samuel's death

1011 bc

2 Samuel

1010 bc - 970 bc

Zabud and propets Nathan and Gad

David anointed king of Judah

1010 bc

Saul's death

1010 bc

1 Chronicles

1003 bc - 970 bc

Ezra

David king of all Israel

1003 bc

David sins by sleeping with Bathsheba and kills Uriah

993 bc

Nathan rebukes David

991 bc

Absalom's revenge on Amnon

990 bc

Rape of Tamar, David's daughter

990 bc

Preparation for the Temple

979 bc

1 Kings

970 bc - 853 bc

Jeremiah

David's instruction to Solomon

970 bc

Solomon is king

970 bc

1 baby 2 mothers, wise judge of Solomon

967 bc

2 Chronicles

967 bc - 609 bc

Ezra

Psalms of Solomon

967 bc - 950 bc

Solomon asks God for wisdom

967 bc

Ecclesiastes

950 bc

Solomon

Proverbs

950 bc

Solomon, Agur, Lemuel

Proverbs of Solomon

950 bc

Solomon's Song of Songs

950 bc

Song of Songs

950 bc

Solomon

Solomon uses gifts for himself

939 bc

Rehoboam makes gold calves

931 bc

Solomon dies and Rehoboam becomes king

931 bc

The REAL God sends fire from sky

863 bc

Elijah

Announced Edom's judgement

853 bc

Edom is destroyed and Israel is restored

853 bc

Obadiah

853 bc

Obadiah

2 Kings

852 bc - 586 bc

Jeremiah

Elijah's spirit upon Elisha

851 bc

Elijah taken to Heaven

851 bc

Joash repairs Temple

835 bc

Joel

835 bc

Joel

Lord's words to Joel

835 bc

People served idols after Jehoiada died

835 bc

Amos

766 bc

Amos

Jonah

760 bc

Jonah

Jonah gets angry for God's mercy

760 bc

Jonah obeys and goes to Ninevah

760 bc

Jonah prays in the fish and is spit out

760 bc

Jonah runs away from God and gets trapped in a fish

760 bc

God tells Hosea to marry a prostitute to show Israel's bad acts

753 bc

Hosea

753 bc

Hosea

Hosea's call to repentence

753 bc

Isaiah

739 bc - 701 bc

Isaiah

Isaiah's call

739 bc

Lord's words to Micah

735 bc

Micah

735 bc

Micah

Sign of Immanuel

735 bc

Hezekiah rules and reopens Temple

716 bc

Deliverance of Jerusalem

711 bc

God's fallen people

711 bc

Isaiah prays for Jerusalem

711 bc

Nahum

697 bc

Nahum

Nahum's vision

697 bc

Josiah good reign for Judah

640 bc

Josiah rules in Judah

640 bc

call to repentence

638 bc

Jerusalem rebels

638 bc

Judgment coming to Judah

638 bc

Zephaniah

638 bc

Zephaniah

Jeremiah

627 bc - 586 bc

Jeremiah

Jeremiah's call

627 bc

Judah tries to tell people God's plans for their fall

627 bc - 588 bc

Habakkuk

625 bc

Habakkuk

Josiah's death

621 bc

Josiah's religious reforms

621 bc

Daniel

605 bc - 539 bc

Daniel

rejection of king's food and Daniel and his gangs were stronger

605 bc

King Nebuchadnezzar dreams and Daniel interprets

604 bc

Coming of the Siege

593 bc

Ezekiel

593 bc - 573 bc

Ezekiel

Ezekiel appointed watchman of Israel

593 bc

Ezekiel's call and comission

593 bc

Israel rebels

591 bc

Jerusalem's fall

586 bc

Lamentations

586 bc

Jeremiah

Lamentations of Jeremiah

586 bc

Dry bones and reunion of Israel and Judah

585 bc

Ezekiel

The good shepherd

585 bc

Daniel explains Nebuchadnezzar's dream about a tree

582 bc

Daniel's prays for his people and Gabriel gives answer

539 bc

Daniel's vision of four beasts

539 bc

Ezra

537 bc - 456 bc

Ezra

Called to rebuild temple and obedience to God's words

520 bc

Calling to return to God

520 bc

Fountain of Cleaning

520 bc

Haggai

520 bc

Haggai

New temple and blessings for obedience

520 bc

promise of blessings for Jerusalem

520 bc

Zechariah

520 bc

Zechariah

Esther

483 bc - 472 bc

Mordecai

Esther becomes queen

478 bc

Haman plots to kill the Jews

474 bc

Esther asks king help

473 bc

Haman is executed

473 bc

King honors Mordecai

473 bc

Mordecai asks Esther for help

473 bc

Ezra arrives in jerusalem

458 bc

Nehemiah

445 bc - 432 bc

Ezra

Complete building the wall

444 bc

Enemies oppose rebuilding

444 bc

Nehemiah goes to Jerusalem

444 bc

Rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem

444 bc

Calling to faithfulness

430 bc

God not happy with unworthy sacrifices

430 bc

God's love for Israel

430 bc

Malachi

430 bc

Malachi