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4004 BCE
creation
during creation God created everything including mankind. God also made the land, water, and air on the earth as well as making all the other planets. If God didn't do this the earth would have nothing on it to keep it alive. there would also be no reason for the earth to exist. -
2349 BCE
The flood
The flood is when God flooded the world as a punishment to humans for our sins. God told Noah to build an ark and bring his family and animals on the ark and wait out the flood. It taught us to be better people. And it also shaped the grand canyon -
2166 BCE
Abraham
Abraham followed the course of the Euphrates river to get to Canaan. he recorded places he stopped at in the bible. he made a chapter in the bible so we can read it. the land of Canaan would be the inheritage of Abraham decedents -
1728 BCE
Joseph
he deciphers Pharaoh's dream. he becomes the vizier. when he deciphers the dream he knows there will be seven years of fertile land and seven years of drought. he tells them how to survive it. -
1446 BCE
Moses and the Exodus
he got a message from God to tell Pharaoh to let his people go. he led his people out of Egypt. isreal is now safe from Egypt. Egypt has fallen -
1445 BCE
The Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments was a list of laws God gave to mosses to tell everyone about and follow. The list was meant to help us be better people.the ten Commandments helps us be closer to God. if we didn't have them we would be lost. -
1406 BCE
Settling Canaan
It was when the Israelites entered Canaan. they settled down at first in the hill country and in the south. they went to Canaan because God asked them to. God promised that the land of Canaan would belong to Abraham and his descendants. -
1011 BCE
David
David was a guy who killed goliath with a slingshot. David became a king. he saved his people. there was also stuff left behind for us to find later on. -
971 BCE
Solomon and Building the Temple
Solomon built the first temple. Solomon used labor to build everything in the temple. The temple was for the Lord. he wanted the lord to live on earth to help people. -
931 BCE
The Division of the Kingdom
This is when Israel split in two. there is Israel and Judah. Israel conquered lots of people. judah built a tunnel to bring water to the gihon springs -
722 BCE
The Assyrian Conquest of Israel
this is when Assyria swept out of the north, and captured the Northern Kingdom of Israel. Then took the ten tribes into captivity. The Assyrians took out israel so it would be easy to take out judah. this is how they captured all of israel -
709 BCE
Sennacherib vs. Hezekiah
This is when Hezekiah stopped paying his annual taxes to Assyria. he prepared for war by making a tunnel to bring water to the gihon springs. it helps prove the bible correct. now we know more of what happened in the bible is correct because of the Annals of Sennacherib -
586 BCE
The Babylonian Conquest of Judah
Nebuchadnezzar made Jehoiakim, King of Judah, pay him taxes. The plan was to keep Judah as a Babylonian province. this allowed babylon to capture 10,000 people. multiple Babylonian documents where made -
586 BCE
The Exile
this is when The survivors of the conquest of Jerusalem were dispersed around the Babylonian Empire. this acurd after the Babylonian conquest of Judah. the term jew was made at this time. the term Jew, came from the word Yehud which means Judah -
538 BCE
Cyrus the Great
he ended the exile. he let all the jews go. this was important because all the jews where freed from babylon. the jews where than able to rebuild there temple -
538 BCE
Daniel
he was loyal to the God of Israel despite persecution and danger. According to the Bible, he was thrown into a lion's den for refusing to worship the king, but God protected Daniel and he was not harmed by the lions. This shows the power of the lord. he is important because he stayed true to God