Time line of Biblical and related events


Judah	Israel	BC	Historical events outside the bible
Rehoboam	Jeroboam I	922
Abijah (Abijam)		915
Asa		913
	Nadab	910
	Elah	877
	Zimri	876
	Omri / Tibni	876
	Omri	871
Jehoshaphat		873
	Ahab (& Jezebel)	869
	Elijah
	Ahaziah	850
Jehoram	Jehoram	849
Ahaziah	Jehu	842
Athaliah		841
Jehoash		837
	Jehoahaz	814
	Jehoash (Joash)	801
	Death of Elijah
Amaziah		800
	Jereboam II	786
Azariah (Uzziah)		783
	Zechariah	753
	Books of Amos, & Hosea	~750
	Shallum	745
	Menahem	745
Isaiah		742
Micah		742
Jotham		742
	Pekahiah	738
	Pekah	737
Razon (Damascus) & Pekah besiege Jerusalem		734
	Hoshea	721
	Samaria falls to the Assyrians	721


Judah	BC	Historical events outside the bible
Hezekiah	715
Manasseh	687
Amon	642
Josiah	640
The prophet Zephaniah
The prophet Jeremiah
Discovery of the Law in the temple
The prophet Nahum	715
Jehoahaz	609
Jehoiakim	609
The prophet Habakkuk
Jehoiakim deported	597
Zedekiah	597
The prophet Ezekiel
Fall of Jerusalem to Nebuchadnezzar I: beginning of Babylonian captivity.	586
Gedaliah governor	586
Torah, Samuel-Kings edited into final form	538

The Second Temple period (539-1 [actually -70 CE])


Edict of Cyrus	538
Foundations for Second Temple	537
Ezra	458
The prophets Malachi & Obadiah
possibly the books of Job, Proverbs, Song of Songs, Ruth, Psalms
The book of Joel, writings of the Chronicler (books of Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah)
The books of Jonah, Tobit
	333	Alexander the Great
	323	Palestine under the Ptolemys
		Ptolemy II orders translation of LXX
Books of Esther, Ecclesiastes (Qoheleth)
	200	Judea under Selucids
Persecution leads to Maccabean revolt	167
Apocalyptic portions of Daniel?
2 Maccabees
Jonathan takes over a leader of the revolt	160
Origins of the Qumran community?
Jonathan ruler of Judea	145
Simon ruler of Judea	143
John Hyrcanus	134
Aristobulus I	104
Alexander Jannaeus	103
Book of Judith
Salome Alexandra (Hyrcanus II high priest)	76
Hyrcanus II king & high priest briefly (3 mos.)	67
Aristobulus_II king & high priest	67
Jerusalem surrenders to Pompey (Rome)	63
Antipater client ruler (Hyrcanus II again high priest)	63
Books Wisdom of Solomon, Psalms of Solomon
Hyrcanus II named ethnarch by Rome (but under Antipater)	47
Herod and Phasael named tetrarchs of Galilee and Jerusalem respectively.	41
Herod as client king	37
	27	Augustus Roman Emperor
Birth of Jesus(?)	6-7
Herod Archelaus ethnarch of Judea	4
Herod Antipas Tetrarch of Galilee	4
Herod Phillip II, tetrarch of Ituraea, etc.	4

AD (CE)


Prefects of Judaea	Herodian Rulers & Jewish/Christian events	CE	Roman Emperors & Historical events outside the Bible
Coponius		6
Marcus Ambivulus		9
Annius Rufus		12
		14	Tiberius
Valerius Gratus		15
Pontius Pilate		26
Marcellus		37
Marullus	Herod Agrippa I client king of Ituraea, etc.	37	Caligula
Herennius Capito		37
Procurators of Roman Palestine
	Herod Agrippa I also over Judaea, Galilee, & Perea	37	Claudius
Cuspius Fadus		44
Tiberius Alexander		46
Ventidius Cumanus		48
Antonius Felix		52
	Herod Agrippa II client king over Ituraea, etc.	53
		54	Nero
	Herod Agrippa II also over Galilee & Perea	56

Jewish wars (~65-135)

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Joshua & the conquest of Canaan	1225	Merneptah Stele
Judges	1200
Samuel	1040