Timeline

12 eras, from 4004 BC to AD 70.

Everything the Bible records, in the order it happened: who was alive, what took place and where, era by era. 49 people have both a birth and a death year recorded, which is what lets a lifespan be drawn at all.

Creation & Antediluvian World

4004 BC – 2348 BC · 36 events

Alive then: Adam, Abel, Seth, Enos, Cainan (antediluvian patriarch), Mahalaleel (line of Seth), Jared, Enoch (father of Methuselah), Methuselah, Lamech (father of Noah), Noah, Shem

Creation of all things 4003 BC
Creation of Adam and Eve 4003 BC — Eden
The Fall 4003 BC — Eden
Lifetime of Adam 4003 BC — Eden
Cain kills Abel 3874 BC — Eden
God curses Cain 3874 BC — Nod
Birth of Seth 3873 BC — Eden
Lifetime of Seth 3873 BC
Birth of Enos 3768 BC
Lifetime of Enos 3768 BC
Birth of Cainan 3678 BC
Lifetime of Cainan 3678 BC

Post-Flood World

2348 BC – 1921 BC · 32 events

Alive then: Methuselah, Noah, Shem, Arphaxad, Salah, Eber (Heber), Peleg, Reu, Serug, Nahor (father of Terah), Terah, Abraham

Death of Methuselah 2347 BC
The Great Flood begins 2347 BC
The Great Flood 2347 BC — Ararat
Water covers the earth 2347 BC
The flood subsides 2346 BC — Ararat
Leaving the Ark 2346 BC — Ararat
God makes a covenant with Noah 2346 BC
Noah gets drunk and Canaan is cursed 2345 BC
Birth of Arphaxad 2345 BC
Lifetime of Arphaxad 2345 BC
Birth of Salah 2310 BC
Lifetime of Salah 2310 BC

The Patriarchs

1921 BC – 1706 BC · 45 events

Alive then: Shem, Arphaxad, Salah, Eber (Heber), Terah, Abraham, Ishmael (Son of Hagar), Isaac, Jacob (Israel), Rachel, Joseph (son of Jacob), Job

Death of Terah 1920 BC — Haran
Abraham enters Canaan 1920 BC — Haran
Abrahamic Covenant 1920 BC
Abraham goes to Egypt 1920 BC — Egypt
Sojourn in Canaan and Egypt 1920 BC — Egypt
Abraham and Lot Separate 1919 BC — Sodom
Birth of Ishmael 1909 BC
Lifetime of Ishmael 1909 BC
Death of Arphaxad 1907 BC
Sodom Destroyed 1896 BC — Sodom
Birth of Isaac 1895 BC
Lifetime of Isaac 1895 BC

Egypt & the Exodus

1706 BC – 1491 BC · 10 events

Alive then: Jacob (Israel), Joseph (son of Jacob), Job, Aaron, Moses, Joshua

Joseph's brothers return to Egypt 1705 BC — Egypt
Death of Jacob 1688 BC — Egypt
Job's Trial 1649 BC
Death of Joseph 1634 BC — Egypt
Death of Job 1579 BC
Birth of Moses 1570 BC — Egypt
Lifetime of Moses 1570 BC — Egypt
Moses Flees Pharaoh 1530 BC
Birth of Caleb 1528 BC
Lifetime of Joshua 1520 BC

Wilderness & Conquest

1491 BC – 1405 BC · 11 events

Alive then: Aaron, Moses, Joshua

Exodus from Egypt 1490 BC — Egypt
Wilderness Wanderings 1490 BC — Red Sea
Ten Commandments Given 1490 BC — Mount Sinai
Tabernacle Built 1489 BC
Death of Moses 1451 BC — Mount Nebo
Crossing the Jordan into Canaan 1450 BC — Jordan
War with Canaanites 1450 BC
Dividing the land 1444 BC
Death of Joshua 1423 BC — Timnath-serah
Subjugation by Cushan-rishathaim 1417 BC — Mesopotamia
Deliverance by Othniel 1409 BC — Canaan

Era of the Judges

1405 BC – 1095 BC · 20 events

Alive then: Miriam, Samuel, Samson

Subjugation by Eglon 1377 BC — Moab
Deliverance by Ehud 1360 BC — Canaan
Subjugation by Jabin 1297 BC — Canaan
Deliverance by Barak And Deborah 1277 BC — Canaan
Subjugation by Midian 1257 BC — Midian
Deliverance by Gideon 1250 BC — Canaan
Usurpation by Abimelech 1217 BC — Canaan
Judgeship of Tola 1214 BC — Canaan
Judgeship of Jair 1191 BC — Canaan
Oppression by Ammon and Philistia 1169 BC — Canaan
Judgeship of Eli 1161 BC — Canaan
Deliverance by Jephthah 1151 BC — Canaan

United Kingdom

1095 BC – 975 BC · 8 events

Alive then: Samuel, David, Saul, Solomon

Reign of Saul 1094 BC
United Kingdom 1094 BC
David Kills Goliath 1066 BC
Death of Saul 1054 BC — Mount Gilboa
Reign of David 1054 BC — Hebron
Death of David 1014 BC — Jerusalem
Reign of Solomon 1014 BC — Jerusalem
Construction of Solomon's Temple 1011 BC — Jerusalem

Divided Kingdom

975 BC – 586 BC · 81 events

Alive then: Solomon, Rehoboam, Jehoram, Ahaziah, Joash, Amaziah, Uzziah, Ahaz, Hezekiah, Manasseh (son of Hezekiah), Amon, Josiah, Jehoiakim

Southern Kingdom (Judah) 974 BC
Death of Solomon 974 BC — Jerusalem
Reign of Rehoboam 974 BC — Jerusalem
Northern Kingdom (Israel) 974 BC
Reign of Jeroboam I 974 BC — Samaria
Reign of Abijam 957 BC — Jerusalem
Death of Abijam 954 BC — Jerusalem
Reign of Asa 954 BC — Jerusalem
Reign of Nadab 953 BC — Samaria
Reign of Baasha 952 BC — Samaria
Reign of Elah 929 BC — Samaria
Reign of Zimri 928 BC — Samaria

Babylonian Exile

586 BC – 538 BC · 1 event

Prophecies of Obadiah 584 BC

Return & Restoration

538 BC – 400 BC · 3 events

Life of Jesus

5 BC – AD 30 · 139 events

Alive then: Jesus Christ

Espousal of Mary 5 BC — Nazareth
John's birth predicted 5 BC — Jerusalem
An Angel Speaks to Joseph in a Dream 4 BC — Nazareth
The Annuciation 4 BC — Nazareth
Mary Visits Elizabeth 4 BC
Birth of John the Baptist 4 BC
Wise Men Visit Herod 3 BC — Jerusalem
Wise Men Visit Jesus 3 BC — Bethlehem
Joseph and Mary Flee to Egypt 3 BC — Egypt
Herod slays male children 3 BC — Bethlehem
Joseph and Mary return from Egypt 3 BC — Jerusalem
Joseph and Mary return to Nazareth 3 BC — Nazareth

The Early Church

AD 31 – AD 70 · 64 events

Stephen is stoned AD 31 — Jerusalem
Saul persecutes the church AD 31 — Jerusalem
Philip preaches in Samaria AD 31 — Samaria
Conversion of Ethiopian Eunuch AD 32 — Gaza
Saul is converted AD 32 — Damascus
Saul proclaims Jesus AD 38 — Jerusalem
Peter heals Aeneas and Dorcas AD 38 — Lydda
Peter meets Cornelius AD 38 — Caesarea
Peter preaches to gentiles in Caesarea AD 38 — Caesarea
Peter defends Gentile salvation AD 38 — Jerusalem
Disciples first called Christians AD 40 — Antioch (Syria)
Herod kills James AD 40 — Judea