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2000 BCE
God's Covenant with Abraham
To make Abraham the father of many nations and of many descendants and give "the whole land of Canaan" to his descendants. Circumcision is to be the permanent sign of this everlasting covenant with Abraham and his male descendants and is known as the brit milah -
1940 BCE
Abraham Sent To Sacrifice Isaac
His story features in the holy texts of all the Abrahamic religions and Abraham plays a prominent role as an example of belife in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam -
1446 BCE
exodus from egypt
The Exodus is the founding, or etiological, myth of Israel; its message is that the Israelites were delivered from slavery cause Yahweh and therefore belong to him through the Mosaic covenant -
1010 BCE
david founds jerusalem
Khirbet Qeyafa is the best examplet posed to date of a fortified city from the time of King David," said Yossi Garfinkel, a Hebrew University archaeologist, suggesting that David himself would have used the site. Garfinkel led the seven-year dig with Saar Ganor of Israel's Antiquities. -
740 BCE
Assyrians Conquer Northern Kingdom of Israel
The Assyrian captivity is the period in the history of Ancient Israel and Judah during which several thousand Israelites of ancient Samaria were resettled as captives by Assyria. -
609 BCE
Nebuchadnezzar Conquers Judah
Nebuchadnezzar II was an Assyrian King of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, who reigned -
539 BCE
Cyrus Conquers Babylon
Cyrus II of Persia, commonly known as Cyrus the Great and also called Cyrus the Elder by the. Greeks, was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire -
167 BCE
Revolt of the Maccabees
The Maccabees, also spelled Machabees, were the leaders of a Jewish rebel army that took control of Judea, which at the time had been a province of the Seleucid Empire. -
106 BCE
Romans Capture Jerusalem
The Siege of Jerusalem in the year 70 was the decisive event of the First Jewish–Roman War. The Roman army. -
Feb 22, 970
solomon becomes king
David's heir apparent, Adonijah, acted to have himself declared king, but was outmaneuvered by Bathsheba and the prophet Nathan, who convinced David to proclaim Solomon king according to his earlier promise, despite Solomon being younger than his brothers.
