Old Testament Timeline

  • Period: 3300 BCE to 2000 BCE

    Early Bronze Age

  • Period: 2200 BCE to 1700 BCE

    Egyptian Middle Kingdom

  • Period: 2100 BCE to 1700 BCE

    Abraham

  • Period: 2000 BCE to 1550 BCE

    Middle Bronze Age

  • Period: 2000 BCE to 612 BCE

    Assyrian Empire

  • Period: 2000 BCE to 539 BCE

    Babylonian Empire

  • Period: 1550 BCE to 1200 BCE

    Late Bronze Age

  • 1440 BCE

    Date of Exodus

  • Period: 1400 BCE to 1050 BCE

    Book of Judges

  • Period: 1350 BCE to 1150 BCE

    Ruth

  • Period: 1200 BCE to 1050 BCE

    King Saul

  • Period: 1200 BCE to 930 BCE

    Iron Age I

  • Period: 1010 BCE to 970 BCE

    King David

  • Period: 970 BCE to 930 BCE

    King Solomon

  • Period: 930 BCE to 722 BCE

    Divided Kingdom

  • Period: 930 BCE to 539 BCE

    Iron Age II

  • Period: 792 BCE to 740 BCE

    King Uzziah

  • Period: 760 BCE to 750 BCE

    Amos

  • Period: 740 BCE to 690 BCE

    Isaiah

  • 722 BCE

    Fall of Israel, Northern Kingdom

  • Period: 715 BCE to 687 BCE

    King Hezekiah

  • Period: 650 BCE to 612 BCE

    Nahum

  • Period: 640 BCE to 609 BCE

    King Josiah

  • Period: 627 BCE to 587 BCE

    Jeremiah

  • Period: 605 BCE to 530 BCE

    Daniel

  • Period: 605 BCE to 562 BCE

    King Nebuchadnezzar

  • Period: 593 BCE to 571 BCE

    Ezekial

  • 587 BCE

    Fall of Judah, Southern Kingdom

  • Period: 587 BCE to 538 BCE

    Babylonian Exile

  • Period: 539 BCE to 331 BCE

    Persian Empire

  • Period: 539 BCE to 332 BCE

    Iron Age III

    Also Known as the Persian Age
  • 538 BCE

    Edict of Cyrus

  • Period: 520 BCE to 516 BCE

    Haggai

  • Period: 458 BCE to 425 BCE

    Ezra

  • Period: 445 BCE to 432 BCE

    Nehemiah