Old Testament Timeline

  • Period: 2040 BCE to 1782 BCE

    Egyptian Middle Kingdom

  • Period: 2000 BCE to 500 BCE

    Bronze Ages

  • Period: 2000 BCE to 1825 BCE

    Abram/Abraham

  • Period: 1792 BCE to 1750 BCE

    Babylonian Empire

  • Period: 1792 BCE to 1750 BCE

    Babylonian Empire

  • 1400 BCE

    Exodus

    Exodus was written in the 1400's BC. Know Your Bible written by Paul Kent, "Expanded Edition" content (Cast of Characters, On the Map, and Overheard) written and compiled by David McLaughlan says that Exodus was written in the mid-1400's BC. Life Application Study Bible, NLT translation, produced by Tyndale House Publishers says it was written 1450-1410 BC. Http://www.biblearchaeology.org says it was written in 1446 BC. Https://bible.org also says it was written in 1446 BC.
  • Period: 1375 BCE to 1050 BCE

    Ruth

    Written after the book of Judges.
  • Period: 1365 BCE to 609 BCE

    Assyrian Empire

  • Period: 1200 BCE to 550 BCE

    Iron Ages I, II, III

  • Period: 1080 BCE to 1010 BCE

    Saul

  • 1050 BCE

    Judges

  • Period: 1040 BCE to 970 BCE

    David

  • Period: 991 BCE to 931 BCE

    Solomon

  • 930 BCE

    Divided Kingdom

  • Period: 788 BCE to 736 BCE

    Uzziah

  • Period: 760 BCE to 750 BCE

    Book Of Amos

  • Period: 741 BCE to 687 BCE

    Hezekiah

  • Period: 740 BCE to 700 BCE

    Isaiah

  • 722 BCE

    Fall Of Israel

  • Period: 663 BCE to 612 BCE

    Nahum

  • Period: 648 BCE to 609 BCE

    Josiah

  • Period: 634 BCE to 562 BCE

    Nebuchadnezzar

  • Period: 627 BCE to 586 BCE

    Jeremiah

  • 597 BCE

    Fall Of Judah

  • 586 BCE

    Daniel

    Daniel lived from 622-533 BC.
  • 571 BCE

    Ezekial

  • Period: 550 BCE to 350 BCE

    Persian Empire

  • 538 BCE

    Edict of Cyrus

  • 520 BCE

    Nahum

  • 450 BCE

    Ezra

  • Period: 445 BCE to 432 BCE

    Nehemiah