Bible History
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This timeline is being created as part of the Through the Bible class at Venture Church in Mill Creek, Washington. You can listen to the teaching and access notes and presentations at: https://www.joshuatallent.com/bible/
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Created byJoshua Tallent
Attachments
Events
ExodusJacob moves to EgyptSlavery BeginsMoses Flees to MidianAmenhotep II's First CampaignAmenhotep II's Second "First" CampaignAmenhotep II's Third CampaignConquest BeginsTemple CompletedAbrahamic CovenantJacob Steals the BirthrightJacob Returns HomeJoseph Sold into EgyptJoseph becomes VizierMajor battles in Israel completedDivision of the KingdomDecree of CyrusSecond Temple Dedicated
Official End of the Babylonian exileSeptuagint TranslatedFloodTower of BabelSodom DestroyedNehemiah rebuilds the
Wall of JerusalemEzra and Second
Return of ExilesZerubbabel and the first exiles returnNehemiah and Third
Return of exilesInvention of writing in Sumer at Uruk.First instance of written language in SumerianCode of HammurabiAnno Mundi 1Jesus BornHale-Bopp CometGöbekli TepeQuaternary Extinction EventSamaritan Temple built
on Mount GerizimBook of Sirach writtenBook of Enoch WrittenMount Vesuvius EruptsJohn the Baptist
BornPeriods
Abraham (lifetime)Isaac (lifetime)Jacob (lifetime)Joseph (lifetime)Moses (lifetime)DavidSolomonShem (lifetime)430 years in SlaverySaulJoshua (lifetime)EzraNehemiahNoahLamechMethuselahEnochYeredMahalalelKenanEnoshSethAdamArphaxadSalahEberPelegReuSerugNahorTerahIshmaelEstherWork on temple ceases4.2-kiloyear BP aridification eventEarliest traces of wine making, in China and AnatoliaGrouping
Egyptian Dynasties
Egyptian Pharaohs
Archaeology
Assyrian Empire
Achaemenid (Persian) Empire
Babylonian Empire
Events
Battle of CarchemishFall of BabylonAssyrians conquer BabylonMerodach-Baladan sends
ambassadors to HezekiahNabopolassar defeats
the Assyrians near HarranMedes take Aššur, the
religious capital of AssyriaBabylon and Media
make allianceBabylon falls to
SennacheribPeriods
NabopolassarNebuchadnezzar IIAmel-MardukNergal-Shar-asurNabonidusBelshazzarMerodach-Baladan IIMerodach-Baladan IIThe Judges
Events
Battle of Aphek
Shiloh Destroyed
Ark CapturedShamgar defeats the Philistines?Periods
OthnielEhudSamuelEliSamsonAbdonElonIbzanJepthahJairTolaAbimelechThe EldersOppression by Cushan-Rishathaim, King of MesopotamiaOppression by Eglon, King of MoabOppression by MidianGideonAmmonite Oppression
(ended by Jepthah)Philistine Oppression
(ended by Samson)Philistine Oppression80 Years of Peace - Judges 3:30Grouping
Northern Israel
Kingdom of Judah
Events
Sennacherib's third campaign
Destruction of Lachish
Siege of JerusalemJerusalem Besieged
Jehoiachin and Ezekiel taken to BabylonFall of Jerusalem
Temple DestroyedUzziah’s earthquakeJerusalem Besieged
Daniel taken to BabylonBattle of MegiddoFinal Siege of Jerusalem beginsPeriods
RehoboamAbijahAsaJehoshaphatJehoramAhaziahAthaliahJoashAmaziahUzziahJothamAhazManassehAmonJosiahJehoahazJehoiakimJehoiachin/
JeconiahZedekiahHezekiahKingdom of Israel
Prophets
Periods
Isaiah (Judah)Jeremiah (Judah)Ezekiel (Babylon)Daniel (Babylon)Hosea (Israel)Joel (Judah)Amos (Israel)Obadiah (Judah)Jonah (Israel/Nineveh)Micah (Judah)Nahum (Judah)Habakkuk (Judah)Zephaniah (Judah)Haggai (Judah, post-exile)Zechariah (Judah, post-exile)Malachi (Judah, post-exile)ElijahElishaGrouping
Ezekiel's Dates
Events
Ezekiel 1
Call to ministryEzekiel 8
Vision of Temple AbominationsEzekiel 20
Response to EldersEzekiel 24
Jerusalem's JudgementEzekiel 26
Against TyreEzekiel 29:1
Against EgyptEzekiel 29:17
Egypt in place of TyreEzekiel 30:20
Against PharaohEzekiel 31
Against PharaohEzekiel 32:1
Lament for PharaohEzekiel 32:17
Lament for EgyptEzekiel 33:21
News of the fall of JerusalemEzekiel 40:1
Vision of IsraelAramean Empire
Hasmonean Kingdom
Greek Republic
Archaeology
Events
Mesha SteleTel Dan SteleTiglath-Pileser III
Summary Inscription SevenTiglath-Pileser III
Summary Inscription FourSiloam InscriptionLimmu List EclipseEsarhaddon PrismTaylor PrismBlack Obelisk of Shalmaneser IIIIran SteleLachish ReliefsEdomite Shrine
at Tel TamarJerusalem ChronicleArad Ostracon 24The Lachish LettersSeal of AhazSargon II PrismCyrus CylinderRoman Republic/Empire
Events
Sulla marches on RomeFirst Triumvirate FormedJulius Caesar Crosses the RubiconJulius Caesar AssassinatedHanibal Crosses the AlpsTiberius Graccus passes the
Agrarian LawBattle of ActiumPeriods
First Punic WarSecond Punic WarThird Punic WarCaesar AugustusTiberius CaesarCaligulaClaudiusNeroGalbaOthoVitelliusVespasianTitusDomitianSocial WarFirst Servile War
(Sicilian Slave Revolt)Second Servile WarThird Servile War
(Spartacus)Herodian Rulers
Events
Herod overthrows the
Hasmoneans, with support
from Marc AntonyCaesarea
Maritima
DedicatedArchelaus is exiled for incompetence;
Judea becomes a Roman provinceZealot Revolt led by
Judas the GalileanPeriods
Herod the GreatHerod ArchelausHerod AntipasHerod Philip IIAntipater the IdumaeanHerod AgrippaGrouping
Akkadian Empire
Approximate Dates of the Apostolic Writings
Apostles
Events
CrucifixionResurrectionPentecostPhilip in SamariaPaul's Damascus
Road ExperienceCorneliusJerusalem CouncilPaul's Second
Imprisonment in RomeJerusalem Destroyed
by RomansSiege of Jerusalem BeginsDeath of
StephenDeath of
JamesDeath of
PeterBelievers Banned
From TempleFlight to
PellaDeath of
JohnPeter and Clement
face Simon MagusDisciples first called
Christians in AntiochDeath of
MaryApostolates
DecidedPeter's Arrest
and ReleaseDeath of
James son of
ZebedeePeter Visits
AntiochBartholomew
in AfricaPassover
RiotHalley’s Comet
visible over JerusalemDeath of
ThomasAndrew in
MacedoniaPhilip in
GreeceJohn Arrives
in EphesusDeath of
AndrewDeath of
BartholomewChristianity declared
Illegal ReligionAlexandrian
PogromPaul Meets
with PeterPeriods
Claudius' Expels Jews from RomeJewish RevoltThomas in GudnapharThomas' second trip to IndiaSiege of MasadaJohn in EphesusJohn Exiled to PatmosCaligula's StatuesJewish Leaders
Events
Yochanan ben Zakkai
escapes JerusalemPeriods
Rabban GamalielRabbi AkivaAnnas
High PriestJoseph, ben Caiaphas
High PriestRabbi Shimon ben GamlielRabbi Yohanan ben ZakkaiRabbi Judah ha-NasiShimon HaTzaddikAntigonus of SochoMen of the Great Assembly
Anshei Knesset HaGedolahJason, High PriestSimon II, High PriestOnias III, High PriestMenelaus, High PriestGrouping
The Sumerian Renaissance
Seleucid Empire
Paul
Events
Paul Arrested
in JerusalemPaul is AcquittedDeath of PaulPaul Arrested
in MiletusPaul Meets with
James, Peter,
and JohnJohn Mark
Abandons MissionPaul before
Festus and Agrippa IIPeriods
First JourneySecond JourneyThird JourneyJourney to RomeSpain, Crete,
Philippi, NicopolisDamascusTarsusAntiochSettled in Ephesus
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