|
Year |
Landmark Event(s) |
|
2000-1750 |
Old Babylonian period |
|
2000-1700 |
Israel's Patriarchal period |
|
ca. 1900-1400 |
Old Assyrian period |
|
1882 |
Terach born |
|
1813 |
Abraham born |
|
ca. 1850/1750/1700 |
Abraham & Sarah, Isaac & Ishmael, famine forces Israelites to
migrate to Egypt |
|
1800 |
First Jerusalem city wall built |
|
ca. 1792-1750 |
Hammurabi |
|
ca. 1750-1200 |
Hittite empire |
|
1765 |
The Tower of Babel |
|
1743 |
Origin of traditions of the "Abrahamic covenant" |
|
1713 |
Isaac born; Abraham circumcises himself; Sodom & Gomorrah
destroyed |
|
ca. 1700-1550 |
Hyksos in Egypt |
|
1677 |
Isaac prepared as sacrifice; Sarah dies |
|
1653 |
Jacob born |
|
1638 |
Abraham dies |
|
ca. 1600-1150 |
Kassite period (Babylonia) |
|
1590 |
Isaac blesses Jacob instead of Esau. |
|
ca. 1570-1085 |
New Kingdom period (Egypt) |
|
1569 |
Jacob marries Leah |
|
1565 |
Levi born |
|
1562 |
Joseph born |
|
1546 |
Joseph sold into slavery |
|
1533 |
Isaac dies |
|
1532 |
Joseph becomes viceroy of Egypt |
|
1523 |
Jacob and his family join Joseph in Egypt |
|
ca. 1500-1200 |
Ugaritic texts |
|
1452 |
Joseph dies |
|
1429 |
Egyptian enslavement of the Hebrews begins |
|
ca. 1400-900 |
Middle Assyrian period |
|
ca. 1400-1300 |
Amarna period (Egypt) |
|
1393 |
Moses born. |
|
1355 |
Joshua born. |
|
1314 |
Moses sees the burning bush. |
|
ca. 1300-1200 |
Mosaic period (Israel) |
|
1272 |
After setting up the Ark at Shiloh near Shechem (Nablus), Joshua
launches foray into Jerusalem (Joshua 10:23, 15:63) |
|
ca. 1250-1200 |
Exodus from Egypt, Sinai Torah, Canaan Entry |
|
ca. 1200 |
Sea Peoples invade Egypt and Syro-Palestine |
|
ca. 1200-1050/1000 |
Period of the Judges (Israel) |
|
ca. 1200-1000 |
Jerusalem is a Canaanite city |
|
ca. 1150-900 |
Middle Babylonian period: |
|
ca. 1106 |
Deborah judges Israel. |
|
ca. 1050-450 |
Hebrew prophets (Samuel-Malachi) |
|
ca. 1000-587 |
Monarchical period in Israel |
|
ca. 1030-1010 |
Saul (transitional king) |
|
ca. 1010-970 |
David conquers the Jebusites and makes Jerusalem his capital |
|
ca. 970-931 |
Solomon builds the First Temple on Mount Moriah |
|
ca. 931 |
Secession of Northern Kingdom (Israel) from Southern Kingdom
(Judah) |
|
931-913 |
Rehoboam rules Judah |
|
931-910 |
Jeroboam I rules Israel, choses Shechem as his first capital,
later moves it to Tirzah |
|
913-911 |
Abijah rules Judah |
|
911-870 |
Asa rules Juda |
|
910-909 |
Nadab (son of Jeroboam) rules Israel |
|
909-886 |
Baasha kills Nadab and rules Israel |
|
900-612 |
Neo-Assyrian period |
|
886-885 |
Elah, son of Baasha, rules Israel |
|
885 |
Zimri kills Elah, but reigns just seven days before committing
suicide, Omri chosen as King of Israel |
|
885-880(?) |
War between Omri and Tibni |
|
885-874 |
Omri kills Tibni, rules Israel |
|
879 |
Omri moves capital of Israel from Tirzah to Samaria |
|
874-853 |
Ahab, Omri's son, is killed in battle, Jezebel reigns as Queen.
Athaliah, Ahab and Jezebel's daughter, marries Jehoram, crown
prince of Judah |
|
870-848 |
Jehoshapha rules Judah |
|
853-851 |
Ahaziah, son of Ahab, rules Israel, dies in accident |
|
750-725 |
Israelite Prophets Amos, Hosea, Isaiah |
|
722/721 |
Northern Kingdom (Israel) destroyed by Assyrians; 10 tribes
exiled (10 lost tribes) |
|
720 |
Ahaz, King of Judah dismantles Solomon's bronze vessels and
places a private Syrian altar in the Temple |
|
716 |
Hezekiah, King of Jerusalem, with help of God and the prophet
Isaiah resists Assyrian attempt to capture Jerusalem (2
Chronicles 32). Wells and springs leading to the city are
stopped |
|
701 |
Assyrian ruler Sennacherib beseiges Jerusalem |
|
612-538 |
Neo-Babylonian (“Chaldean”) period |
|
620 |
Josiah (Judean King) and “Deuteronomic Reforms” |
|
ca. 600-580 |
Judean Prophets Jeremiah and Ezekiel |
|
587/586 |
Southern Kingdom (Judah) and First Temple destroyed-Babylonian
exile |
|
ca. 550 |
Judean Prophet “Second Isaiah” |
|
541 |
First Jews return from Babylon in small numbers to rebuild the
city and its walls. Seventy years of exile terminated. (Daniel
9, Haggai 2:18-19) |
|
539 |
Persian ruler Cyrus the Great conquers Babylonian Empire |
