The Biblical Timeline Of History
For a better understanding of the methodology in construction of the timeline, read Adam When, chapters 3 and 4. Also, read The Clue Phrase "called his name" and The Biblical Calendar of History.
CREATION
END OF JARED'S PERIOD 962 years after his birth (Gen. 5:20).
This is the year Enoch was born and the beginning of his period ...............................7106 BC
END OF ENOCH'S PERIOD 365 years after his birth (Gen. 5:23).
This is the year Methuselah was born and the beginning of his period .....................6741 BC
END OF METHUSELAH'S PERIOD 969 years after his birth (Gen. 5:27).
This is the year Lamech was born and the beginning of his period ...........................5772 BC
BIRTH OF NOAH. Lamech was 182 when Noah was born (Gen. 5:28-29) .................5590 BC
THE FLOOD (about 7,000 years ago). Noah was 600 when the flood
came (Gen. 7:6) ....................................................................................................................4990 BC
DEATH OF SHEM 502 years after the flood (Gen. 11:10-11). This is
the year Arpachshad was born and the beginning of his period ..................................4488 BC
END OF ARPACHSHAD'S PERIOD 438 years after his birth (Gen. 11:12-13).
This is the year Shelah was born and the beginning of his period ...............................4050 BC
END OF SHELAH'S PERIOD 433 years after his birth (Gen.11:14-15).
This is the year Eber was born and the beginning of his period ...................................3617 BC
END OF EBER'S PERIOD 464 years after his birth (Gen.11:16-17).
This is the year Peleg was born and the beginning of his period .................................3153 BC
TOWER OF BABEL.
During Peleg's patriarchal period, the division of the continents
occurred. The Tower of Babel must have been between these dates (Gen. 10:25).
....3153-2914 BC
END OF PELEG'S PERIOD 239 years after his birth (Gen.11:18-19). This
is the year Reu was born and the beginning of his period .............................................2914 BC
END OF REU'S PERIOD 239 years after his birth (Gen.11:20-21). This
is the year Serug was born and the beginning of his period ..........................................2675 BC
END OF SERUG'S PERIOD 230 years after his birth (Gen. 11:22-23).
This is the year Nahor was born and the beginning of his period .................................2445 BC
END OF NAHOR'S PERIOD 148 years after his birth (Gen.11:24-25).
This is the year Terah was born and the beginning of his period ..................................2297 BC
BIRTH OF ABRAM TO TERAH. Terah was 130 years old at the birth of Abram ..........2167 BC
ABRAM ENTERED CANAAN ................................................................................................2092 BC
CIRCUMCISION OF ABRAM when he was 99 years of age ..............................................2068 BC
BIRTH OF ISAAC. Abraham was 100 years of age at the birth of Isaac (Gen. 21:5) ...2067 BC
BIRTH OF JACOB. Isaac was 60 years old at birth of Jacob (Gen. 25:26) ................... 2007 BC
- Jacob arrives in Haran at the age of ............................60
- Jacob works for seven years for Rachel and is
then married to Leah ........................................................67
- Reuben is born to Leah the following year,
when Jacob is ...................................................................68
- Simeon is born to Leah when Jacob is .......................69
- Levi is born to Leah when Jacob is .............................70
- Jacob finishes his second seven-year contract
for Rachel when he is .......................................................74
- Jacob works for wages for 20 yrs. In the 17th year
of this period, Joseph is born. Jacob is .........................91
-At the end of the 20-yr. period, Joseph is weaned
and Jacob wishes to leaven Haran. He is .....................94
- Jacob works for six years longer for his flocks
and leaves Haran at age ...............................................100
JACOB'S NAME CHANGED TO ISRAEL when Jacob was 100 ..................................1907 BC
JACOB'S FAMILY ARRIVES IN EGYPT when Jacob is 130 (Gen. 47:9) ....................1877 BC
Remember that the death year of one patriarch coincides with the birth year
of the next, so the result must look like this:
Levi's time in Egypt (137 minus 60) .......................77 years
Kohath's period of patriarchal leadership ............133 years
Amram's period of patriarchal leadership ........... 137 years
Aaron's age at the time of the Exodus (Ex. 7:7) .....83 years
Total 430 years
EXODUS FROM EGYPT 430 years later (Exo. 12:40) .................................................. 1447 BC
ENTRANCE INTO CAANAN 40 years later ......................................................................1407 BC
Chronology of the Judges:
Israel Heathen
Time Notice
Chronology Oppression
Judges 3:8 Israel served Cushanrishathaim 8
Judges 3:11 Land had rest 40
Judges 3:14 Israel served Eglon, King of Moab 18
Judges 3:30 Land had rest 80
Judges 4:3 Israel oppressed by Jabin, King of Canaan 20
Judges 5:31 Land had rest 40
Judges 6:1 Israel in hand of Midian 7
Judges 8:28 Land had rest 40
Judges 9:22 Abimelech ruled Israel 3
Judges 10:2 Tola judged Israel 23
Judges 10:3 Jair judged Israel 22
Judges 10:8 Philistines oppressed Israel 18
Judges 12:7 Jephthah judged Israel 6
Judges 12:9 Ibzan judged israel 7
Judges 12:11 Elon judged Isreal 10
Judges 12:14 Abdon judged Israel 8
Judges 13:1 Israel in hand of Philistines 40
Judges 15:20 Samson judged Israel 20
1 Sam 4:18 Eli judged Israel 40
1 Sam 6:1 Ark in Philistines' hands (7 mo = ~1 yr) 1
1 Sam 7:2 From return of Ark to beginning of King Saul's reign 20
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Total Years 360 111
Note: The 111 years of oppression occurred during the total 360 years of the Judges.
SAUL BECOMES KING OF ISRAEL 360 years later
(See Chronology of the Judges above) ..........................................................................1047 BC
DAVID BECOMES KING OF ISRAEL 40 years later ......................................................1007 BC
SOLOMON BECOMES KING OF ISRAEL 4 years before David's death .....................971 BC
FOUNDATION OF TEMPLE LAID in fourth year of Solomon's reign, which is
480 years from the exodus from Egypt (1Kings 6:1) ...................................................... 967 BC
DIVISION OF KINGDOM OF ISRAEL upon Solomon's death ........................................ 931 BC
Chronology of the Kings of a Divided Kingdom:
Judah (2 tribes) Israel (10 tribes)
King Reign BC I(# of years) character King Reign BC I(# of years) character
1. Rehoboam 931-914 (16) Bad 1. Jeroboam I 931-910 (22) Bad
2. Abijah 914-911 (3) Bad
3. Asa 911-870 (41) Good 2. Nadab 910-909 (2) Bad
3. Baasha 909-886 (24) Bad
4. Elah 886-885 (2) Bad
5. Zimri 885 (7 days) Bad
6. Tibni 885-880* (5) Bad
7. Omri 885-874* (12) Bad
4. Jehoshaphat 871-846* (25) Good 8. Ahab 874-853* (22) Bad
5. Jehoram 854-842* (8) Bad 9. Ahaziah 854-853* (2) Bad
6. Ahaziah 842-841 (1) Bad 10. Joram 853-841 (12) Bad
7. Athaliah 841-835 (6) Bad 11. Jehu 841-813 (28) Bad
8. Joash 835-795 (40) Good 12. Jehoahaz 813-796* (17) Bad
9. Amaziah 796-767* (29) Good 13. Jehoash 798-782* (16) Bad
10. Azariah (Uzziah) 789-737* (52) Good 14. Jeroboam II 792-751* (41) Bad
15. Zechariah 751-750 (6 mo) Bad
16. Shallum 750 (1 mo) Bad
17. Menahem 750-740 (10) Bad
18. Pekahiah 740-738 (2) Bad
11. Jotham 738-718* (20) Good 19. Pekah 738-718 (20) Bad
12. Ahaz 730-714* (16) Bad 20. Hoshea 718-709 (9) Bad
13. Hezekiah 715-686 (29) Good (Israel conquered by Assyria in 709 BC)
14. Manasseh 697-642 Bad
15. Amon 642-640 (2) Bad
16. Josiah*** 640-609 (31) Good
17. Jehoahaz 609 (3 mo.) Bad (Remnants of these 10 tribes joined with the
nation of Judah, which is then called Israel)
18. Jehoiakim 609-598* (11) Bad
19. Jehoiachin 608-597* Bad
(also named: Coniah or Jeconiah)
20. Zedekiah 597-587 Bad (Judah conquered by Babylonians in 587 BC)
(also named Mattaniah)
Israel (10 tribes) destroyed ................................................................................................. 709 BC
Israel (Judah augmented by remnants from 10 tribes) subdued by Egypt .................609 BC
Israel taken in to Babylonian captivity and temple destroyed .......................................587 BC
Babylon conquered by Cyrus, king of Medes and Persians (under Cyrus
first contingent of Jews returned to Jerusalem) ............................................................ 539 BC
Temple partially rebuilt and rededicated ............................................................................515 BC
Ezra returned to Jerusalem to reestablish the law ....................................................... 458 BC
Wall rebuilt by Nehemiah ..................................................................................................... 445 BC
PERIOD OF SILENCE
Christ was born .........................................................................................................................7 BC
Christ was baptized ................................................................................................................29 AD
Christ died on the cross ........................................................................................................33 AD
Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans .........................................................................70 AD
Israel becomes a nation once again ....................................................................... May 14, 1948
THE END OF THE CHURCH AGE ........................................................................... May 21, 1988
(
see the books
The End of the Church Age... And After
,
Wheat and Tares,
Has The Era Of The Church Come To An End?
)
* Also, Judgment begins with the house of God (1Peter 4:17) - see
Why leave all churches? and listen to 2Thes. 2:1-11-The Man of Sin.
* Also, The Great Tribulation begins - see The Final Tribulation
Latter Rain Begins ............................................................................................. September 7, 1994
(a great multitude outside of the churches begin to be saved out of Great
Tribulation [Revelation 7:14])
Judgment Day Begins, which consists of many days
(
Isaiah 24:22
) ................ May 21, 2011
* Eternal salvation or Eternal Life no longer possible!
Last Day of this World and Judgment Day that we are now in ........................................ ???
NOTE: To see how the last 3 end-time dates were first discovered, read How Was May 21, 2011 first Discovered. Then for proofs of these dates, read Proofs For May 21, 2011.