Creation to the Exodus
                                                             Book of              Abraham          Abraham
           Adam        Noah        Flood         Job                     Born           leaves Haran             Isaac     Jacob     Joseph              Exodus
               /               /                  /                /                         /                           /                       /             /               /                         /
             /              /                 /                                            /                         /                        /            /                /                         /
            1          1056           1656                                      2008             2083                     2108      2168         2259                   2513
                                                                                                                    [Beginning of Israel’s 430 years sojourn---Ending]
 

                                             The United Kingdom                                                                              The Divided Kingdom

                              Moses   Joshua   Book of      4th year of                                                             Rehoboam          Abijah       Asa
                               leads      leads       Ruth          Solomon     Temple Finished          Kings of           3039                 3056        3058
                                 /              /                /                   /                      /                          Judah                 /                      /                /
                               /              /                /                  /                          /                       Kings of              /                        /             /
                           2513       2553           ?                2993                   3000                       Israel             3039                 3059       3060
                         [-------Time of the Judges to the 4th                                                                     Jeroboam             Nadab     Baasha
                          year of Solomon - 480 years-------]
 

 The Divided Kingdom (continued)

                                                                         Jehoshaphat     Jehoram           Athaliah        Jehoash           Amaziah
                                                                               3098              3114                 3127             3133                   3170
                                                                                 /                       /                       /                    /                          /
                                 /           /            /           /                               /             /            /                       /                  /                        /
                             3083     3084     3088     3095                     3116      3117     3129                 3157           3171                 3186
                             Elah    Zimri    Omri     Ahab                   Ahaziah  Jeoram    Jehu            Jehoahaz     Jehoash         Jeroboam
                                            /                                                                                                                                                          /
                                Tibni / Omri              [-----Elijah the Prophet-----]    [-----------Elisha the Prophet-------------]    Book of Amos
                                                                                                                                                                                                      /
                                                                                                                                                                                         Book of Jonah
 
 

  The Last Days of Israel

                                                                                                                                                                                            Book of
                                [------------------------Isaiah and Hosea------------------------]                                                          Zephaniah
                                                                                               [------------Micah------------]                                                      /
                                Azariah (Uzziah)                          Jotham           Ahaz    Hezekiah        Manesseh          Amon       Josiah
                                       3210                                         3262             3277       3290              3318                  3372          3373
                                         /                                                /                   /              /                        /                        /                /
                                            /              /              /            /                               /              /                                                    [Book of Jeremiah--
                                        3248       3249      3260       3262                       3289         3297
                                  Zechariah      /      Pekahiah  Pekah                  Hoshea        [----- Israel taken captive by Assyria----- ]
                                                   Shallum
                                                        /
                                                Menahem

 The Last Days of Judah

                                                            [First siege]  [Second siege]                          [Final siege of Judah]
                                                                       [--------------------70 year Babylonian captivity--------------------]
                                    Jehoahaz       Jehoiakim        Jehoiachin         Zedekiah                                 End of 70 year captivity
                                        3403               3404               3414                    3414                       3424             3476, 3483, or 3493
                                          /                      /                     /                            /                             /                            /
                                    -----/--------------Book of Jeremiah and Lamentations---------------]
                              Book of                 [---------------------------- Book of  Daniel-------------------------]
                              Habbakuk                                       [--------Book of Ezekiel--------]
                                                                                          [Book of Joel]
                                                                                                                [Book of  Nahum]
                                                                                                                     and Obadiah]
 
 

   Under Persian Rule

   Darius                     First Ahasuerus  & Artaxerxes                                                                                          (4 B.C.)
 the Mede     First year of Cyrus    /       Darius the Persian      Ahasuerus           Artaxerxes                               4007       1 A.D.
         /                         /                    /                   /                                /                          /                                         /               /
                                  /                                          /                                   /                             /                       /                         /
                    First return under              Book of Haggai             Book of       Second return with Ezra   Book of           Birth of
                        Zerubbabel                               /                           Esther        (7th year of Artaxerxes)   Malachi           Christ
                                         /                   Book of Zechariah                                                                               
                             [-------------------------Book of Ezra starts here and goes through to here-------------------------]
                                                                                                                                              [-----Book of Nehemiah----]
                                                                                                                                                 (20th year of Artaxerxes)

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