B.C.
4004..The creation.
3874..Birth of Seth.
3882..Birth of Enoch, the seventh from Adam.
3317..Birth of Methuselah.
3130..Birth of Lamech.
3074..Death of Adam, aged 930 years
3017..Translation of Enoch in the three hundred
and sixty-fifth year of his age.
2948..Birth of Noah.
2348..The deluge.
2233..Dispersion of mankind; confusion of
tongues at Babel.
2126..Birth of Terah, Abram's father.
1998..Death of Noah, aged 950 years, 350 years
after the flood.
1996..Birth of Abram. He was 75 years old when
his father Terah died.
1922..Terah, with his family, leaves Ur of the
Chaldees, and dwells in Haran.
1921..Abram enters the land of Canaan.
1913..Abram rescues Lot, who had been taken
prisoner by Chedorlaomer (Genesis
14:4-20).
1910..Birth of Ishmael,
1897..Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
1896 Issac born Abraham being 100 years old.
1859..Sarah died at Hebron, in the one hundred
and twenty-seventh year of her age.
1821..Abraham died, aged 175 years, 100 years
after his entrance into the land of Canaan.
1773..Ishmael died, aged 137 years.
1760..Jacob fled into Mesopotamia to escape his
brother's rage.
1739..Jacob returns to Canaan from Mesopotamia.
1729..Joseph is sold to the Midianites.
1716..Isaac died, aged 180 years.
1715..Joseph made governor over the whole of
Egypt.
1708..The seven years of famine begin.
1706..Jacob, with his family, goes down into
Egypt.
B.C.
1689..Death of Jacob.
1635..Joseph dies, aged 110 years
1571..Birth of Moses.
1531..Moses flees into the land of Midian.
1491..Moses returns to Egypt at the command of
God.
1451..Exodus.
1451..Death of Miriam, Moses' sister.
1444..The first Sabbatical year. From hence the
year of jubilee is to be reckoned.
1444..The Tabernacle set up in Shiloh, where it
remained 328 years.
1427..Joshua dies, aged 110 years. then follows a
period of anarchy and confusion. The
people sink into idolatry, and are brought
1400..Othniel, the first of the judges, delivers
Israel. Israel continued to be governed by
judges for about 450 years, to the time of
Samuel.
1091..Saul anointed king by Samuel.
1085..David, the son of Jesse, born.
1065..David anointed king (1 Samuel 16:13).
1055..Death of Saul at Gilboa.
1055..David goes to Hebron, and is there
anointed king by the men of Judah,
and there he reigns 7 1/2 years.
1048..The captains and elders of all the tribes
coming to hebron anoint David as king
over all Israel. Jerusalem now becomes the
seat of his kingdom. Here he reigned 33
years.
1023..Rebellion of Absalom.
1015..Solomon anointed king by the command of
his father David.
1012..Solomon begins to build the temple, which
was finished in 7 1/2 years.
1004..The temple dedicated at the Feast of
Tabernacles.
976..Death of Solomon, after reigning 40
years, The kingdom is now divided.