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2150 BCE
Abram's Birth
Abraham was born in or near the city of UR around 2150. It was very hard to find a specific date. -
2075 BCE
Abram leaves the city of UR to go to Haran
Abram leaves the city of UR to go to the city of Haran. -
2072 BCE
Abram rescues Lot
Abram rescues Lot from the town of Sodom. -
2064 BCE
Ishmael's Birth
Ishmael was born in the year 2064 BCE. This was 11 years after Abram was in Haran. Abram was 86 years old when Ishmael was born! -
2051 BCE
Abraham's Circumcision
Abram gets circumcised to become Abraham. Abram makes a covenant with God and gets the new name "Abraham". -
2051 BCE
Sodom'a destruction
Sodom was destroyed by God's angels. -
2050 BCE
Isaac's Birth
Isaac is born in the year 2050 BCE. Isaac was born after Abraham returned from Gerar and was born in Beersheba. -
2010 BCE
Isaac's wife!
Isaac gets married to Rebekah! -
1990 BCE
Isaac's two sons
Isaac has two sons! He has Jacob and Esau. -
1975 BCE
Abraham's Death
Abraham dies of old age at the age of 175 years! -
1460 BCE
Exodus
The law of exodus was given to the Israelites through Moses at Mt. Sinai. The law was added to the promises because of the transgressions of the Israelites. And God warned the Israelites that if they didn't obey the laws fully that he would scatter them throughout the land. -
1040 BCE
King David conquers
Kind David conquers Jerusalem. -
1010 BCE
King David bought the Temple site
King David purchased the land of where the future Temple in Jerusalem would be. -
1000 BCE
Start of King Solomon's Reign
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1000 BCE
End of Kind David's Reign
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990 BCE
The first Temple
King Solomon built the Temple on the site that David (his father) has bought previously. -
960 BCE
Division of Israel
The ten tribes of Israel established a separate kingdom in the north. While Judah and Benjamin had a kingdom in the south with Jerusalem as its capital. -
960 BCE
End of King Solomon's reign
Under King Solomon, Israel occupied almost all the land that God promised to the offspring of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. -
727 BCE
The Assyrians conquer Naphtali and the Israelite tribes
This is the start of the first exile and the scattering of the Jewish people had now begun. -
722 BCE
Assyrians conquered the northern kingdom of Israel
The survivors of the ten tribes were then taken into exile. -
680 BCE
Assyrians attack Judah
The cities were destroyed, but Jerusalem was not. -
608 BCE
Egyptians took King Jehoahaz captive
King Jehoahaz was taken captive by Egypt. -
590 BCE
The promise of a new convent was made through the prophet Jeremiah
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586 BCE
Nebuchadnezzar conquered Judah
The First Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed by the Jews were taken into exile in Babylon. -
539 BCE
Cyrus the Persian conquered Babylon
King Cyrus made a proclamation to rebuild the Temple of Jerusalem. There were only a few thousand Jews that returned to Israel after the exile, and most of them remained scattered out of the land. -
520 BCE
Zerubbabel built the Second Temple in Jerusalem
Fun Fact: The second Temple was a shadow of the former Temple, but hundreds of years later King herald would spend 46 years making it immaculate. -
500 BCE
Canonization of the Torah
The Torah was the law of Moses. it is the first of the three major divisions in the Hebrew bible that was accepted by the rabbis as authoritative. -
450 BCE
Nehemiah rebuilt the wall around Jerusalem
Israel was slowly recovering from its desolation and the first scattering. The regathering was partial and the Jews did not return from all quarters of the world. -
400 BCE
Canonisation of the Neviim
The Neviim – the Prophets – the second of the three major divisions of the Hebrew Bible – were added to the canon. -
350 BCE
Canonisation of the Ketuvim
The Ketuvim – the Holy Writings – the third of the three major divisions of the Hebrew Bible – were added to the canon. By the time of Jesus the full canon of Hebrew Scripture – known as the Tanach, an acronym of the Hebrew for the Law, the Prophets, and the Holy Writings – had been accepted by the Jews for hundreds of years. -
333 BCE
Alexander the Great conquered Persia
Alexander brought Greek culture and thinking, and the Greek language, to Israel and the Middle East of the time. -
250 BCE
Septuagint
The Hebrew Bible was translated into Greek. -
165 BCE
Revolt of the Maccabees
The Seleucid empire had succeeded Alexander. Under the rule of Antiochus, the Temple had been defiled. The Jews, led by the Maccabees, captured Jerusalem and rededicated the Temple. Jews celebrate the event with the non-biblical Feast of Dedication, also called Hanukkah. John 10:22 shows that Jesus observed this feast. -
150 BCE
The Essene sect of the Jews established a monastry at Qumran on the edge of the Dead Sea
Observant Jews were trying to live out the Law isolated from Greek influences and then the corruption of the priesthood in Jerusalem. -
63 BCE
The Romans occupied Israel
Rome became the dominant power in the world and established peace through ruthless suppression of all dissent. -
37 BCE
Herod the Great
Herod, and his successors, owed allegiance to Rome. Herod the Great was famous for his many building projects. The Second Temple renovations were started in 18 BC and would take 46 years, being completed after his death. The disciples of Jesus would, like everyone else, be impressed with the huge stonework but Jesus would be dismissive. -
6 BCE
Jesus was born in Bethlehem
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30
The death and resurrection of Jesus
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40
The New Testament was written by Jewish believers in Jesus
Gentiles came to faith in Jesus in large numbers through the missionary works of the apostle Paul. -
60
Deaths of the apostles Paul and Peter
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66
First Jewish Revolt against Roman rule
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70
The Romans under Titus captured Jerusalem
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90
Death of the apostle John
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132
Second Jewish Revolt under Bar Kochba
The Romans put down the revolt with great ferocity. Hundreds of Jewish communities in Israel were destroyed. The Jews were scattered from the Promised Land for the second time. -
135
The Romans conquered Israel
The Temple Mount was plowed with salt and Jews were banished from Jerusalem on pain of death.