AdamNoahAbrahamIsaacJacobJoseph

Moses JoshuaJudgesSaulDavidSolomon

JeroboamRehoboam

Egypt

Promised Land

Divided Kingdom922 BC

Judah(Jerusalem)

Israel(Samaria)

Southern Kingdom Northern Kingdom

JonahHoseaAmosIsaiah

MicahHabbakukZephaniah

Nahum

Assyrian Exile722 BC

Assyria

Three Babylonian Exiles605, 597, 586 BC

BabylonDaniel, Ezekiel, Jeremiah

Babylon FallsEdict of Cyrus

538 BC

Zerubabbel, Ezra, Nehemiah

HaggaiZechariah

PersiaEsther

Obadiah*

Joel*

Malachi

Intertestamental PeriodPowers in Promised Land

End of OT450 BC

PersiaGreeceSyria/EgyptJewish IndependanceRome

538 - 330330 - 323323 - 166166 - 6363 - NT

Kings(Chronicles)

Lamentations

PsalmsProverbs

EcclesiastesSong of Solomon

1 & 2 Samuel {

} Genesis

ExodusLeviticus Numbers

DeuteronomyRuth

Job*

Old Testament TimelineCreation

* estimated dateBook of Old Testament

Promised LandJerusalem Rebuilt

Jerusalem Destroyed