Biblical timeline of Ancient Israel
By Levi Clancy for Student Reader on
updated
Dates based on 480 years before completion of temple in Jerusalem in 967 BC.
| 1877 BC | Exodus 12:41 | Isaelites enter Egypt and sojourn begins. |
| 1447 BC | 1 Kings 6:1 | Israelite exodus. |
| 1447-1407 BC | 40 years (one generation) of wandering. | |
| 1,407 BC | Entry into promised land. | |
| 1407-? BC | Joshua | Conquest during life of Joshua. |
| Days of Judges | The religious center is Shiloh, where the ark resided. | |
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| 1350-? BC | Judges | Period of the judges. |
| Days of Samuel | The religious centers were Bethel, Mizpah, and Gilgal, which were part of priestly circuit (I Samuel 7:3–17). | |
| ?-1007 BC | Saul establishes a monarchy and rules in Gibeah. | |
| Saul's son Jonathan has a victory over the Philistines at Michmash. | ||
| 1007-1000 BC | 1 Kings 2:10 | David rules in Hebron. |
| 1000 BC | David takes Jerusalem. | |
| David | The religious center becomes Jerusalem, once David conquered it and Solomon built the temple (I Kings 6). | |
| 970 BC | Solomon becomes king of Israel. | |
| 967 BC | 1 Kings 6:1 | Solomon starts construction of temple. |
| 930 BC | 1 Kings 12-14 | Jeroboam leads coup d'etat at Shechem against cruel king Solomon's even crueller son Rehoboam. This splits the kingdom, with Jeroboam leading the north (retaining the name of Israel, containing 10 tribes) and Rehoboam leading the south (assuming the name Judah, containing the remaining 2 tribes of Judah and Benjamin). |