Historical Timeline of Abrahams Journey Approximate Dates Israelite

Historical Timeline of Abraham’s Journey Approximate Dates Israelite Events Neighborhood Events • 2000 -1500 BC • Canaan under Egyptian influence • Patriarchal Age – Abraham ~1900 B. C. – Sojourn in Egypt (~1700 -~1300) • 1480/1280 BC • Exodus from Egypt • 1440’s/1213 BC • Conquest of Canaan • 1446/1213 - • Time of the Judges • ~1100 BC • 1050 BC • Saul anointed king • 1003 BC • David’s capture of Jerusalem • 970 BC • Solomon takes the Throne • 930 BC • Kingdom Splits – Jeroboam takes 10 Northern Tribes as “Israel” – Rehoboam takes Benjamin and Judah as “Judah” Appendix • Mycean, Minoan, and Hittites empires collapse. Egypt contracts. No strong presence in Canaan. • “Sea Peoples” defeated by Egypt. Resettled as slaves in southern Canaan. • “Sea Peoples …Philistines… overthrow their Egyptian lords and settle under five city-states. • Philistine threat diminished; Moab, Edom, Aram subdued until split. • Egypt re-emerges, exacting tribute to spare Jerusalem.

Historical Timeline of the Kings Approximate Dates Israelite Events King Begin End Saul 1050 1010 David (Judah) 1010 970 Solomon 970 930 Judah Begin End Rehoboam 930 913 Neighborhood Events KINGDOM DIVIDES 930 B. C. Begin End Israel 930 909 Jeroboam 909 908 Nadab Abijam 913 910 908 886 Baasha Asa 910 869 886 885 Elah 885 Pharoah Shishak invades Judah in 925 Zimri 885 880 Tibni* 885 874 Omri 874 853 Ahab 853 852 Ahaziah 852 841 Joram Notable Prophets Assyria’s first westward expansion Ahab part of coalition that repels Assyria at Qarqar, in Northern Syria Elijah (North) Jehoshaphat 872 848 Assyria in decline until 744; Elisha (North) Jehoram (Joram) 853 841 Ahaziah 841 Aram exacts tribute from Israel 841 814 Jehu Athaliah* 841 835 814 798 Jehoahaz Joash (Jehoash) 835 796 798 782 Jehoash (Joash) Amaziah 796 767 793 753 Jeroboam II Azariah 792 740 Jotham 750 732 Ahaz 735 715 Sennacharib beseiges Jerusalem Hezekiah 729 686 Esarhaddon and Ashurbanipal subdue Egypt, take Thebes in 663. Manasseh pays heavy tribute. Manasseh 697 642 Amon 642 640 609 753 Zechariah 752 Shallum Assyrian low-point; Amos (North) Pinnacle of Northern Kingdom Hosea (North) 752 742 Menahem 742 740 Pekahiah 752 732 Pekah Assyria’s Tiglath-Pileser overwhelms West 732 722 Hoshea Assyria’s Tiglath-Pileser dies; Samaria falls to successor, Sargon II, Ø * Not recognized as legitimate Ø Recognized as good king Ø Overlapping begin/end dates signifies co-regency. Thanks, (David Howard, Intro to OT Historical Books, 187) Isaiah (South) Micah (South) Assyria falls; Josiah dies trying to stop Egypt/Assyria’s coalition vs. Babylon. Zephaniah Josiah 640 Deposed by Egypt Jeremiah (thru 586) Jehoahaz 609 Egypt routed by Babylon at Carchemish. Jeh. withholds tribute and brings first Judah exile Habakkuk (thru 598) Jehoiakim 609 598 Taken captive in second Judah Exile; Jehoiachin 598 597 Appendix Withholds tribut e 588; fall of Jerusalem and 3 rd exile. Zedekiah 597 586

Historical Timeline Post-Exile Approximate Dates Israelite Events Neighborhood Events • 586 BC • Final destruction of Jerusalem • 538 BC • Time of Daniel • First Jewish exiles return to Jerusalem • 450 BC • 330 s BC • • Return of Ezra Return of Nehemiah Haggai Malachi • Alexander and Greek armies conquer entire Middle East • Medes and Persians conquer Babylon • Persians rule from capital of Susa. • Alexander dies; Hellenic kingdom divided into 4 regions. Israel ruled by Seleucid dynasty. • Seleucids desecrate the temple. • 144 BC • Maccabean revolt drives out the Seleucids; First Jewish independence in 400 years. • 60 BC • Maccabeans overthrown by Rome Appendix • Caesar is killed; Octavian and Antony duel for supremacy; .