Israel timeline

By C-Dawg
  • creation
    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.
  • The flood
    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
  • Abraham
    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
  • Joseph
    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.
  • Moses and the Exodus
    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
  • The Ten Commandments
    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.
  • Settling Canaan
    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.
  • David
    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.
  • Solomon and Building the Temple
    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.
  • The Division of the Kingdom
    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
  • The Assyrian Conquest of Israel
    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
  • Sennacherib vs. Hezekiah
    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
  • The Babylonian Conquest of Judah
    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
  • The Exile
    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
  • Cyrus the Great
    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
  • Daniel
    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