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Genesis: approx. 4000 to 1640 BC
Exodus
Judges
Ruth
1 Sam.
1 Chronicles
2 Sam.
2 Chronicles
1 & 2 Kings
Ezra
Esther
Nehemiah
The Old Testament Time-line
Major Dates & Events (Approximate)
4004 BC – Creation
2350 BC – The Flood
2000 BC – Abraham born
1500 BC – The Exodus / Old Covenant
1100 BC – King Saul anointed
1000 BC – The Temple built under Solomon
930 BC – The kingdom is divided
721 BC – The exodus of Israel in Assyria
608 BC – The first exile of Judah
588 BC – The first Temple destroyed
537 BC – The first return from exile;
rebuilding of the temple
400 BC – The last OT prophet (Malachi)
The “Historical Writings”
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
The conquest of the land
The time of the Judges' rule
A story from the Judges' time
Samuel's birth to Saul's death
The reign of David
Solomon, the division, Elijah
The two nations until their exile
Genealogies, David's rise+reign
Judah from Solomon to exile
Return + the temple's rebuilding
Rebuilding + restoring Jerusalem
A remarkable deliverance