COMPLETE BIBLICAL TIMELINE

Catch a glimpse of the whole sweep of biblical history. The ten historical
eras outlined in the Chronological Life Application Study Bible, along with
the books of the Bible you will find in each, are in the center bar. Significant
world events are above the bar, and biblical events are below it.

Stonehenge
Sumerian
erected in England
Iron objects king, Sargon, Horses domesti-
estimated
manufactured becomes cated in Egypt
2000 BC Mexican Sun
in the ancient first “world 2300 BC Pyramid built
Near East conqueror”
1500 BC
2500 BC 2331 BC
Egyptians Ziggurats built Hammurabi of First metal-
Egyptians use import gold in Mesopotamia Spoked wheels Babylon provides working
Great Pyramids of papyrus and ink from other parts invented first written law in South
2100 BC
Egypt constructed for writing of Africa estimated code estimated America
2630 BC 2500 BC 2400 BC 1900 BC 1750 BC 1440 BC

2600 BC 2500 BC 2400 BC 2300 BC 2200 BC 2100 BC 2000 BC 1900 BC 1800 BC 1700 BC 1600 BC 1500 BC 1400 BC
WORLD EVENTS

Beginnings God’s Chosen The Birth

undated–2100 BC
Family of Israel EXODUS, 1500 – 1445 BC
2100 BC–1800 BC 1800 BC–1406 BC
LEVITICUS, 1445 – 1444 BC

GENESIS, undated–1805 BC
JOB, NUMBERS, 1445 – 1406 BC
around
1900 BC DEUTERONOMY, 1406 BC

BIBLICAL EVENTS

1929 BC 1876 BC 1406 BC

2066 BC Jacob flees Jacob moves 1526 BC Moses dies
Isaac is to Haran to Egypt Moses is
undated 2166 BC
undated born 1805 BC born
Creation Abraham 1443 BC
Noah builds the ark Joseph dies
is born 2006 BC 1898 BC Israel refuses to
Jacob and Joseph sold enter Canaan
2091 BC Esau are born into slavery 1446 BC
Abraham The Exodus
1915 BC around 1800–1446 BC 1445 BC
travels to
Early Accounts of Creation Canaan Joseph is born 1885 BC Slavery in Egypt Ten Command-
and the Flood Joseph rules ments given
Several ancient civilizations wrote Egypt
down their own stories about 1445 BC
origins. These tablets from Babylon The second
record a creation myth and a story Passover
about an ancient flood.

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 Destruction
of Troy during
Trojan War
1183 BC

First Chinese
dictionary Homer’s Iliad and
Trojan Horse
1200 BC Odyssey written down
King Tutankhamen Replica in
Troy, Turkey Mayans settle in the 800 BC
is buried in Egypt
amidst great treasure Yucatan peninsula Celts invade
1358 BC 1000 BC Britain
900 BC
Evidence of
Palace of Knossos highly developed
Water clock on island of Crete Silk fabrics Native Americans Gold vessels and metal and stone
invented in destroyed by manufactured in California build jewelry popular in sculptures in Founding of
Egypt earthquake in China wood-reed houses Northern Europe Africa Carthage
1400 BC 1380 BC 1250 BC 1000 BC 950 BC 850 BC 814 BC

1400 BC 1300 BC 1200 BC 1100 BC 1000 BC 900 BC 800 BC

WORLD EVENTS

Possessing the Land United Monarchy Splintered Nation

1406 BC–1050 BC 1050 BC–930 BC 930 BC–586 BC

JOSHUA, 1406 – 1376 BC 1 SAMUEL,

1105 – 1010 BC 2 SAMUEL &
JUDGES, 1376 – 1100 BC 1 CHRONICLES, 1 KINGS, 970 – 853 BC
1010 – 970 BC
RUTH, 2 CHRONICLES, 970 – 538 BC
around SONG OF SONGS
1100 BC & ECCLESIASTES, 2 KINGS, 853 – 561 BC
around 950 BC

BIBLICAL EVENTS Israel Stele 1213 BC

This monument honoring
1376 BC 1162 BC 1105 BC 1050 BC 1010 BC 997 BC 930 BC 885 BC 875 BC 835 BC
Pharaoh Merneptah is the
Judges begin earliest evidence for the Gideon Samuel Saul becomes David David Israel divides Omri Elijah begins Joash
to rule in existence of the nation of becomes is born king becomes sins with into two nations begins his ministry begins
Israel Israel outside the Bible. Israel’s judge king in Bathsheba to rule in to rule in
1075 BC 1025 BC Judah Israel 853 BC Judah
970 BC
1406 BC Samuel David Ahab dies
1200 BC 1003 BC Solomon begins 910 BC
Joshua leads Israel becomes anointed in battle
Philistines land on Israel’s final as king David becomes building the Asa begins to
into Canaan king over all Israel Temple rule in Judah
coast of Canaan judge 848 BC
1209 BC Elisha’s
Deborah becomes 1020 BC 960 BC
970 BC ministry
Israel’s judge David defeats Goliath The Temple is completed begins
Solomon
becomes
king

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 Earliest
musical Cyrus the
notation in Great conquers
Greece False teeth the Medes,
750 BC First known invented in founding the
lock and key Italy Persian Empire
in the palace 700 BC Pythagoras, 550 BC
in Assyria Greek philosopher
Shedu Aesop writes his
710 BC and mathematician, Horseback
Assyrian statue, is born fables
postal service
limestone, Japan founded as 582 BC 560 BC
Nineveh in the Persian
8th century BC a nation
destroyed Empire
660 BC 540 BC
First known Olympics 612 BC
occurs Gautama
Greek Buddha, the
776 BC
Legendary The Temple astronomer founder of Babylon
date for Soldering Horse racing of Artemis is Thales Buddhism, Confucius overthrown
founding of iron first held at constructed predicts an is born in is born in by Cyrus of
of Rome invented 33rd Olympics in Ephesus eclipse India China Persia
753 BC 650 BC 648 BC 600 BC 585 BC 563 BC 551 BC 539 BC
800 BC
750 BC 700 BC 650 BC 600 BC 550 BC
WORLD EVENTS

Splintered Nation Exile

930 BC–586 BC 586 BC–538 BC

2 CHRONICLES, 970 – 538 BC 2 CHRONICLES, 970 – 538 BC

2 KINGS, 853 – 561 BC 2 KINGS, 853 – 561 BC

DANIEL, 605 – 536 BC
JONAH, 793 – 753 BC MICAH, 742 – 687 BC ZEPHANIAH, 640 – 621 BC
EZEKIEL, 597 – 571 BC
AMOS, 760 – 750 BC ISAIAH, 740 – 681 BC NAHUM, JEREMIAH, 627 – 585 BC
663 – 654 BC LAMENTATIONS, 586 BC;
HOSEA, 753 – 715 BC HABAKKUK, 612 – 589 BC OBADIAH, around 586 BC

BIBLICAL EVENTS

760 BC 722 BC 701 BC 627 BC 605 BC 573 BC 553 BC 538 BC

Amos begins Assyria Sennacherib Jeremiah First captivity; Ezekiel’s Daniel’s first Daniel
his ministry destroys taunts begins his Daniel taken vision of vision prays for
793 BC Samaria Hezekiah ministry to Babylon a restored his people
Temple
Jonah begins his ministry
539 BC
740 BC 586 BC
597 BC Daniel thrown
Isaiah begins his ministry Babylon destroys
622 BC to the lions
Second captivity; Jerusalem
Law scroll found in Ezekiel taken to
the Temple 562 BC
Babylon
King Nebuchadnezzar
of Babylon dies
609 BC
Neco kills Josiah
in battle

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 Romans make
Herod the Great
king of Judea
Hippocrates, 37 BC
the father
Earliest copies of Sun of modern Cleopatra and
Tzu’s The Art of War medicine, Marc Antony
is born The Parthenon is Jews and commit suicide
500 BC Cleopatra becomes last
built in Athens, Greece astrologers 30 BC
460 BC independent Egyptian ruler
448 BC
banished
Greeks repel Great Wall of China from Rome 51 BC Herod the
Persia in the built 139 BC Great begins
Public libraries Battle of Plato, famous 215 BC
remodeling
open in Athens, Marathon The Golden philosopher, Aristotle is First Julius Caesar Temple in
Julius
Greece Age begins is born born Chinese becomes dic- Jerusalem
490 BC Caesar,
520 BC in Athens, Judas ships reach Romans tator for life, 20 BC
429 BC 384 BC Alexander the first
Socrates, Greece Antiochus Maccabeus east coast conquer assassinated
Great defeats Romans build emperor
Polo played Rome famous Socrates Romans IV plunders begins a of India England 2 years later Sumo
457 BC the Persian first paved road, of Rome,
as a sport becomes a philosopher, condemned Plato writes conquer Jerusalem revolt against 102 BC is born 55 BC 46 BC wrestling
Empire the “Appian Way”
in Persia republic is born to death The Republic Sicily Temple Antiochus IV in Japan
330 BC 312 BC 100 BC
525 BC 509 BC 469 BC 399 BC 370 BC 241 BC 169 BC 165 BC 23 BC
350 BC 300 BC
500 BC 450 BC 400 BC 250 BC 200 BC 150 BC 100 BC 50 BC AD 1
WORLD EVENTS

Return & Diaspora

538 BC–6 BC
INTERTESTAMENTAL PERIOD
EZRA, 538 – 450 BC
HAGGAI, 520 BC MALACHI, 430s BC
ZECHARIAH, 520 – 518 BC

ESTHER, 483 – 473 BC

NEHEMIAH, 446 – 432 BC

BIBLICAL EVENTS

538 BC 520 BC 473 BC 458 BC 445 BC around 255 BC 20? BC

Cyrus Haggai Festival Ezra leads Nehemiah Hebrew Old Mary, Jesus’
allows and of Purim another group of returns to Testament begins mother, is
exiles to Zechariah originates returning exiles Jerusalem to be translated born
return to serve as to Jerusalem into Greek
Jerusalem prophets (Septuagint)

538 BC
515 BC 479 BC
Zerubbabel
leads Second Temple Esther becomes queen The Septuagint
50,000 completed in Jerusalem of Persia Jesus and the apostles apparently
people referred to the Old Testament in
back to translation quite often. This 4th
Jerusalem century AD manuscript is particularly
well preserved.

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 Judea Painting on canvas Rome begins construction
becomes AD 66 on the Colosseum
a Roman Tiberius London is founded Emperor AD 75
province succeeds Caesar Claudius
AD 43
AD 6 Augustus as poisoned by
Roman emperor order of his
wife Mount Vesuvius
AD 14 Herod Romans
AD 54 erupts
Saddles first used in Caligula Agrippa Claudius Fire burns destroy a AD 79
Europe Zealots in becomes appointed becomes Rome, Nero
Romans Nero religious China opens
AD 1 Judea rebel the Roman king of the Roman blames commune
begin becomes silk trade with Domitian
against Rome emperor Judea emperor Christians at Qumran
using the Roman the West becomes the
AD 7 AD 37 AD 40 AD 41 soap emperor AD 64 AD 68 AD 74 Roman emperor
AD 50 AD 54 AD 81
AD 20
AD 1 AD 10 AD 30 AD 40 AD 50 AD 60 AD 70 AD 80 AD 90 AD 100
WORLD EVENTS

Jesus Christ The Church 1 COR, AD 53

2 COR &
PHIL, AD 61 1 JOHN, between AD 80–90
2 & 3 JOHN, around AD 90
6 BC–AD 30 AD 30– present 1 TIM &
ROMANS, REVELATION, AD 95
AD 54 TITUS, AD 62
MATTHEW, 6 BC – AD 30
ACTS, AD 30 – 60 2 TIM &
LUKE, 6 BC – AD 30 JAMES, AD 48 1 PETER, AD 64
COL,
MARK, AD 26 – 30 GAL, AD 49 PHLM, 2 PETER, AD 65
& EPH,
JOHN, AD 26 – 30 1 & 2 THES, AD 60 HEBREWS &
AD 50 JUDE, around AD 66

BIBLICAL EVENTS

4 BC AD 5? AD 35 AD 51 AD 57 AD 64
Herod the Paul is Saul’s conversion Paul begins Paul in AD 62 Paul
Great dies born AD 26 on the Damascus his third prison in Paul is martyred
John the road missionary Caesarea released Masada
AD 70
6 BC Baptist journey from prison After Rome destroyed
AD 30 AD 40 Rome
Jesus is born begins his in Rome Jerusalem in 70 AD, a small
AD 6 ministry Jesus is crucified The destroys group of Jewish nationalists
Jesus visits Temple conversion Jerusalem dug in at the rugged fortress of
as a boy of Cornelius AD 49 AD 59 Masada, where they remained
AD 27
Jesus The Paul’s voyage to Rome for three years until the
begins Jerusalem AD 73 Romans’ siege finally broke
his Council Jews commit through the stronghold.
AD 46 mass suicide at
ministry
Paul begins Masada while
his first under Roman
AD 29 missionary attack
John the journey
Baptist is AD 30
beheaded The Holy Spirit
descends on Pentecost
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