Bible

The Bible is a collection of sacred texts (scriptures) that Jews and Christians consider to be a product of divine inspiration and a record of the relationship between God and humans. With over 5,000,000,000 copies, it is the most influential and best-selling book of all time. The Bible was written from c. 1400 BC to 96 AD, covering a history from 4004 BC (when the Book of Genesis claims the world was created) to 96 AD (when the New Testament was finished). The Bible is divided between the Jewish Hebrew Bible (the Christian Old Testament) and the Christian New Testament, with the former being the scriptures of the Jewish faith, and the latter being the additional scriptures of Christianity. While the Old Testament is based on the history of the Judeo-Christian prophets, the New Testament is based on the history of Jesus and his disciples in the Common Era.

List of Books[]

Old Testament[]

The names and order of the books of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament; apocrypha are in italics, and dates are from the Ussher chronology.

Book of Genesis (4004-1689 BC)
Book of Exodus (1706-1490 BC)
Book of Leviticus (1491-1490 BC)
Book of Numbers (1490-1451 BC)
Book of Deuteronomy (1451 BC)
Book of Joshua (1451-1427 BC)
Book of Judges (1425-1120 BC)
Book of Ruth (1325-1312 BC)
1 Samuel (1171-1056 BC)
2 Samuel (1056-1017 BC)
1 Kings (1015-897 BC)
2 Kings (896-588 BC)
1 Chronicles (4004-1015 BC)
2 Chronicles (1015-610 BC)
Book of Ezra (536-457 BC)
Book of Nehemiah (519-434 BC)
Book of Tobit
Book of Judith (656-650 BC)
Book of Esther (521-509 BC)
Book of Job (1520 BC)
Book of Psalms
Book of Proverbs (1015 BC)
Book of Ecclesiastes (997 BC)
Song of Solomon (1014 BC)
Wisdom of Solomon
Book of Sirach
Book of Isaiah (760-698 BC)
Book of Jeremiah (629-587 BC)
Book of Lamentations (588 BC)
Book of Baruch
Book of Ezekiel (595-572 BC)
Book of Daniel (607-534 BC)
Book of Hosea (785-725 BC)
Book of Joel (800 BC)
Book of Amos (787 BC)
Book of Obadiah (887-885 BC)
Book of Jonah (862 BC)
Book of Micah (750-710 BC)
Book of Nahum (713 BC)
Book of Habakkuk (626 BC)
Book of Zephaniah (630 BC)
Book of Haggai (520 BC)
Book of Zechariah (520-487 BC)
Book of Malachi (397 BC)
1 Maccabees (175-134 BC)
2 Maccabees (180-161 BC)

New Testament[]

The names and orders of the books of the New Testament.

Gospel of Matthew (4 BC-33 AD)
Gospel of Mark (26-33 AD)
Gospel of Luke (7 BC-33 AD)
Gospel of John (26-33 AD)
Acts of the Apostles (33-62 AD)
Epistle to the Romans (60 AD)
1 Corinthians (59 AD)
2 Corinthians (60 AD)
Epistle to the Galatians (58 AD)
Epistle to the Ephesians (46 AD)
Epistle to the Philippians (64 AD)
Epistle to the Colossians (64 AD)
1 Thessalonians (54 AD)
2 Thessalonians (54 AD)
1 Timothy (65 AD)
2 Timothy (66 AD)
Epistle to Titus (65 AD)
Epistle to Philemon (64 AD)
Epistle to the Hebrews (64 AD)
Epistle of James (60 AD)
1 Peter (60 AD)
2 Peter (66 AD)
1 John (90 AD)
2 John (90 AD)
3 John (90 AD)
Epistle of Jude (66 AD)
Book of Revelation (96 AD)

Timeline of major events[]

Old Testament[]

4004 BC - Creation of the Earth and of Adam and Eve
3874 BC - Cain murders Abel; birth of Seth
3769 BC - Birth of Enosh
3679 BC - Birth of Kenan
3609 BC - Birth of Mahalalel
3544 BC - Birth of Jared
3382 BC - Birth of Enoch
3317 BC - Birth of Methuselah
3130 BC - Birth of Lamech
3074 BC - Death of Adam
3017 BC - Death of Enoch
2962 BC - Death of Seth
2948 BC - Birth of Noah
2864 BC - Death of Enosh
2769 BC - Death of Kenan
2714 BC - Death of Mahalalel
2582 BC - Death of Jared
2469 BC - God sends Noah as a preacher to the world
2448 BC - Birth of Japheth
2446 BC - Birth of Shem
2353 BC - Death of Lamech
2349 BC - Death of Methuselah, the Great Flood, and Noah's Ark
2348 BC - End of the Flood, the Ark rests on the Mountains of Ararat; Man's lifespan is cut in half
2346 BC - Birth of Arphaxad
2311 BC - Birth of Shelah
2281 BC - Birth of Eber
2247 BC - Birth of Peleg
2234 BC - Fall of the Tower of Babel and Nimrod
2217 BC - Birth of Reu
2185 BC - Birth of Serug
2155 BC - Birth of Nahor
2126 BC - Birth of Terah
2089 BC - King Egialeus of the Sicyonians begins his reign in the Peloponnese
2084 BC - The Canaanite Hyksos invade Egypt
2008 BC - Death of Peleg
2007 BC - Death of Nahor
1998 BC - Death of Noah
1996 BC - Birth of Abram
1986 BC - Birth of Sarai
1978 BC - Death of Reu
1955 BC - Death of Serug
1925 BC - Chedorlaomer of Elam conquers Pentapolis, Sodom, Gomorrah, Adma, Zeboiim, and Bela, who serve him for 12 years
1922 BC - God calls Abraham out of Ur and sends him to Haran, where Terah dies
1921 BC - Abraham, Sarah, and his nephew Lot travel to Canaan, to Egypt during a famine, and then back to Canaan at the plain of Mamre.
1913 BC - King Bera of Sodom rebels against Chedorlaomer.
1912 BC - Chedorlaomer defeats the rebels at the Battle of Siddim
1911 BC - Sarah gives her servant Hagar as a wife to Abraham
1910 BC - Birth of Ishmael
1908 BC - Death of Arphaxad
1897 BC - Covenant of circumcision; destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah; Abraham migrates to Beersheba and is entertained by King Abimelech at Gerar
1896 BC - Birth of Isaac, Moab, and Amon
1891 BC - Weaning of Isaac and banishing of Hagar and Ishmael
1878 BC - Death of Shelah
1871 BC - Offering up of Isaac
1859 BC - Death of Sarah in Hebron; Abraham purchases the cave of Machpelah in Canaan
1856 BC - Abraham obtains Rebecca as a wife for his son Isaac
1846 BC - Death of Shem
1837 BC - Rebecca conceives twins
1836 BC - Birth of Jacob and Esau
1825 BC - The Hyksos are expelled from Egypt and into Syria, where they build the large city of Jerusalem
1821 BC - Death of Abraham
1817 BC - Death of Eber
1796 BC - Esau takes two wives from the Hittites
1773 BC - Death of Ishmael
1760 BC - Jacob steals Esau's birthright, flees to his uncle Laban in Mesopotamia to find a wife, and wrestles with the angel. Esau marries Ishmael's daughter Mahalath. Jacob is given Leah as a wife.
1758 BC - Birth of Reuben
1757 BC - Birth of Simeon
1756 BC - Birth of Levi
1755 BC - Birth of Judah
1745 BC - Birth of Joseph, son of Jacob and Rachel
1739 BC - Jacob flees from Laban, meets Esau, and settles at Succoth and then in the city of Shechem
1728 BC - Joseph is sold into slaver in Egypt by his brothers
1717 BC - Joseph interprets the dreams of two of the Pharaoh's officers
1716 BC - Death of Isaac
1715 BC - Joseph interprets the Pharaoh's dreams and is made his viceroy over Egypt; he marries Asenath, daughter of Potiphar
1708 BC - Seven years of famine begins, but Joseph oversees the distribution of supplies for famine relief
1707 BC - Joseph reunites with his brothers when they come to Egypt to buy grain
1706 BC - Joseph's brothers discover his identity when he reveals himself, and he forgives his brothers and provides them supplies; Joseph invites his father and brothers to live in Egypt to seek relief from the famine.
1689 BC - Jacob adopts Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph, and dies at age 147.
1635 BC - Death of Joseph
1619 BC - Death of Levi; Amram marries Jochebed, daughter of Levi.
1615 BC - The Ethiopians settle on the borders of Egypt after migrating from the Indus
1577 BC - Enslavement of the Israelites
1574 BC - Birth of Aaron
1571 BC - Birth of Moses, and his adoption by the Pharaoh's daughter Thermutin
1539 BC - Chaldeans fight the Phoenicians
1538 BC - The Chaldeans are defeated and the Arabians come to rule over Babylon for 216 years
1531 BC - Moses visits his Israelite brethren, kills an Egyptian man who was murdered a Hebrew, flees to Midian, and married Jethro's daughter Zipporah during his 40-year exile
1530 BC - Birth of Caleb
1491 BC - God appears to Moses in a burning bush and calls on him to deliver his people from their slavery; God gives Aaron to Moses as an assistant; Moses leaves Jethro and travels to Egypt, where he kills the Pharaoh's serpent with his magic. The Plagues of Egypt; the Passover, the slaying of the firstborn of all Egypt on 5 May 1491 BC; the Exodus; the parting of the Red Sea and the drowning of the Pharaoh; the Amalekites kill several Israelite stragglers before Joshua defeats them in Rephidim. Moses destroys the golden calf and hands down the Ten Commandments.
1490 BC - Cleansing of Miriam; the Israelites are lost in the wilderness of Paran
1484 BC - In Greek mythology, Egyptus becomes king after the expulsion of his brother Danaus
1474 BC - Danaus becomes ruler of Argos
1455 BC - Cadmus and Phenix go from Thebes in Egypt into Syria and found Tyre and Sidon
1452 BC - The Israelites reach Eziongaber in Edom after 37 years, and are ordered by God not to fight their Edomite kin; Israelites camp at Kadesh; death of Miriam and Aaron; all those above 20 who rebelled against God die. The Israelites slew Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and take over all of his cities. The Israelites destroy Og of Bashan and his people at Edrei. Jair, son of Manasseh seizes Argob and calls it Havothjair. The soothsayer Balaam, sent by King Balak of Moab to curse the Israelites, is cursed with a talking donkey by God, and his curses against the Israelites are turned into blessings. Balaam advises the women of Moab and Midian to seduce the Israelites into idolatry, but God has Moses kill all 24,000 Israelites who are turned away from God. Moses and Eleazar count 601,730 men above the age of 20 in their caravan. Moses lays his hands on Joshua to name him as his successor. Phinehas and 12,000 Israelites slay the five princes of Midian and all their males, and Balaam the wizard is killed in the process; only the female virgins are spared.
1451 BC - God commands the Israelites to drive out the Canaanites and destroy their idols; Moses puts the Ten Commandments in the Ark of the Covenent before dying. Joshua sends spies to observe Jericho; the Battle of Jericho; all except for Rahab and her family are killed in the city's fall and destruction. God abandons Israel for the sacrilege of Achan, leading to the Israelite defeat at Ai. However, the Israelites stone Achan, his family, and cattle and burn them with fire, appeasing God and resulting in the slaughter of the 12,000 men of Ai by the Israelites. The Canaanites besiege the Israelites at Gibeon, but Joshua raises the siege and massacres the five kings and their armies as far as Azekah and Makkedah. The remaining kings unite to fight against the Israelites for six years.
1446 BC - Joshua divides all the land west of the Jordan among the nine remaining tribes and the other half of Manasseh's tribe. Caleb conquers Hebron; Joshua destroys the kings and people of Makkedah and Libnah; Lachish falls after a two day battle and all of its inhabitants are killed; Joshua kills King Horam of Gezer and all his people; Joshua massacres the people of Eglon; Joshua retakes Hebron and massacres its new king and inhabitants; Caleb expels the three giants. Joshua destroys the hill country. The kings come to the waters of Merom to fight with Israel, but Joshua surprises and destroys them. Joshua expells the Anakim giants from their cities in the hill country.
1445 BC - The Twelve Tribes of Israel divide the lands of the exterminated Canaanites.
1443 BC - Joshua founds Timnathserah and dies.
1413 BC - Idolatry of Micah and the children of Dan. God gives them into the hands of Cushan, king of Mesopotamia.
1405 BC - Othniel delivers the Israelites from their bondage, leading to 40 years of rest.
1396 BC - The first Jubilee
1343 BC - Death of Othniel, and the Israelites fall into the hands of the Moabite king Eglon, who takes Jericho.
1325 BC - Ehud delivers the Israelites by feigning a message to Eglon and stabbing him in the belly with a dagger; he gathers Israel at Mount Ephraim and slays 10,000 Moabites. The Moabite priestess Ruth marries the Israelite Mahlon, and Orpah marries Mahlon's brother Chilion.
1315 BC - Mahlon and Chilion die in prison, and Ruth vows to accompany her mother-in-law Naomi to Bethlehem, where they glean Boaz's fields. Boaz and Ruth fall in love and marry.
1312 BC - Birth of Obed, son of Boaz and Ruth and the father of Jesse, father of David
1305 BC - God gives the sinful Israelites into the hand of Jabin of Canaan, who oppresses Israel for 20 years from his capital of Hazor.
1285 BC - Deborah judges Israel at Mount Ephraim, and she and Barak defeat Jabin's general Sisera at the Battle of Mount Tabor, where Jabin is killed.
1267 BC - Ninus founds the Assyrian Empire
1252 BC - The sinful Israelites are delivered into the hands of the Midianites
1245 BC - Gideon delivers the Israelites by overturning the altar of Baal and slaying the princes Oreb and Zeeb of Midian, as well as the Moabite kings Zebah and Zalmunna
1236 BC - Death of Gideon; the Israelites fall into idolatry and worship Baalberith for their god. Abimelech becomes king and slays 70 of his brothers.
1235 BC - Abimelech becomes king with the aid of the Shechemites; his brother Jotham challenges him atop Mount Gerizim.
1233 BC - Abimelech destroys the city of Sichem for conspiring against him, salting its earth, massacring its inhabitants, and destroying their pagan temple. Abimelech is killed by his own armor bearer during the siege of Thebes. Tola becomes ruler.
1214 BC - Birth of Eli
1210 BC - Death of Tola; Jair rules over Israel
1206 BC - The sinful Israelites are oppressed by the Philistines and Ammonites; their oppression lasts 18 years
1188 BC - The Ammonites attack Judah, and God shows mercy after the Israelites abandon their idols
1188 BC - Death of Jair; the Israelites, led by Jephthah, subdue the Ammonites and slay 42,000 Ephraimites
1184 BC - Fall of Troy to the Greeks
1181 BC - Death of Jephthah; Ibzan becomes judge
1175 BC - Death of Ibzan; Elon becomes judge
1165 BC - Death of Elon; Abdon becomes judge
1157 BC - Death of Abdon; Eli becomes judge and high priest. The sinful Israelites are delivered into the hands of the Philistines for 40 years.
1155 BC - Birth of Samson
1137 BC - Samson begins to judge the Israelites and kills a lion with his bare hands
1136 BC - Samson takes out his anger on the Philistines after his wife is given away to another man in marriage; 3,000 Jews betray him to the Philistines; Samson kills 1,000 Philistines with the jawbone of a donkey
1117 BC - Samson's concubine Delilah betrays him by cutting his hair and delivers him to the Philistines. The Philistines blind Samson, but he kills their princes and many of their number by pulling down a temple upon them and himself.
1116 BC - The Israelites gather at Ebenezer, where they lose 4,000 men to the Philistines. In a second battle, 30,000 Israelites are killed, and the Philistines take the ark. Hophni and Phinehas, sons of Eli, are slain. Plagues kill 50,070 men of Bethshemesh for looking inside the Ark when the Philistines open it. The Philistines move the ark to the Ekronites.
1110 BC - Birth of Barzillai
1096 BC - The Israelites are oppressed by the Philistines, and Samuel persuades them to abandon their idols. God immediately delivers the Philistines by scaring the Philistines out of Israel's cities with thunderstorms.
1095 BC - The corruption of Samuel's sons leads to the people of Israel seeking a king of their own, and God gives them Saul as their ruler. Saul defeats the Ammonites at Jabeshgilead.
1093 BC - The Philistines attack Israel and take them captive, but Saul shakes off their yoke and recovers his kingdom from their hands at the Battle of Michmash.
1085 BC - Birth of David
1063 BC - David slays Goliath in the Valley of Elah. Samuel is sent by God to anoint David as king.
1060 BC - David flees to Achish in Gath after learning that a jealous Saul wishes to kill him.
1057 BC - David and 600 Israelites from Ziklag attack the Geshurites, Gezrites, and the Amalekites
1055 BC - King Achish of Philistia plans to invade the Israelites, taking David along with him. The Amalekites plunder and burn Ziklag while David is away, carrying away his wives Ahinoam and Abigail and the wives and children of his men. The princes of the Philistines become jealous of David and expel him and his army. David slaughters the Amalekites and recovers all they had taken. Saul, Jonathan, Abinadab, and Melchishua are killed at the Battle of Mount Gilboa. David kills the Amalekite who claims to have killed Saul. Saul's captain Abner names Ish-bosheth king of Israel.
1053 BC - Civil war breaks out between David and Ishbosheth
1048 BC - Abner revolts against Ishbosheth and sides with David. Abner is murdered by Joab, one of David's lieutenants, causing David great grief. Baanah and Rechab murder Ishbosheth and bring his head to David, but David has them executed. David is anointed king of Israel for the third time.
1048 BC - David marches against the Jebusites and captures the fort of Zion, which is renamed the city of David - David makes Jerusalem the capital of his kingdom.
1047 BC - The Philistines twice attack Israel at the valley of Rephaim and are defeated.
1046 BC - David builds up the city of Zion as Joab repairs the rest of the city.
1045 BC - The Ark of the Covenant is brought to Jerusalem.
1044 BC - Hadadezer ben Rehob of Syria unites his forces from Damascus for an invasion of Israel, but David slays 22,000 Syrians and garrisons Syria. Rezon rebels against Hadadezer and sets up a kingdom for himself at Damascus.
1038 BC - King Nahash of the Ammonites dies, and Hanun succeeds him. Hanun mistreats David's ambassadors when they share their sympathies, and David defeats a huge army of Ammonites and Syrian mercenaries in retaliation.
1036 BC - David crosses the Jordan and slaughters the Syrian army of Shophach. The Syrians send no more aid to the Ammonites and serve David instead.
1035 BC - Joacb attacks the Ammonites and besieges Rabbah. David defiles himself in an adulterous relationship with Bathsheba, while sending Uriah the Hittite to his death.
1045 BC - Nathan convinces David of his sin, and David repents.
1034 BC - Solomon is born to David and Bathsheba.
1032 BC - Amnon, son of David, rapes his sister Tamar
1030 BC - Absalom avenges his sister Tamar by slaying Ammon. He then flees to Geshur in Syria.
1027 BC - Absalom returns to Jerusalem.
1025 BC - Absalom rebels against his father and burns Joab's barley on fire.
1024 BC - Absalom acquires a large army of chariots, horses, and ruffians, stealing the people's hearts from his father.
1023 BC - Absalom takes possession of his father's kingdom. Absalom's advisor Ahithophel hangs himself after Absalom does not follow his counsel. David defeats Absalom and kills 20,000 of his men; Joab kills Absalom with darts. The Israelites rebel against David until Sheba, son of Gera is thrown over the walls to Joab by the people of Abel.
1021 BC - A famine breaks out because the blood of the Gibeonites was shed by Saul and his family.
1018 BC - The Gibeonites hang two of Saul's sons and five of his grandchildren to punish them for the famine. David barely escapes the giant Ishbibenob in battle.
1017 BC - David seeks to take a census, but God's wrath is kindled against the Israelites for David's pride, and he kills 70,000 Israelites in a single day of plague, while restraining an angel from destroying Jerusalem. David is commanded to offer burnt offerings to him.
1015 BC - Adonijah names himself king during his father David's sickness, leading to an angry David having his son Solomon anointed king in Gihon. Adonijah flees to the sanctuary, where Solomon pardons him.
1015 BC - David dies and is succeeded by Solomon.
1014 BC - Death of Joab. Hadad the Edomite hears of Joab's death and returns out of Egypt to his country. Solomon marries a daughter of the Pharaoh, and executes Adonijah for attempting to marry Abishag to once again stake a claim to the throne.
1013 BC - God gives Solomon wisdom as a reward for his 1,000 whole burnt offerings.
1012 BC - Solomon lays the foundation of the Temple.
1011 BC - Execution of Shimei for crossing the brook Kidron against Solomon's orders.
1005 BC - The Temple is finished
1004 BC - As a reward to King Hiram I of Tyre for his help in building his house, Solomon offers Hiram 20 cities in Galilee; Hiram refuses to take them, so Solomon colonizes them with Israelites.
975 BC - Solomon forsakes his lusts and vanities. Rehoboam becomes king in Sichem, but he alienates ten tribes, and the tribes invite Jeroboam to become their king. These tribes kill Adoram and abandon the true worship of God. Rehoboam reigns over Judah and Benjamin and Jeroboam over the other ten tribes. Rehoboam conscripts 80,100 men to fight against the ten tribes, but God admonishes him through Shemaiah.
975 BC - Jeroboam holds a pagan festival, offering sacrifices to his calf.
974 BC - Jeroboam excludes the Levite priests from worship, forcing them to resettle in Judah with those who wanted to worship the true God.
971 BC - Pharaoh Shishak of Egypt invades the Levant with 120 chariots and 60,000 horses from the Lubims, Sukkiims, and Cushites. They capture all of the fortified cities before coming to Jerusalem and forcing the king to repent.
958 BC - Death of Rehoboam; Abijah becomes king.
957 BC - Abijah and his 400,000 troops battle Jeroboam's 800,000 troops and kills 500,000 of his men in the costliest battle recorded in the Bible. Abijah captures Bethel.
955 BC - Death of Abijah; Asa succeeds him
954 BC - Nadab succeeds Jeroboam in his kingdom.
953 BC - Nadab is slain by Baasha during the siege of the Philistine town of Gibbethon; Baasha becomes king of Israel and massacres Jeroboam's family.
951 BC - God gives 10 years of peace to Israel, and Asa puts away all idolatry.
949 BC - Birth of Jehoshaphat.
941 BC - Zerah the Ethiopian mobilizes 1 million Cushites from Arabia Petraea and the Lubims to invade Israel. Asa meets this army with 300,000 men of Judah and 280,000 of Benjamin, routing the vast army and taking much spoil from them. They renew their covenant with God with the sacrifice of 700 oxen and 7,000 cattle.
940 BC - Many of Baasha's followers defect to Asa due to Asa's piety, and Baasha responds by building Ramah. Ben-Hadad I of Syria is invited by Asa to hinder the building of Ramah, and Asa builds Geba and Mizpah. Asa imprisons the prophet Hanan for reproving him for seeking the aid of Syria. Benhadad marches against Israel, destroying Ijon, Abelbethmaachah, and Chinnereth, and forcing Baasha to stop building Ramah and retire to Tirzah.
930 BC - Baasha dies and is succeeded by Elah
929 BC - Zimri destroys Elah and his entire family, and reigns in Tirzah for seven days. The soldiers at Gibbethon mutiny and name their general Omri as king, and Zimri burns himself and his king's palace at Tirzah. Israel factionalizes between Tibni and Omri, who prevails and becomes king.
927 BC - Birth of Athaliah, daughter of Ahab and granddaughter of Omri
925 BC - Omri begins to reign in Tirzah
924 BC - Birth of Jehoram, son of Jehoshaphat. Omri moves his capital from Tirzah to Samaria.
918 BC - Death of Omri; Ahab becomes king
917 BC - Asa seeks the aid of physicians, not God, in curing a foot disease
914 BC - Death of Asa; Jehoshaphat succeeds him
912 BC - Jehoshaphat removes the high places and groves in his kingdom and sends out the Levites to instruct the people
907 BC - Athaliah marries Jehoshaphat's son Jehoram, and gives birth to Ahaziah
901 BC - Ben-Hadad II of Syria invades Samaria with the assistance of 32 kings, but is defeated by Ahab
900 BC - Benhadad comes up a second time, but is defeated by Ahab at Aphek and forced to surrender. Ahab makes a league of friendship with Benhadad, resulting in God pronouncing judgement on Ahab.
899 BC - Ahab's wife Jezebel uses false witness to have Naboth stoned to death after Naboth refuses to sell his vineyard to Ahab; Elijah warns Ahab of the destruction which would befall him, Jezebel, and all his posterity
898 BC - Jehoshaphat makes Jehoram viceroy of his kingdom. Jehoram succeeds his brother Ahaziah as king over the Israelites.
897 BC- Jehoshaphat is nearly killed at the siege of Ramothgilead while helping Ahab. Ahab besieges Ramothgilead, and he is slain after listening to the advice of 400 false prophets over the prophet Micaiah
896 BC - Ahaziah of Israel dies after falling through a lattice of his dining room. His brother Jehoram succeeds him.
895 BC - The kings of Israel, Judah, and Edom suppress a Moabite rebellion, defeating Mesha at Kirhareseth
889 BC - Jehoshaphat dies and is succeeded by Jehoram, who slays all of his brothers Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azaryahu, Michael, and Shephatiah and many other Judean princes. The Edomites revolt, shaking off Judah's yoke forever. Jehoram follows the counsel of his wife Athaliah and sets up the idolatrous worship of Baal in Judah and Jerusalem.
888 BC - The Philistines and Arabians punish Judah by plundering the king's house and slaying his sons and wives.
886 BC - Jehoram, afflicted with a bowel disease, makes his son Ahaziah his viceroy
885 BC - Jehoram dies when his bowels fall out. Ahaziah succeeds him and maintains the worship of Baal. Birth of Joash.
884 BC - Jehoram of Israel and Ahaziah of Judah battle Hazael of Syria at Ramothgilead, and Jehoram is grievously wounded. Jehu, son of Jehoshaphat, is proclaimed king over Israel by a son of the prophets sent by Elisha. Jehu marches to Jezreel and slays both Jehoram and Jezebel. He also destroys the family of Ahab and the priests of Baal.
884 BC - Ahaziah returns from Ramothgilead to see Jehoram; Jehu finds many of his family attending him there and the various princes of Judah, and slays them all. Ahaziah flees, and Jehu kills him at Ibleam. Jehu kills 42 of Ahaziah's relatives heading to Jezreel on his way back to Samaria. Athaliah, daughter of Ahab and mother of Ahaziah, kills the royal family of Judah and takes control of Judah for herself. The infant Joash survives the slaughter of the family.
878 BC - High Priest Jehoiada brings out the 7-year-old Joash and anoints him king. Joash has Athaliah killed, destroys the house of Baal, and kills Baal's high priest Mattan.
864 BC - Amasiah, son of Joash, is born in Jerusalem
857 BC - Joash restores the Temple
856 BC - Jehoahaz succeeds his father Jehu as King of Israel. Hazael of Syria oppresses the Israelites for his entire reign.
841 BC - Joash of Israel is made viceroy by his father Jehoahaz.
840 BC - Jehoiada dies, and his son Zechariah is stoned to death for reproving the Israelites for idolatry
839 BC - Hazael's bands attack Judah and Jerusalem and plunder the city, and Josh of Judea is murdered in his bed in revenge for Jehoiada's death. He is succeeded by Amasiah, who kills the servants who murdered his father, only to spare their children.
836 BC - Joash of Israel names his son Jeroboam II viceroy of his kingdom; Jeroboam overthrows Benhadad in three battles in Syria, recovering the cities lost to Syria.
826 BC - Uzziah is born to Amasiah by Jecholiah of Jerusalem. Amasiah provokes Joash of Israel into battle but is defeated at Bethshemesh and is taken prisoner and ransomed.
825 BC - Joash dies and is succeeded by Jeroboam II. Jeroboam delivers Israel, recapturing Damascus and Hamath for the Tribe of Judah.
810 BC - Amaziah flees to Lachish and is murdered by conspirators; he is succeeded by Uzziah.
808 BC - Isaiah prophesies before Amos; Jonah is prophesied in Israel. Hosea foretells the ruin and desolation of Israel. Amos pronounces judgement against Amasai.
794 BC - Macedon is founded by Caranus of the Heraclidae
784 BC - Jeroboam dies and his kingdom declines. Zachariah becomes king for 6 months.
783 BC - Uzziah and his wife Jerusha give birth to Jotham.
776 BC - First Olympiad
773 BC - Zachariah succeeds Jeroboam, reigning for 6 months before being murdered by Shallum as prophesied by Amos. Shallum is killed by Menahem, who kills the pregnant women of Tiphsah and destroys the town.
771 BC - God stirs up King Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria to invade Israel as Menahem fights to take over the kingdom. Menahem bribes Pul to help settle and confirm him in his kingdom, which he holds for ten years.
762 BC - Birth of Ahaz, son of Jotham
761 BC - Pekahiah succeeds his father Menahem
759 BC - Pekah kills Pekahiah in Samaria and becomes king for 20 years
759 BC - Uzziah dies and is succeeded by Jotham, who overthrows the Amorites and forces them to pay tribute. Nahum foretells the subversion of the Assyrians and of Nineveh
752 BC - Birth of Hezekiah
748 BC - Founding of Rome, according to Fabius Pictor
742 BC - Ahaz succeeds his father Jotham and reigns for 16 years. Rezin of Syria and Pekah of Israel are stirred up against Judah by God, but Isaiah promises the deliverance of Judah. Isaiah's wife bears him the son Mahershalalashbaz. The Syrians and Israelites fail to take Jerusalem, and Ahaz becomes a worshipper of Baal and makes his own son pass through the fire.
741 BC - God forsakes Ahaz, and Rezin and Pekah overcome him. The Syrians slaughter a great number of his people and enslave many more. Pekah kills 120,000 Judeans in one day, and Zichri slays the king's son Maaseiah, the steward Azrikam, and the vizier Elkanah. The Israelites steal 200,000 women, boys, and maids from Judah and Jerusalem, taking them back to Samaria.
740 BC - The Edomites invade Judah and carry away many captives; the Philistines attack the low countries of Judah. Ahaz seeks the aid of Tiglath-Pileser III in delivering him from Syria and Israel, and Tiglath-Pileser takes Damascus, deports its inhabitants to Kir, and kills the king Rezin. The kingdoms of Damascus and Hamath come to an end. Ahaz congratulates Tiglath-Pileser on his conquest. Tiglath-Pileser then invades Galilee and carries away its inhabitants into Assyria.
739 BC - Ahaz realizes that his vassalage to Tiglath-Pileser has brought more harm than help to him. Hoshea, son of Elah murders Pekah and takes the kingdom for himself.
730 BC - Hoshea restores order to Israel and begins a peaceful reign.
727 BC - Ahaz makes his son Hezekiah viceroy with him in the kingdom.
726 BC - Death of Ahaz; Hezekiah succeeds him. Hezekiah has the Levites sanctify themselves and clean up the temple.
725 BC - Hosea refuses to pay tribute to Shalmaneser V, and allies with the Ethiopian rulers of Egypt.
724 BC - Shalmaneser conquers Moab, razes Arnon and Kirhareseth, and marches on Samaria.
721 BC - Shalmaneser takes Samaria an ddeports the Israelites to Halah, Habor, and the River Gozan. The Kingdom of Israel is brought to an end.
717 BC - The Gitteans revolt, and Eluleus of Tyre subjects them again. Shalmaneser invades Phoenicia and besieges Tyre for five years. Hezekiah makes war on the Philistines and conquers all but one of their cities from Gath to Gaza. Sennacherib succeeds Shalmaneser as king.
713 BC - Sennacherib goes to war with Egypt. Hezekiah shakes off Assyria's yoke, but Sennacherib besieges Judah's fortified cities and takes many of them. Isaiah prophesies that Hezekiah would not die of illness, and another 15 years were added to his life.
712 BC - Sennacherib invades Egypt and leads away a great many captives
710 BC - Sennacherib besieges Lachish with all his forces, and Hezekiah drains his treasury to bribe Sennacherib for peace. However, Sennacherib breaks the peace terms and besieges Jerusalem. The Assyrians fail to take the city, and an angel kills 185,000 Assyrians - including every man of valor, commander, and chief man - at their siege camp. Sennacherib retreats to Nineveh, where he is assassinated by his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer. Judah prospers greatly.
698 BC - Hezekiah dies and is succeeded by Manasseh of Judah. Manasseh re-establishes pagan altars, makes the inhabitants of Judah sin worse than all the nations, sheds much innocent blood in Jerusalem, and cuts Isaiah in two with a wooden saw.
687 BC - Civil disorder amid an interregnum in Egypt
681 BC - Esarhaddon of Assyria conquers Babylon
677 BC - The Assyrians again invade Judah, capturing Manasseh and carrying him into captivity in Babylon.
665 BC - Amon of Judah is born to Manasseh
657 BC - Nebuchadnezzar of Assyria overcomes Arphaxad of the Medes on the great plain of Ragau near the Euphrates
650 BC - Judith beheads Holofernes
649 BC - Amon fathers Josiah
643 BC - Manasseh returns from his captivity and restores the true worship of God. He dies and is buried in his garden, as he deemed himself unworthy to lie among his own royal ancestors.
641 BC - Amon reigns for two years, and forsakes Good in favor of pagan sacrifices. He is murdered in his house by his own servants, and the people slay the conspirators. Josiah becomes king.
635 BC - Phraortes of the Medes perishes in the siege of Nineveh with a large number of his army, and he is succeeded by his son Cyaxares
635 BC - Josiah fathers Jehoiakim
634 BC - Cyaxares defeats the Assyrians and besieged Nineveh, but is defeated by a Scythian army
633 BC - Josiah fathers Jehoahaz of Judah
631 BC - The Scythians subject all of upper Asia and invade Egypt, where Pharaoh Psamtik I bribes them into leaving.
630 BC - Josiah cleanses Judah and Jerusalem from its idolatry
629 BC - Jeremiah is called by God to be a prophet, but he refuses
626 BC - Nabopolassar of Babylon and Astyages of Media form an alliance.
624 BC - Josiah has the High Priest Hilkiah repair the Temple, and he cleanses Jerusalem of idolatry.
621 BC - Birth of Zedekiah
617 BC - Birth of Jeconiah
610 BC - Necho II goes against the king of Assyria. Josiah fights the Egyptians at the Battle of Megiddo, where he is slain. Necho deposes Jehoahaz from the throne after only three months and makes his brother Jehoiakim king. Jeremiah calls on the people to bow before the Lord at the Temple, but is arrested when they would not repent and he curses them.
609 BC - Uriah prophesies against Jerusalem and the land of Judah, and is forced to flee to Egypt. Elnathan follows him, captures him, and executes him. Ahikam prevents Jeremiah from being turned over to the people to be killed.
607 BC - Babylon is destroyed and Chaldea desolated. Nebuchadnezzar comes to Judah and besieges the Rechabites. Jehoiakim is captured by Nebuchadnezzar, who is carried into submission in Babylon. Cyaxares and the Medes invite the Scythian sto a feast, where they are massacred.
605 BC - Nebuchadnezzar capitalizes on his victory over Egypt at the Battle of Carchemish and takes all the Egyptian lands between Egypt and the Euphrates. Nabopolassar dies in Babylon.
604 BC - Jehoiakim rebels against the King of Babylon; Daniel refuses the diet provided for him by the king's allowance and later becomes a courtier of Nebuchadnezzar; Daniel interprets Nebuchadnezzar's dreams and becomes Governor of Babylon
601 BC - The war between the Medes and the Lydians degenerates into a stalemate.
600 BC - Nebuchadnezzar's army of Syrians, Chaldeans, Moabites, and Ammonites attacks Jehoiakim and destroys all of Judah, taking 3,023 prisoners.
599 BC - Jehoiakim dies, and his body is dragged out of the gate of Jerusalem. His son Jeconiah succeeds him and continues his father's evils. The Babylonians besiege Jerusalem, and the Babylonians sack the city and take Jehoiakim, his mother, his wives, his courtiers, and 10,000 men are taken into captivity. From the other parts of the land, Nebuchadnezzar takes 7,000 able-bodied men and 1,000 smiths and carpenters. Nebuchadnezzar names Zedekiah the new King of Judah. Zedekiah does not humble himself before the prophet Jeremiah. Jeremiah prophesies the captivity and restoration of the Elamites.
597 BC - Birth of Croesus
596 BC - The false prophet Hananiah makes a false prophecy claiming that the captives in Babylon will return in two years. Jeremiah mocks him, and Hananiah breaks a yoke of wood over Jeremiah's neck. Hananiah dies in the seventh month.
595 BC - Jeremiah prophesies that Babylon and Chaldea will be overrun and laid waste by the Medes and Persians, promising deliverance to the Jews.
595 BC - Baruch ben Neriah reads the words of his book to Jeconiah. Ezekiel has his first vision of God.
594 BC - Apries becomes Pharaoh of Egypt and takes Sidon by force, defeating the Cypriots and Phoenicians at sea. Ezekiel foresees the infinite idolatry practiced in Jerusalem, as well as the blinding of Zedekiah and the captivity of the Jews.
593 BC - Ezekiel reproves the elders for their hypocrisy in asking the counsel of God.
590 BC - Nebuchadnezzar approaches Jerusalem with his army, ravaging the countryside and taking the Judean strongholds apart from Lachish, Azekah, and Jerusalem. God reveals to Ezekiel the looming destruction of Jerusalem. Zedekiah imprisons Jeremiah for prophesying the city's fall, but releases him during the siege. Zedekiah asks Jeremiah to make intercession to God for the deliverance of the people, and Jeremiah predicts that the Egyptians will withdraw and the Chaldeans will destroy Jerusalem by fire. The Chaldeans rout the Egyptian army and take 832 prisoners from Jerusalem.
589 BC - Ezekiel prophesies against Pharaoh and all Egypt, saying that Pharaoh would prove to be only a staff or reed to the House of Israel. He also predicts that the Cyrenaicans will overthrow the Pharaoh, and that Egypt was to be miserably wasted by the Babylonians. Jeremiah is cast into Malchiah's dungeon for answering the king in the wrong way.
588 BC - Ezekiel prophesies that Tyre will fall in the same manner as Jerusalem. By 27 July 588 BC, the famine grew strong in Jerusalem, and the Chaldeans entered the city. Zedekiah is captured, his children slaughtered, and the king then blinded and brought to Babylon in chains. The Babylonians burn the temple and level Jerusalem's walls, and all the remaining Jews are brought to Babylon. Ishmael ben Nethaniah is bribed by the Ammonites to kill the Judean puppet governor Gedaliah.
587 BC - Jeremiah prophesies the destruction that will follow the Israelites at Migdol, Tahpanhes, Noph, Memphis, and Pathros in Egypt
585 BC - Nebuchadnezzar subdues the Moabites, Ammonites, and Edomites
584 BC - Nebuchadnezzar besieges Tyre
574 BC - The Lybians are driven out of their lands by the inhabitants of Cyrenaica and put themselves under the protection of Apries. The Cyreneans defeat Apries' army at Irasa, and the Egyptians revolt against Apries.
572 BC - Tyre surrenders to Nebuchadnezzar and is ransacked. God promises to give all of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar. He helps Amasis against his father Apries.
570 BC - Nebuchadnezzar returns to Babylon, where he builds the city into wonderful magnificence and beauty. Apries leads 30,000 mercenaries from Ionia and Caria against his son Amasis at Memphis, but is defeated, captured, and strangled at Sais
563 BC - Nebuchadnezzar acknowledges the power of God and proclaims God's great grace and mercy
562 BC - Nebuchadnezzar dies after foretelling that Cyrus the Great will capture Babylon
560 BC - Amel-Marduk and Jeconiah die in Babylon; Neriglissar, Amel-Marduk's murderer, reigns for 4 years. Astyages dies and is succeeded by Cyaxares.
559 BC - Babylon conscripts troops from his own subjects and, with help from Croesus, battles the Medes and Persians.
558 BC - Armenia rebels against Cyaxares, but Cyaxares attacks Armenia and reconquers the region
556 BC - Cyaxares and Cyrus march against Croesus and his confederates and win a major victory, slaying the king of Babylon. Croesus flees.
555 BC - Daniel has a vision of four beasts representing the four empires of the world: Egypt, Lydia, Babylon, and Persia
553 BC - Daniel has a vision of a ram and a goat presaging Alexander the Great's destruction of Achaemenid Persia
548 BC - Croesus invades Media and destroys the Cappadocians. Cyrus attacks the Lydians at Sardis, conquering the kingdom and sparing Croesus from execution.
546 BC - The Persians conquer all Phrygia bordering on the Hellespont.
543 BC - Cyrus' general Harpagus attacks Ionia
540 BC - Cyrus subdues Asia Minor and goes to war with Nabonidus, the Assyrian king.
539 BC - Cyrus defeats Belshazzar and Nabonidus outside Babylon and besieges the city.
538 BC - God sends a hand to write on the wall of Belshazzar's room that the Babylonian Empire is to fall and be transferred to the Medes. Daniel interprets the writing for Belshazzar. On that same night, Belshazzar is slain, and the empire falls to the Medes and Persians. Daniel is imprisoned by three of Cyrus' governors for praying to God, being cast into a lion's den. Darius the Mede discovers the governors' deceit and releases Daniel, while sending the same men into the lion's den to teach men to revere and fear Daniel's God. The Babylonian captivity is prophesied to end in 70 weeks. Cyrus assembles an army of 120,000 cavalry, 2,000 iron chariots, and 600,000 footsoldiers and subdues all nations from Syria to the Red Sea.
537 BC - The Babylonian captivity is ended after 70 years, and Cyrus makes Sheshbazzar captain of the Jews who returned to Jerusalem. 42,360 Jews return, and they are given money to rebuild their temple and city.
529 BC - Cyrus dies at the age of 70, slain by the Massagetae queen Tomyris. Cambyses II succeeds him.
525 BC - Cambyses invades Egypt and places cats, dogs, and sheep in front of his army during the Battle of Pelusium, preventing Egyptian archers from firing at the enemy lest they hurt their own gods. Cambyses takes Pelisum and acquires a toehold on Egypt.
524 BC - Cambyses conquers Egypt and burns the Palace of Amasis, who has been slain. Cambyses is unable to raise a Phoenician fleet to attack its daughter colony of Carthage, but he orders a hastily-prepared invasion of Ethiopia. All 50,000 soldiers are consumed by a sandstorm. Cambyses goes stark mad and kills his own brother; he kills his wife a year later.
522 BC - On the death of Cambyses, Darius the Great seizes power.
520 BC - Haggai reproves the idleness of the Jews for not rebuilding the temple, blaming their shirking as the cause of crop failures and other plagues. Zerubbabel oversees the earnest reconstruction of the temple.
515 BC - The Temple is finished and dedicated, and the first Passover at the Second Temple is celebrated.
514 BC - Esther is brought to King Darius, who takes her for his wife after deposing his wife Vashti. Haman of the Amalekites hates the Jew Mordecai for refusing to fall down and adore him, and Haman bribes Darius to give him the orders to destroy the Jews. Hanan makes a gallows for Mordecai, but Haman is hanged on his own gallows after Darius dreams that Haman has conspired against him. Mordecai takes Haman's position and issues a decree authorizing the Jews to defend themselves and destroy those who hated them.
499-479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars
471 BC - Tobiah dies, 110 years after his father
467 BC - Ezra and a great number of Jews leave Babylon for Israel. He calls on the Israelites to put away their heathen wives and children. The Jews were ordered to appear at Jerusalem within 3 days, while those who did not would be punished. When gathered, they were forced to cast aside their heathen families.
454 BC - Nehemiah becomes cupbearer to Artaxerxes I and becomes Governor of Judah. The Athenian invasion of Egypt fails after 6 years. The wall of Jerusalem is built and dedicated. Ezra reads the law of God to the Jews in Jerusalem, and they are encouraged by Nehemiah and Ezra to keep that feast with joy.
356 BC - Birth of Alexander the Great
336 BC - Alexander becomes King of Macedon
333 BC - Alexander captures Jerusalem
323 BC - Alexander dies in Babylon, and his empire is partitioned among his officers
216 BC - Ptolemy IV Philopator issues a decree condemning all Jews to be destroyed, only to reverse his command and execute all those who renounced Judaism
175 BC - The Hellenization of Judaism begins as a Greek gymnasium is build in sight of the Temple
169 BC - Antiochus IV Epiphanes enters the Second Temple and murders many
166 BC - The Maccabean Revolt breaks out against the Seleucid Greeks, led by Judas Maccabeus
164 BC - The Jews dedicate the Temple in Jerusalem, an occasion commemorated by Hanukkah
163 BC - Antiochus dies and is succeeded by Antiochus V Eupator, who invades Judea
162 BC - Judas besieges the Seleucid citadel in Jerusalem
160 BC - Judas Maccabeus is slain at the Battle of Elasa, and Jonathan Apphus takes his place
143 BC - Jonathan and his men are treacherously shut up in the city of Ptolemais and slain.
142 BC - The yoke of the Gentiles was removed from Israel
141 BC - The cleansing of the Jerusalem citadel
138 BC - The Seleucids again invade Judea
124 BC - The Jews in Judea tell the Egyptian Jews to see that Hanukkah is kept
63 BC - The Roman general Pompey takes Jerusalem and ends Jewish independence

New Testament[]

7 BC - Birth of John the Baptist
4 BC - Birth of Jesus to Mary; the Magi visit Jesus at Bethlehem and are warned by God not to return to Herod; Herod has all children in Bethlehem under the age of two massacred to prevent a rival king from being born; Jesus, Mary, and Joseph flee to Egypt. Roman emperor Augustus says, "It was better to be Herod's hog than his son," as one of Herod's sons was among the slain. Herod dies soon after.
3 BC - Jesus, Mary, and Joseph are told by God that it is safe to return to Israel, and they settle in Nazareth. Iudaea gradually becomes a Roman province as Herod's sons partition the kingdom and die over the next few years.
15 AD - Jesus heals a Hebrew woman that had been bound by Satan
19 AD - Jesus restored the daughter of synagogue ruler Jairus to life after dying at the age of 12, and he healed her mother twelve years later
26 AD - Pontius Pilate becomes Prefect of Judea; John the Baptist begins his ministry, calling on Jews to repent of their sins
27 AD - Jesus is baptized by John the Baptist, is driven by the Spirit into the desert for 40 days and nights, and rejects Satan's temptations
29 AD - Start of Jesus' ministry
30 AD - Jesus assembles the Twelve Apostles, attends the marriage at Cana, goes to Jerusalem for Passover, scourges the moneylenders at the Temple, performs miracles, meets Nicodemus, baptizes people in Judea, John the Baptist is cast into prison by Herod Antipas for criticizing Herod's marriage to his late brother's sister, Jesus preaches in Galilee and converts the Samaritan woman, and Jesus heals the son of a nobleman.
31 AD - Jesus does miracles in Capernaum and expounds the prophecy of Isaiah at his hometown of Nazareth; Jesus casts out an unclean spirit at Capernaum; Jesus heals Simon Peter's mother-in-law; Jesus heals a sick man let down through the roof of a house in Capernaum; Jesus explains the doctrine of the Sabbath; Jesus heals the multitudes at the sea; Jesus delivers his Sermon on the Mount; Jesus heals the blind and a dumb man possessed by a demon; and Jesus sends out the twelve apostles two by two to heal diseases and preach.
32 AD - Beheading of John the Baptist; Herod desires to see Jesus; Jesus splits fish and bread among 5,000 men and their women and children; Jesus flees the crowds of Judea for Tyre and Sidon; Jesus feeds 4,000 men with seven loaves and a few little fishes; Jesus shows Peter a piece of gold in a fish's mouth; Jesus enters Jerusalem and teaches in the temple in the middle of a feast; Jesus goes to the Mount of Olives and warns a woman taken in adultery to sin no more.
33 AD - Jesus shares the Lord's Prayer with his Disciples; tells a rich young ruler to sell all he had and give it to the poor to inherit eternal life while warning about covetous rich men; preaches that many who were first would be the last to enter Heaven; calls Lazarus from his grave; and enters Jerusalem and predicts her utter destruction; Judas is tempted by the Devil to betray Jesus; Jesus shares a last supper; and Jesus is betrayed in the Garden of Gethsemane, tried, and crucified.

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