The Bible and the Scriptural genealogies provide a proper timeline for the chronology of biblical events and earth's history.
Year
Date
Events
Verse
Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting your are God .
Psalm 90:2
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
John 1:1–3
The spirit of God has made me.
Job 33:4
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:1
I will proclaim the name of the Lord. Oh, praise the greatness of our God! He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he.
Deuteronomy 32:3–4
In speaking of the angels he says, "He makes his angels spirits, and his servants flames of fire."
Hebrews 1:7
Lucifer rebels against God. The Great Controversy between Christ and Satan begins.
Michael/Jesus casts Lucifer/Satan from Heaven .
Revelation 12:7–9
Year
Date
Events
Verse
4000 BC
Marriage and 7th day Sabbath instituted in Eden .
Genesis 2:1–4, 18–25
3960 BC
The woman/Eve deceived by the serpent/Satan.
Genesis 3:1–7
The Fall .
Year
Date
Events
Verse
3825 BC
Cain murdered his brother Abel .
Year
Date
Events
Verse
3030 BC
Death of Adam .
Year
Date
Events
Verse
2973 BC
Enoch translated to Heaven without dying.
Year
Date
Events
Verse
2424 BC
Noah began preaching and building the ark 120 years before the Flood .
Year
Date
Events
Verse
2304 BC
The Flood.
Year
Date
Events
Verse
1877 BC
The call of Abraham . 430 years of sojourning in land of Egypt begins.
1852 BC
Birth of Isaac .
1847 BC
Ishmael mocks Isaac. 400 years of oppression began.
Genesis 15:13, 21:9
Year
Date
Events
Verse
1792 BC
Birth of Jacob and Esau .
1701 BC
Birth of Joseph .
Year
Date
Events
Verse
1684 BC
The selling of Joseph.
1671 BC
Joseph interprets dream of Pharaoh .
1662 BC
Jacob enters Egypt.
c. 1620 BC
Job 's trial. Chaldeans raid his 3000 camels.
Job 1:8, 42:16
Year
Date
Events
Verse
c. 1487 BC
Flight of Moses to Midian .
1448 BC
Moses at the burning bush .
1501–1447 BC
Thutmose III the Pharaoh of the Exodus .
Autumn 1448 BC
Moses confronts Pharaoh Thutmose III.
1448–1447 BC
Ten Plagues of Egypt .
1447 BC
March/April
The Exodus .
Death of Thutmose III.
Pentecost 1447
Moses receiving the Ten Commandments from God upon Mount Sinai .
1446 BC
March/April
Erection and Dedication of the Tabernacle .
1446–1406 BC
40 years of wilderness wanderings.
1407 BC
Aaron consecrates Eleazar the High priest.
Death of Aaron.
Israelites defeat Sihon the king of Amorites.
Death of Moses.
1406 BC
Crossing the Jordan River .
The Fall of Jericho .
c. 1406–1399 BC
Conquest of Canaan .
Year
Date
Events
Verse
c. 1399 BC
Israelite gathering the Gilgal .
Joshua 14:6–15
c. 1847–1397 BC
Isaac chosen & Ishmael rejected. 400 years of oppression. 40 years of wilderness wanderings. 10 years for dividing the land for inheritance. About 450 years total.
Acts 13:17–20
c. 1376 BC
Othniel the Judge.
Judges 3:7–11
c. 1336 BC
Ehud the Judge.
Judges 3:12–30
Year
Date
Events
Verse
c. 1265 BC
Shamgar slays six hundred Philistines.
Judges 3:31
c. 1237 BC
Deborah the prophetess.
Judges 4–5
c. 1211–1171 BC
Gideon the Judge.
Judges 6–8
Year
Date
Events
Verse
c. 1200 BC
Collapse of Bronze Age societies.
1177 BC
Abimelech the Judge.
Judges 9
1176 BC
Tola the Judge.
Judges 10:1–2
1153 BC
Jair the Judge.
Judges 10:3–5
1140 BC
Ruth the Moabitess.
1107 BC
Jephthah defeats the Ammonites. 300 years after defeat Sihon the king of Amorites.
Judges 11:26–33
Year
Date
Events
Verse
1106–1099 BC
Ibzan the Judge.
Judges 12:8–10
1099–1089 BC
Elon the Judge.
Judges 12:11–12
1089–1081 BC
Abdon the Judge.
Judges 12:13–15
c. 1101–1080 BC
Samson the Judge.
Judges 13–16
c. 1079–1050 BC
Samuel the prophet and last Judge.
c. 1050–1011 BC
King Saul .
c. 1025 BC
David kills Goliath .
c. 1011–971 BC
King David.
Year
Date
Events
Verse
c. 971–931 BC
King Solomon .
Spring 967 BC
King Solomon begins to build the Temple in 4th year of his reign 480 years after the Exodus.
1 Kings 6:1
931–913 BC
Rehoboam begins to reign. Judah and Israel divided. Ruler of Judah.
931–910 BC
Jeroboam , 1st king of Israel, leads the people into idolatry.
Year
Date
Events
Verse
c. 874–853 BC
Ahab , king of Israel, did more evil than all the kings before him.
c. 874–841 BC
Jezebel , wife of Ahab, leads her husband and Israel into idolatrous apostasy.
c. 870–847 BC
Elijah the prophet.
c. 853 BC
Elijah anoints Elisha to succeed him.
c. 873–849 BC
Jehoshaphat , the 4th king of the separated kingdom of Judah.
c. 847 BC
Elijah translated alive and take to Heaven.
841 BC
Jehoiada makes Joash king of Judah.
840 BC
Obadiah the prophet.
810–785 BC
Amos the prophet.
Year
Date
Events
Verse
800 BC
Joel the prophet.
c. 790 BC
Jonah the prophet.
785–725 BC
Hosea the prophet.
751–690 BC
Micah the prophet.
c. 745–685 BC
Isaiah the prophet.
722 BC
The Fall of Samaria . The end of kingdom of Israel.
Year
Date
Events
Verse
c. 688 BC
Sennacherib king of Assyria and Rabshakeh blaspheme the God of Israel and insult King Hezekiah .
King Hezekiah prays for deliverance from the Assyrians.
The Angel of the Lord kills 185,000 Assyrian soldiers.
2 Kings 19:35
661–612 BC
Nahum the prophet.
c. 697–642 BC
King Manasseh of Judah did more wickedly than the heathen who had dwelt in the land before him.
c. 640–609 BC
King Josiah of Judah.
630 BC
Zephaniah the prophet.
c. 627–580 or 560 BC
The prophet Jeremiah .
610 BC
Habakkuk the prophet.
c. 605–562 BC
King Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon .
c. 605–536 BC
Babylonian captivity .
c. 603–535 BC
The prophet Daniel .
Year
Date
Events
Verse
c. 593/92–570 BC
Ezekiel the prophet.
586 BC
The Fall of Jerusalem and destruction of Solomon's Temple.
539–530 BC
Cyrus the Great , king of Persia and conqueror of Babylon .
536 BC
The return of Jews under Zerubbabel .
520–518 BC
The ministry of Haggai and Zechariah .
Spring 515 BC
Completion of Zerubbabel's Temple .
Year
Date
Events
Verse
479/78 BC
Esther made queen in 7th year of Xerxes .
457 BC
The return of Ezra to Jerusalem. 2300 day/year and 70 weeks prophecies begin.
444 BC
The return of Nehemiah . The building of wall of Jerusalem.
c. 425 BC
Malachi the prophet.