Biblical History Master Timeline

Updated Dates

Events

Creation

5554 BC

Original date, following Masoretic Text, 4178 BC

Date derived from 'MT, SP, or LXX? Deciphering a Chronological and Textual Conundrum in Genesis 5' by Henry B. Smith, Jr.

Flood

3298 BC

Date derived from 'MT, SP, or LXX? Deciphering a Chronological and Textual Conundrum in Genesis 5' by Henry B. Smith, Jr.

Original date was 2522 BC (following Masoretic Text)

Birth of Abraham

2166 BC

*Terah having sons at age 7,0 as recorded in Genesis, need not mean that Abraham was born then; Gen 12 probably happens at the death of Terah, meaning that Terah would have been 130 at the birth of Abraham

Call of Abraham

2091 BC

Period of Patriarchs

2076 BC - 1880 BC

Joseph sold to Egypt

1899 BC

Jacob enters Egypt

1876 BC

Period of Egyptian Sojourning

1876 BC - 1446 BC

430 years - Exodus 12:40, Galatians 3:17

Moses

1526 BC - 1406 BC

Exodus

1446 BC

Period of Wandering

1446 BC - 1406 BC

Conquest of Canaan

1406 BC - 1399 BC

"This is apparent from the testimony of Caleb, who said that he was forty at the time he and Joshua spied out the land and eighty-five at the completion of the conquest (Josh. 14:7-10). The spies had gone out two years after the exodus, so Caleb was forty in 1444 and eighty-five in 1399." (Kingdom of Priests, p. 166)

Entrance to Canaan

1406 BC

Period of Judges

1360 BC - 1050 BC

"On balance, it seems that 1360-1350 is a reasonable date for the transition between Joshua and the judges." (Kingdom of Priests, p. 167)

Fall of Shiloh

1104 BC

See 'Kingdom of Priests,' p. 195

Coronation of Saul

1051 BC

United Kingdom

1051 BC - 931 BC

Dedication of Temple

967 BC

1 Kings 6:1 - 967 + 480 = 1447 BC

Division of Kingdom

931 BC

Kingdom of Israel

931 BC - 722 BC

Kingdom of Judah

931 BC - 586 BC

Fall of Israel

722 BC

Babylonian Exile

586 BC - 538 BC

Fall of Judah

586 BC

Return and Restoration

538 BC - 330 BC

Jesus Christ

4 BC - 33 AD

Crucifixion - April 3, 33 AD
Resurrection - April 5, 33 AD
Ascension - May 14, 33 AD

Pentecost

May 24, 33 AD

Journeys of Paul

35 AD - 67 AD

Conversion - approx. 35 AD
FIRST missionary journey 48 AD
SECOND missionary journey 50-52 AD
THIRD missionary journey 53-58 AD
Arrest in Jerusalem 58 AD
First Roman Imprisonment 60-62 AD
Release and Further Journeys (?) 62-65 AD
Second Roman Imprisonment (?) 65-66 AD
Death - June 29, 66 AD (?)

Jerusalem Counsel

50 AD

Jewish Revolt

66 AD - 73 AD

Epochs

Early Bronze Age

3000 BC - 2100 BC

Middle Bronze Age

2100 BC - 1550 BC

Late Bronze Age

1550 BC - 1200 BC

Iron Age I

1200 BC - 1000 BC

Late Bronze Age Collapse

1200 BC - 1150 BC

Iron Age II

1000 BC - 600 BC