| Question |
Answer |
| 950 BCE |
Building of Solomon's Temple |
| 922 BCE |
Division of the monarchy into Northern and Southern Kingdoms, beginning of the reign of Rehoboam in Judah |
| 783 BCE |
Beginning of the reign of Uzziah |
| 742 BCE |
Death of Uzziah and beginning of Isaiah's prophetic career |
| 735 BCE |
Beginning of the reign of Ahaz and the Syro-Ephraimitic crisis |
| 715 BCE |
Beginning of the reign of Hezekiah |
| 701 BCE |
Sannacherib's invasion |
| 700 BCE |
Beginning of the rise of the Babylonian Empire |
| 687 BCE |
Death of Hezekiah, beginning of the reign of Manasseh in Judah |
| 640 BCE |
Beginning of the reign of Josiah |
| 625 BCE |
Beginning of Jeremiah's prophetic career |
| 612 BCE |
Fall of Ninevah |
| 609 BCE |
Death of Josiah |
| 605 BCE |
Beginning of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon |
| 597 BCE |
First deportation of Judahites in Babylon |
| 586 BCE |
Destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians; second deportation
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| 573 BCE |
End of Ezekiel's prophetic career |
| 550 BCE |
Rise of the Persian Empire |
| 539 BCE |
Cyrus II conquers Babylon |
| 538 BCE |
Decree of Cyrus release Israelites to return to Jerusalem |
| 522 BCE |
Beginning of the reign of Darius I in Persia |
| 520 BCE |
Second return of Judahites to Judah |
| 515 BCE |
Completion of the Second Temple |
| 458 BCE |
One estimate of the return of Ezra to Jerusalem |
| 445 BCE |
Beginning of Nehemiah's term as governor of Judah |
| 332 BCE |
Alexander conquers Palestine and Greek influence floods from the region |
| 323 BCE |
Alexander dies and Ptolemy controls Palestine |
| 200 BCE |
Wisdom books and books of Psalms approach their final forms |
| 198 BCE |
Antiochus III takes control of Palestine away from Ptolemy V |
| 175 BCE |
Antiochus IV continues the Seleucid rule of Palestine |
| 168 BCE |
Beginning of the Maccabean revolt |
| 142 BCE |
Beginning of Jewish independent rule under the Hasmonean dynasty |
| 63 BCE |
Romans conquer Jerusalem |
| 66 CE |
Beginning of the Jewish war against Rome, Dead Sea Scroll were hidden |
| 70 CE |
Destruction of Jerusalem |
| 100 CE |
Closing of the Hebrew Canon |
| 166 BCE |
Move toward Jewish independence under the Maccabeans |
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