A chronology of the Bible's major events and figures based largely on the Old Testament, New Testament, and Mishna sources, and on the work of James Ussher. Dates in the Bronze Age are traditional and do not have archaeological corroborations. Dates in the Iron Age and later are placed by the Bible into the wider framework of history, and so are dated by biblical references to historically verifiable events, such as Shishak's raid in 926 BCE.

For a historical look at the bible see The Bible and history

See Short chronology for a more detailed history of the Ancient Middle East and Ancient Near East region.

The dates of events during the Iron Age Hebrew Kingdoms are based on the estimates of William F. Albright, Edwin R. Thiele, and Gershon Galil. For more detailed chronologies of this period,

Bronze age

• 4004 BCE (circa) The World recreated by God, (Flood)(according to Ussher)
• 2000-1600 BCE (circa) Middle Bronze Age Patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
• 1600-1250 BCE (circa) Bronze Age Israelites in Egypt
• 1250 BCE (circa) Exodus from Egypt and travel to Canaan by Moses

Iron age to Babylonian exile

• 1180-1020 BCE Period of the Judges
• 1020-931 BCE reigns of Saul, David, and Solomon
• 962 BCE Solomon builds First Temple in Jerusalem
• 926 BCE Raid of Pharaoh Shoshenq I ("Shishak")
• 931-722 BCE Kingdom divided into Israel in the north and Judah in the south
• 853 BCE Ahab is king of Israel according to Assyrian records.
• 841 BCE Jehu is king of Israel according to Assyrian records.
• 805-796 BCE Jehoash is king of Israel at some point in this period, according to Assyrian records
• 740-738 BCE Menahem is King of Israel according to Assyrian records
• 734 BCE Ahaz is King of Judah according to Assyrian records
• 732/731 BCE King Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria conquers the Transjordan regions of Israel from King Pekah. Pekah is
  
  
  
  murdered and succeeded by Hoshea, according to Assyrian records.
• 722 BCE Northern kingdom of Israel conquered by Shalmaneser V of Assyria, and King Hoshea is made a prisoner
• 720 BCE The final revolt of Samaria, former capital of the northern kingdom, is suppressed by Sargon II of Assyria, who deports the remaining inhabitants.
• 701 BCE Sennacherib of Assyria launches a campaign against Hezekiah, King of Judah.
• 677-676 BCE Manasseh is King of Judah, according to Assyrian records.
• 609 BCE King Josiah of Judah is killed in battle with the Egyptian pharaoh Necho II at Megiddo.
• 605 BCE Nebuchadnezzar, Crown prince of Babylon, defeats Necho in battle at Carchemish.
• 604 BCE King Jehoiakim of Judah accepts Nebuchadrezzar, now King of Babylon, as his overlord
• 601 BCE Jehoiakim revolts against Babylonian domination.
• 598 BCE The Babylonians besiege Jerusalem. Death of Jehoiakim, his son Jehoiachin succeeding him as King
• 597 BCE Jerusalem is captured by the Babylonians, who exile Jehoiachin and appoint Zedekiah as king in his place.
• 587 BCE Zedekiah revolts against Babylonian domination. The Babylonians besiege Jerusalem.
• 586 BCE Destruction of the First Temple and southern kingdom of Judah conquered
• 586-539 BCE Babylonian exile to liberation by Persian King, Cyrus the Great

Second temple period

• 516 BCE Second Temple completed under Persians
• 332 BCE Alexander the Great conquers Israel
• 323 BCE Alexander the Great dies in Babylon
• 250 BCE-CE 100 Septuagint written in Alexandria over a long period of time.
• 168-165 BC Hasmonean uprising
• 80 BCE Roman defeat of the Maccabees
• 65 BCE Syria becomes a Roman province
• 63 BCE Roman conquest of Judea
• 37-4 BCE Herod the Great is ruler of Judea, appointed by Rome

New Testament period

• ~4 BCE Birth of Jesus.
• ~30 CE Crucifixion of Jesus

Common Era

• 49-140 New Testament written
• 66-73 Revolt against Rome
• 70 Destruction of the Second Temple by Titus
• 132-135 Bar Kokhba revolt
• 200 Mishnah compiled
• 300 (circa) Codex Vaticanus written
• 425 (circa) Jerusalem Talmud edited
• 550 (circa) Babylonian Talmud edited Raamatun aikajana