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TIMELINE

The whole Bible on one line — from creation to the early church. Search an event to jump straight to it.

Beginnings
  1. c. 4,000 BC

    Creation

    Genesis 1 →
  2. c. 4,000 BC

    The Fall

    Genesis 3 →
  3. c. 2,400 BC

    Noah's Flood

    Genesis 7 →
  4. c. 2,200 BC

    Tower of Babel

    Genesis 11 →
Patriarchs
  1. c. 1,921 BC

    Call of Abraham

    Genesis 12 →
  2. c. 1,896 BC

    Isaac is born

    Genesis 21 →
  3. c. 1,850 BC

    Jacob becomes Israel

    Genesis 32:28 →
  4. c. 1,728 BC

    Joseph taken to Egypt

    Genesis 37 →
Exodus & Judges
  1. c. 1,600 BC

    Israel enslaved in Egypt

    Exodus 1 →
  2. c. 1,526 BC

    Moses is born

    Exodus 2 →
  3. c. 1,446 BC

    The Exodus

    Exodus 12 →
  4. c. 1,445 BC

    The Law at Mount Sinai

    Exodus 20 →
  5. c. 1,406 BC

    Joshua conquers Canaan

    Joshua 6 →
  6. c. 1,375 BC

    Era of the Judges

    Judges 2 →
United Kingdom
  1. c. 1,050 BC

    Saul becomes king

    1 Samuel 10 →
  2. c. 1,010 BC

    David crowned in Jerusalem

    2 Samuel 5 →
  3. c. 966 BC

    Solomon builds the Temple

    1 Kings 6 →
Divided Kingdom
  1. c. 930 BC

    The kingdom splits

    1 Kings 12 →
  2. c. 860 BC

    Elijah on Mount Carmel

    1 Kings 18 →
  3. c. 722 BC

    Assyria destroys Israel

    2 Kings 17 →
  4. c. 622 BC

    Josiah's reform

    2 Kings 23 →
  5. c. 586 BC

    Jerusalem & the Temple destroyed

    2 Kings 25 →
Exile & Return
  1. c. 605 BC

    Daniel exiled to Babylon

    Daniel 1 →
  2. c. 539 BC

    Babylon falls to Persia

    Daniel 5 →
  3. c. 538 BC

    Cyrus sends the exiles home

    Ezra 1 →
  4. c. 515 BC

    The second Temple finished

    Ezra 6 →
  5. c. 473 BC

    Esther saves her people

    Esther 7 →
  6. c. 445 BC

    Nehemiah rebuilds the walls

    Nehemiah 2 →
Between the Testaments
  1. c. 332 BC

    Alexander the Great sweeps through

  2. c. 250 BC

    Scripture translated into Greek

  3. c. 167 BC

    The Maccabean revolt

  4. c. 63 BC

    Rome takes Jerusalem

Life of Jesus
  1. c. 5 BC

    Jesus is born

    Luke 2 →
  2. c. 27 AD

    Jesus is baptized

    Matthew 3 →
  3. c. 28 AD

    The Twelve are called

    Mark 3 →
  4. c. 28 AD

    Sermon on the Mount

    Matthew 5 →
  5. c. 29 AD

    The Transfiguration

    Matthew 17 →
  6. c. 30 AD

    Jesus enters Jerusalem

    Matthew 21 →
  7. c. 30 AD

    Jesus' Crucifixion

    John 19 →
  8. c. 30 AD

    The Resurrection

    Matthew 28 →
  9. c. 30 AD

    The Ascension

    Acts 1 →
The Early Church
  1. c. 30 AD

    Pentecost — the Spirit comes

    Acts 2 →
  2. c. 34 AD

    Stephen is stoned

    Acts 7 →
  3. c. 34 AD

    Paul meets Jesus

    Acts 9 →
  4. c. 47 AD

    Paul's first missionary journey

    Acts 13 →
  5. c. 49 AD

    The Jerusalem Council

    Acts 15 →
  6. c. 50 AD

    Paul reaches Greece

    Acts 16 →
  7. c. 60 AD

    Paul taken to Rome

    Acts 28 →
  8. c. 70 AD

    Jerusalem destroyed by Rome

    Luke 21:20 →
  9. c. 95 AD

    John writes Revelation

    Revelation 1 →

Dates before the monarchy are traditional approximations.