Biblical Timeline
The document outlines key events in biblical history from the creation of Adam to the crucifixion of Jesus, citing the year from creation and biblical references.
It establishes dates for important figures like:
- Abraham
- Moses
- kings of Israel
Key dates include:
Creation in 3960 BC, the flood beginning in 2304 BC, the decree to rebuild Jerusalem in 444 BC starting Daniel’s prophecy, and Jesus’ crucifixion in AD 33 fulfilling the prophecy.
The years involved within epochs 1-10 are determined by verses in the bible and are determined by the following:
Event or birth – Year from Creation – Year of Event – Biblical verse/s.
Creation of Adam – Year 0 from creation – 3960 BC – Genesis 5:31.
And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died. Genesis 5:31
Birth of Seth – Year 130 from creation – 3830 BC – Genesis 5:6.
And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos: Gen 5:6
Birth of Enos – Year 235 from creation – 3725 BC – Genesis 5:9.
And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan: Gen 5:9
Birth of Cainan – Year 325 from creation – 3635 BC – Genesis 5:12.
And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel: Gen 5:12
Birth of Mahalaleel – Year 395 from creation – 3565 BC – Genesis 5:15.
And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared: Gen 5:15
Birth of Jared – Year 460 from creation – 3500 BC – Genesis 5:18.
And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch: Gen 5:18
Birth of Enoch – Year 622 from creation – 3338 BC – Genesis 5:21.
And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: Gen 5:21
Birth of Methuselah – Year 687 from creation – 3273 BC – Genesis 5:25.
And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech: Gen 5:25
Birth of Lamech – Year 874 from creation – 3086 BC – Genesis 5: 28.
And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son: Gen 5:28
Birth of Noah – Year 1056 from creation – 2904 BC – Genesis 7:6.
And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. Gen 7:6
Beginning of the flood – Year 1656 from creation – 2304 BC – Genesis 7:11; 8:13-14.
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. Gen 7:11
And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. Gen 8:13
And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. Gen 8:14
Noah leaves the ark – Year 1657 from creation – 2303 BC – Genesis 11:10.
These are the generations of Shem:
Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: Gen 11:10
Birth of Arphaxad – Year 1659 from creation – 2301 BC – Genesis 11:12.
Arpachshad (Arabic: أرفخشذ – ʾArpaḵšaḏ; Hebrew: אַרְפַּכְשַׁד – ʾArpaḵšaḏ, in pausa אַרְפַּכְשָׁד – ʾArpaḵšāḏ; Greek: Ἀρφαξάδ – Arphaxád), alternatively spelled Arphaxad or Arphacsad, is one of the postdiluvian men in the Shem–Terah genealogy. The name is recorded in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible (or Old Testament of Christian Bible) and subsequently copied in different biblical books, including the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament.
And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: Gen 11:12
Birth of Salah – Year 1694 from creation – 2266 BC – Genesis 11:14.
And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: Gen 11:14
Birth of Eber – Year 1724 from creation – 2236 BC – Genesis 11:16.
And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: Gen 11:16
Birth of Peleg – Year 1758 from creation – 2202 BC – Genesis 11:18.
And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: Gen 11:18
Birth of Reu – Year 1788 from creation – 2172 BC – Genesis 11:20.
And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug: Gen 11:20
Birth of Serug – Year 1820 from creation – 2140 BC – Genesis 11:22.
And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: Gen 11:22
Birth of Nahor – Year 1850 from creation – 2110 BC – Genesis 11:24.
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: Gen 11:24
Birth of Terah – Year 1879 from creation – 2081 BC – Genesis 11:26.
And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Gen 11:26
Birth of Abraham – Year 2009 from creation – 1951 BC – 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. Gen 12:4
Abraham confirms covenant – Year 2084 from creation – 1876 BC – Genesis 16:16.
And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. Gen 16:16
2009 years (epoch 1-2) + 75 years (epoch 3) = 2084 years.
Birth of Ishmael – Year 2095 from creation – 1865 BC – Genesis 21:5.
And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. Gen 21:5
Birth of Isaac – Year 2109 from creation – 1851 BC – 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. Gen 25:26
Birth of Jacob – Year 2169 from creation – 1791 BC – 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. Gen 47:9
Birth of Joseph – Year 2260 from creation – 1700 BC – Genesis 41:46.
And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt.
And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. Gen 41:46
Joseph stands before Pharaoh – Year 2290 from creation – 1731 BC – Genesis 41:46.
Jacob enters Egypt – Year 2299 from creation – 1661 BC – Genesis 47:28.
And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years. Gen 47:28
Death of Jacob – Year 2316 from creation – 1644 BC – Genesis 49:33.
And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people. Gen 49:33
Death of Joseph – Year 2370 from creation – 1590 BC – Genesis 50:22,26.
And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years. Gen 50:22
So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. Gen 50:26
Birth of Moses – Year 2434 from creation – 1526 BC – Exodus 7:7.
And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh. Exo 7:7
Exodus from Egypt – Year 2514 from creation – 1446 BC – Exodus 16:35.
And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan. Exo 16:35
Exodus to Israel ’s temple foundation: 1447-1446 BC to 967-966 BC; 480 years; 1 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 Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. 1Ki 6:1
Exodus from Egypt – Year 2514 from creation – 1446 BC – Exodus 16:35.
And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan. Exo 16:35
Crossing of Jordan River – Year 2554 from creation – 1406 BC – Joshua 14:7, 24:29.
Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart. Jos 14:7
And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old. Jos 24:29
Dividing of the Land of Canaan – Year 2559 from creation – 1401 BC – Joshua 14:7-10.
Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart. Jos 14:7
Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt:
but I wholly followed the LORD my God. Jos 14:8
And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children’s for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God. Jos 14:9
And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. Jos 14:10
Judges begin leading Israel – Year 2584 from creation – 1376 BC – Joshua 24:29.
And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old. Jos 24:29
Saul (first king of Israel ) begins reign – Year 2910 from creation – 1050 BC – Acts 13:21.
And afterward they desired a king:
and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years. Acts 13:21
David begins reign – Year 2950 from creation – 1010 BC – 2 Samuel 5:4.
David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. 2Sa 5:4
Solomon begins reign – Year 2990 from creation – 970 BC – 1 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 Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. 1Ki 6:1
Solomon begins construction of temple – Year 2994 from creation – 966 BC – 1 Kings 11:42.
And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years. 1Ki 11:42
Solomon ruled for 40 total years and then died. Saul, David and Solomon all reigned for 40 years (Acts 13:21; 1
Chr. 29:27; 2 Chr. 9:30).
And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem. 1Ch 29:27
Solomon begins construction to build temple – Year 2994 from creation – 966 BC – 1 Kings 11:42.
And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years. 1Ki 11:42
Death of Solomon and Rehoboam begins reign – Year 3030 from creation – 930 BC – 1 Kings 14:21.
And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess. 1Ki 14:21
Rehoboam – 930-913 BC (1Ki 14:21-31; 2Ch 9:31).
And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and
Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead. 2Ch 9:31
Abijam (Abijah) – 913-910 BC (1Ki 15:1-8; 2Ch 13:1-14).
Asa – 910-869 BC (1Ki 15:9-24; 2Ch 14:1-16).
Jehoshaphat – 872-848 BC, includes co-regency time (1Ki 22:41-50; 2Ch 17:1-19).
Jehoram (Joram) – 853-841 BC (2Ki 8:16-24. 2Ch 21:1-2; he reigned concurrently with his father four years.
Ahaziah – 841 BC (2Ki 8:25-9:29; 2Ch 22:1).
Queen Athaliah – 841-835 BC (2Ki 11:1-20; 2Ch 22:10-23:21).
Joash – 835-796 BC (2Ki 12:21; 2Ch 24:1-27).
Amaziah – 796-767 BC (2Ki 14:1-20; 2Ch 25:1-28).
Azariah (Uzziah) – 792-740 BC (includes overlap reign time with Amaziah; 2Ki 15:1-7; 2 Ch 26:1-23).
Jotham – 750-732 BC (Includes coregency time with Uzziah; 2Ki 15:32-38; 2Ch 27:1-9).
Ahaz – 735-715 BC (includes overlap reign time with Jotham); 2Ki 16:1-20; 2Ch 28:1-27.
Hezekiah – 715-686 BC (2Ki 18:1-20:21; 2Ch 29:1-32:33; Isa 36:1-39:8).
Manasseh – 696-642 BC (includes coregency time with Hezekiah, 2Ki 21:1-18, 2Ch 33:1-20).
Amon – 642-640 BC (2Ki 21:19-26; 2Ch 33:21-25).
Josiah – 640-609 BC (2 Ki 22:1-23:30; 2Ch 34:1-35:27).
Jehoahaz (Shallum) – 609 BC (2 Ki 23:31-34; 2Ch 36:1-4; Jer 22:1-12).
Jehoiakim (Eliakim) – 609-598 BC (2Ki 23:34-24:7; 2Ch 36:4-8. Jer 22:13-23).
Jehoiachin (Coniah) – 598-597 BC 2Ki 24:8-17. 2Ch 36:9-10. Jer 22:24-30; 52:31-34.
Zedekiah (Mattaniah) 597-586 BC 2Ki 24:17, 2Ki 25:7, 2Ch 36:11-21; Jer 39:1-10; 52:1-11.
The destruction of Jerusalem and the temple occurred in 586 BC.
The construction of the second temple was finished in 516 BC.
Both dates are well established in secular histories as 586-585 and 516-515 BC.
There were 70 years from the destruction of the first temple (Jer.52:12-13) in the:
“nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar” (52:12)
and
“eleventh year of Zedekiah’s reign” (2 Kings 25:2)
to the building of the second temple:
“in the sixth year of the reign of Darius” (Ezra 6:15).
And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king. Ezra 6:15
Destruction of the first temple – Year 3375 from creation – 586 BC – Jeremiah 52:12-13, 25:1, Daniel 2:1.
The second Temple is rebuilt in sixth year of King Darius – Year 3445 from creation – 516 BC – 2 Chronicles 36:21, 23.
Cyrus issued a decree in 538 BC regarding the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem (Ezra 1:1-2).
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
This wasn’t the decree we’re looking for because Dan.9:25 speaks of the rebuilding of the city, Jerusalem, including the streets and walls, not merely the temple.
Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
The people resisted this decree and stopped work on the temple until the second year of Darius (See Ezra 4:4-5, 24.)
Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,
And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem.
So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia. Ezr 4:24
Darius issued a decree in 520 BC, and ordered the construction of the temple to continue (Ezra 6:11-12).
Again, this decree was for the temple, not the city.
The temple was completed by the sixth year of Darius (Ezra 6:14-15) so this could not be the decree spoken of by Daniel.
Counting the prophecy from these dates would place us well before Christ’s life.
When Nehemiah arrived in Jerusalem, everybody was already at work building Jerusalem (Neh 2:16) under the authority of the decree they had received thirteen years earlier from Ezra.
And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.
Nehemiah finished his work in 52 days (Neh.6:15).
So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days. Neh 6:15
The city and walls had been rebuilt much earlier, and Nehemiah merely repaired some recent
damage to the gates and walls.
Actually, once you determine the date of the decree of Artaxerxes (in his seventh year), then it is easy to determine the date of Nehemiah’s commission since it was in the 20th year of Artaxerxes (Neh 2:1).
And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him:
and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king.
Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.
Nehemiah 1:1-2 shows that Nehemiah’s brother came from Susa in December (Chislev) to report the sad situation at Jerusalem.
The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
Four months later (Nisan), in the spring of 444 BC, Artaxerxes’ 20th year, the king gave permission for Nehemiah to go to Jerusalem (Neh 2:1-8).
Second temple is rebuilt in sixth year of King Darius – Year 3445 from creation – 516 BC – 2 Chronicles 36:21,23.
King Artaxerxes’ decree to rebuild Jerusalem – Year 3517 from creation – 444 BC – Nehemiah 2:1.
The decree given by Artaxerxes to Nehemiah in 444 BC (Neh. 2) was the starting point of Daniel’s prophecy (Daniel 9:25) of 483 years.
The end of Daniel’s prophecy occurred in AD 33 when Jesus was “cut off” from being King of the Jews, in AD 33 Nisan 10, on a Sunday (now known as Palm Sunday) fulfilling the prophecy of Daniel 9:24-26.
Four days later (Thursday) AD 33 Nisan 14, the Lord Jesus was crucified on a Feast of Passover.
Three days later (Sunday) AD 33 Nisan 17, Jesus was resurrected back to life on a Feast of Firstfruits fulfilling His prophecy of Matthew 12:39-40.
Daniel’s prophecy consists of 483 total biblical years of 360 days per year…not our current solar calendar of 365, 2422 days per year.
The 360 day per year calendar was the one that Daniel was referring to when he gave
his prophecy.
The only other time/s in the Old Testament that this 360-day calendar was referred to was during the flood of Noah, Genesis 7 and 8 and possibly Genesis 29:27-30.
Daniel 9:24-26 and Genesis 29: 27-30 are the only two times in the Bible that the word “weeks” is used as a term for 7 years (360 days per year).
However, when reckoning cumulative years for Bible chronology, we use the solar calendar and thus the 476 years.
King Artaxerxes decrees rebuilding Jerusalem -Year 3517 from creation – 444 BC – Nehemiah 2:1.
Birth of Jesus Christ – Year 3956 from creation – 5 BC – Mathew 2:1, 15.
Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
Christ’s ministry begins – Year 3990 from Creation – AD 30 – Luke 3:1.
Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
Christ’s crucifixion – Year 3993 from Creation – AD 33 – Luke 23:32-49.
Joseph, Jesus’ stepfather, was a descendant of King David and his son Solomon.
Mary, Jesus’ mother, was a descendant of King David and his son Nathan.
The Women in the Jesus Bloodline – Library of Rickandria