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Important Old Testament Dates

An Approximate Chronology
All Dates B.C.

2166	Abraham Born
2091	Abraham to Canaan
1876	Beginning of Egyptian Captivity

EGYPTIAN CAPTIVITITY — 430 YEARS

1526	Moses Born
1446	Beginning of Exodus
1406	Entry into Canaan
1400	Fall of Jericho

PERIOD OF THE JUDGES

1075	Samuel (the last Judge)
1050	Saul begins his reign (1st king)
1010	David begins his reign
970	Solomon begins his reign
966	Construction of Temple Started

931 SPLIT OF THE KINGDOMS

NORTHERN KINGDOM 931-722 B.C. (Israel)		SOUTHERN KINGDOM 931-606 B.C. (Judah)
880	Elijah
		850	Obadiah
840	Elisha
		835	Joel
765	Amos
760	Jonah
740	Hosea	740-700	Isaiah
		735	Micah
722 B.C.	Fall to Assyria
		650	Nahum
		630	Zephaniah
			Habakkuk
		626-582	Jeremiah
		(End of Southern Kingdom)
		606 B.C.	Babylonian Captivity
Israel intermarried with heathen peoples		586	Temple Destroyed
and worshipped false gods.		605-535	Daniel
		592-571	Ezekiel
		536 B.C.	End of Babylonian Captivity
		(Return to Palestine)
		520	Zechariah
			Haggai
		516	Temple Rebuilt
Known as Samaritans
		458	Ezra
		445	Nehemiah
		435	Malachi