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Adam Noah Abraham Isaac Jacob Joseph Moses Joshua Judges Saul David Solomon Jeroboam Rehoboam Egypt Promised Land Divided Kingdom 922 BC Judah (Jerusalem) Israel (Samaria) Southern Kingdom Northern Kingdom Jonah Hosea Amos Isaiah Micah Habbakuk Zephaniah Nahum Assyrian Exile 722 BC Assyria Three Babylonian Exiles 605, 597, 586 BC Babylon Daniel, Ezekiel, Jeremiah Babylon Falls Edict of Cyrus 538 BC Zerubabbel, Ezra, Nehemiah Haggai Zechariah Persia Esther Obadiah* Joel* Malachi Intertestamental Period Powers in Promised Land End of OT 450 BC Persia Greece Syria/Egypt Jewish Independance Rome 538 - 330 330 - 323 323 - 166 166 - 63 63 - NT Kings (Chronicles) Lamentations Psalms Proverbs Ecclesiastes Song of Solomon 1 & 2 Samuel { } Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy Ruth Job* Old Testament Timeline Creation * estimated date Book of Old Testament Promised Land Jerusalem Rebuilt Jerusalem Destroyed
