- 1800-1600 B.C.E : Abraham, Isaac, Jacob
- 1280 : Moses and the Exodus
- 1250-1200 : Entrance into the Land
- 1200 – 1020 : The Judges
- 1020 – 1000: King Saul
- 1000 – 961 : King David
- 961 – 922: King Solomon (First Temple is Built)
- 922 : Israel Splits and Northern Kingdom of Israel is established under King Jeroboam
- 722 : Kingdom of Israel falls to Assyrian Empire
- 715-687: Hezekiah (good)
- 687-642: Manasseh (bad)
- 640-609: Josiah (good – finds book of the Law)
- 605: Babylonia takes over Israel
- 597: Prominent citizens exiled to Babylon
- 587: Jerusalem and the Temple are destroyed
- 582: Another deportation of citizens
- 539: Persian King Cyrus conquers Babylonians and allows exiles to return to their homeland
- 520-515: Second Temple Built
- 445: Nehemiah comes to Judah as governor
- 458,428, or 398: Ezra comes to Judah with Torah
- 333: Alexander the Great’s first important victory over the Persians
- After Alexander’s death, empire split between Ptolemies and Seleucids
- 300-200: Ptolemaic control of Judah
- 200: Seleucids take Judah from Ptolemies
- 175: Antiochus IV ascends Seleucid throne and Hellenistic reform begins in Jerusalem (Antiochus Ephiphanes)
- 167: Antiouchus Epiphanes begins persecution of Jews – Maccabean Revolt begins
- 164: Antiochus dies and Maccabees take Jersualemt and the temple and rededicate it
- 165-161: Judah Maccabee
- 134-104: John Hyrcanus I (conquers the Idumeans south of Judah, has the men forcibly circumcised)
- 63-40: Hyrcanus II (high priest but not King)
- 63: Roman general Pompey takes over Judah (One of Pompey’s soldiers is an Idumean named Antipater)
- 40: Antipater’s son, Herod, becomes King of Israel
- 6 – 4 B.C.E – Jesus is born
- 4 B.C.E – Herod the Great dies (kingdom divided among sons Archelaus, Herod Antipas, and Phillip
- 6 C.E – Archelaus thrown out; Romans replace him with a full time Governor
- 27 C.E – Jesus Dies
- 70 C.E. – Second Temple destroyed by Rome, Jerusalem burned
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