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Early History (Genesis 1-11)
- Creation
- Flood
- Tower of Babel
Patriarchs (Genesis 12-50)
- Abraham and Sarah
- Isaac and Rebekah
- Jacob (aka Israel) and family
- Stories of Joseph
- Israel’s family enters Egypt
Moses (Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, & Deuteronomy)
- Plagues and leaving Egypt
- Crossing the Red Sea
- Manna
- Ten Commandments
- Building the Tabernacle
- Priesthood and sacrifices
- Sinai desert wanderings
Joshua (Deuteronomy 31-24 & Joshua)
- Death of Moses
- Crossing the Jordan
- Walls of Jericho
- Conquest of Canaan
Judges
- Deborah (Judges 4 & 5)
- Gideon (Judges 6-8)
- Samson (Judges 13-16)
- Samuel (1 Samuel 1-12)
United Kingdom (1 & 2 Samuel and 1 Kings)
- Saul
- David
- Solomon
Divided Kingdom
- Northern Kingdom (1 & 2 Kings)
- Ruled by usurpers
- Capital: Samaria
- All evil kings and idol worship
- Prophets Elijah and Elisha active in Israel
- Prophetic writings of Amos and Hosea
- Falls in 722 BC to Assyria
- People absorbed by invaders
- Southern Kingdom (1 & 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles)
- Ruled by David’s descendants
- Capital: Jerusalem
- Had some godly kings
- Prophetic writings of Joel, Isaiah, Micah, Zephaniah, Jeremiah, Habakkuk, and Jeremiah
- Falls in 586 BC to Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon
- People taken as captives to Babylon
Captivity, Exile, and Return to Judah
- Ezekiel prophecies as a captive
- Daniel becomes chief wise man in Babylon
- Temple rebuilt under Ezra
- Walls rebuilt under Nehemiah
- Esther in Persia (Purim)
- Prophetic ministry of Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi
Intertestamental Period (after Malachi [440 BC] until Jesus’ birth)
- Events recorded by the Jews in books of the Apocrypha
- Alexander the Great defeats Egypt & Persia
- Defeat of Antiochus Epiphanies by the Maccabees (Hanukkah)
- Maccabean Independence
- Conquered by Romans 63 BC
New Testament
- Life and ministry of Jesus (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John)
- Church begins among Jews in Jerusalem (Acts 1-8)
- Conversion of Saul, later known as Paul (Acts 9)
- Good news proclaimed to the Gentiles (Acts 11-28)
- Paul writes to his converts: Thessalonians, Galatians, Corinthians, and Romans.
- Paul writes prison epistles: Colossians, Ephesians, Philemon, and Philippians.
- Paul writes pastoral epistles from Rome before his execution around 68 AD: Titus, 1 Timothy, and 2 Timothy.
- Peter writes 1 & 2 Peter before his execution around 65 AD in Rome.
- John writes his gospel, epistles of John, and Revelation before his death in exile on Patmos around 100 AD.