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Bible Final
Bible Final - Timeline
| 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 |
| 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 |