Biblical Chronology  

Approximate
Date

Years
Elapsed

Biblical Event – Scripture

96 AD

Writing of Revelation.

97-64 AD

General Epistles:   James; I, II Peter, I, II, III John; Jude

70 AD

Destruction of Jerusalem by Rome.

68 AD

Paul’s 2nd Roman imprisonment; writing of II Timothy; Paul’s death.

63-67 AD

Between Paul’s Roman imprisonments:   writing of I Timothy in Macedonia and Titus in Ephesus.

29-63 AD

Acts of the Holy Spirit.

61-63 AD

Paul’s 1st Roman imprisonment:   writing of Philemon, Colossians, Ephesians, Philippians, Hebrews.

54-58 AD

Paul’s third missionary journey:   writing of I Corinthians in Ephesus, II Corinthians in Macedonia, Galatians and Romans in Corinth.

51-54 AD

Paul’s second missionary journey:   writing of I, II Thessalonians in Corinth.

36 AD

Paul’s conversion on the road to Damascus.

27-30 AD

Ministry, death, burial, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus, recorded in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

5 BC

Birth of Jesus, recorded in Matthew and Luke.

400 BC

Malachi written, end of Old Testament.

444 BC

Nehemiah rebuilds the walls of Jerusalem.

516 BC

Jerusalem Temple rebuilt, Ezra, Haggai, Zechariah.

536 BC

Remnant returns to Jerusalem from Babylon.

586 BC

Destruction of Jerusalem and Judah by Babylon.

606 BC

Judah (Southern Kingdom) conquered by Babylon.

722 BC

Destruction of Israel (Northern Kingdom) and the beginning of the Assyrian Captivity.

931 BC

Solomon’s death, Promised Land divided into Israel (Northern Kingdom) & Judah (Southern Kingdom)

966 BC

4th Year of Solomon’s reign.   This date is probably accurate within 5 years, and is determined from Biblical and archaeological studies.   The determination of this date is essential in order to accurately complete the remaining dates in the chronology chart.

480

Years Elapsed – I Kings 6:1 And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Zif, which is the second month, that he [Solomon] began to build the house of the LORD.

1446 BC

Date of Exodus from Egypt.

430

Sojourn in Egypt – Exodus 12:40-41 Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.

1876 BC

Israel enters Egypt.

130

Jacob’s age entering Egypt – Genesis 47:9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years:   few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

2006 BC

Birth of Jacob

60

Isaac’s age at Jacob’s birth – Genesis 25:26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau’s heel; and his name was called Jacob:   and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.

2066 BC

Birth of Isaac

100

Abraham’s age at Isaac’s birth – Genesis 21:5 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.

2166 BC

Birth of Abraham

-75

Abraham’s age leaving Haran – Genesis 12:4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him:   and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

2091 BC

Death of Abraham’s father, Terah – Acts 7:2-4 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, 3 And he said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land of which I shall shew thee.   4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran:   and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.

427

Genealogy, Flood to Terah’s death – Genesis 11

2518 BC

World-wide Flood of Noah

1656

Genealogy, Adam to Noah’s Flood – Genesis 5

4174

Creation