History of the Bible:
Timeline of the OLD TESTMENT

    Creation of       Adam                   Tower of Babel
    the World             Enoch                           Abraham
                               Noah                             Isaac
                                                                     Jacob (Israel)-12 tribes
                                   Worldwide                              Joseph     in Egypt
    Time Unknown    4000BC?          Flood                 2000BC                      1800BC
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                      Genesis 1-11                                     Genesis 12-50
                                                                       (Job?)

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    Israel in                    Israel in        Israel in       Kings:
    bondage                      the wilderness     the Land      Saul, David, Solomon
             Moses & Aaron-      -The Law given                                -The Temple
             -Israel delivered   -The Tabernacle                                in Jerusalem
              from Egypt
            1480BC             1447BC       1407BC  1390BC    1100BC           1000BC
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            Exodus 1-11           Exodus 12-40  Joshua  Judges  1+2 Samuel      Psalms
                                  Leviticus             Ruth                    Proverbs
                                  Numbers                                       Song of Sol.
                                  Deuteronomy                                   Ecclesiastes

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    Elijah & Elisha                                         End of Kingdom:               Old
    The Kingdom divided:       Israel captive               Judah Captive           Testament
    -Israel (Northern kgdm)      (in Assyria)                 (in Babylon)           Complete
    -Judah (Southern kgdm)                                  Jerusalem destroyed
    931BC                      722BC                        586BC        (a)       (b)  400BC
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          Obadiah    Jonah       Isaiah  Nahum      Jeremiah     Ezekiel  Ezra      Nehemiah
          Joel       Amos        Micah   Habakkuk   Lamentations Daniel   Esther    Malachi
          1 Kings    Hosea               Zephaniah                        Haggai
          1 Chronicles                   2 Kings    2 Chronicles          Zechariah
                                                     (a) 538BC - Cyrus decrees to rebuild
                                                         the Temple. Ezr 1:1-4; 2Chr 36:22,23
                                                     (b) 445BC - Artaxerxes decrees to
                                                         rebuild Jerusalem. Neh 2:5; Dan 9:25

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    Notes:  1. Major events are shown above the timeline.
            2. Books are shown at their approximate time of writing,
               below the timeline (exceptions: see Note 3).
            3. The following books are spread out below the timeline
               according to the events which they record:  Genesis, Exodus.
            4. Most times are approximate.  A few are established with
               relative precision (such as the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC).
            5. To PRINT this page, you may need to set your browser to a font
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               of the page.  The same setting will work for the NT chart.
            6. This timeline was adapted (with changes) from a chart by
               Dr. Bardwell Marshall, Basic Bible Truths, McMinnville, OR 97128.

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