Old Testament Survey Timeline

  • Period: 3300 BCE to 1950 BCE

    Early Bronze age

  • 2000 BCE

    Abraham

  • 1991 BCE

    Egyptian Middle Kingdom

  • Period: 1950 BCE to 1539 BCE

    Middle Bronze Age

  • Period: 1539 BCE to 1200 BCE

    Late Bronze Age

  • 1450 BCE

    Book of Exodus

  • 1375 BCE

    Ruth

  • Period: 1200 BCE to 950 BCE

    Iron Age I

  • 1050 BCE

    King Saul

  • 1043 BCE

    Book of judges

  • 1000 BCE

    King David

  • 970 BCE

    King Solomon

  • Period: 950 BCE to 586 BCE

    Iron Age II

  • 933 BCE

    Fall of Israel

  • 933 BCE

    all of Juda

  • Period: 931 BCE to 586 BCE

    Divided Kingdom

  • 767 BCE

    King Uzziah

  • 750 BCE

    Isaiah

  • Period: 750 BCE to 612 BCE

    Assyrian Empire

  • 716 BCE

    King Hezekiah

  • 640 BCE

    King Josiah

  • 628 BCE

    Jeremiah

  • Period: 612 BCE to 539 BCE

    Babylonian Empire

  • 606 BCE

    Daniel

  • 597 BCE

    Babylonian Exile

  • 596 BCE

    Ezequiel

  • Period: 539 BCE to 331 BCE

    Persian Empire

  • 538 BCE

    Edict of Cyrus

  • 520 BCE

    Haggai

  • 440 BCE

    Ezra

  • 430 BCE

    Nehemiah