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Bible Final
Bible Final - Timeline
Question | Answer |
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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 |