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Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Biblical timeline from Creation to Christ

The following is my approach to the biblical timeline of history and roughly estimating the age of the earth – adding and comparing the ages of the patriarchs, reigns of the kings and other dates mentioned in the Old Testament. There are some variations from my previous A Biblical timeline from creation.

TOWARD A BIBLICAL TIMELINE FROM CREATION
ASC = after sixth-day of creation
Event
Day/Year
Biblical Reference/s
Creation
Day 1
Genesis 1:1
Creation of Adam
Day 6
Genesis 1:26-31
Death of Adam
930 ASC
Genesis 5:5
Translation of Enoch
987 ASC
Genesis 5:23-24
Death of Seth
1042 ASC
Genesis 5:8
Birth of Noah
1056 ASC
Genesis 5:28-29
Death of Enos
1140 ASC
Genesis 5:11
Death of Cainan
1235 ASC
Genesis 5:14
Death of Mahalalel
1290 ASC
Genesis 5:17
Death of Jared
1422 ASC
Genesis 5:20
Birth of Shem
1558 ASC
Genesis 11:10
Death of Lamech
1651 ASC
Genesis 5:31
Death of Methuselah
1656 ASC
Genesis 5:27
Flood
1656 ASC
Genesis 7:11
Birth of Arphaxad
1658 ASC
Genesis 11:10
Tower of Babel
1757-1996
Gen 10:25; I Chron 1:19
Death of Peleg
1996 ASC
Genesis 11:18-19
Death of Nahor
1997 ASC
Genesis 11:24-25
Death of Noah
2006 ASC
Genesis 9:29
Birth of Abram
2008 ASC
Gen 11:32, 12:1-4; Acts 7:2-4
Death of Reu
2026 ASC
Genesis 11:20-21
Death of Serug
2049 ASC
Genesis 11:22-23
Death of Terah
2083 ASC
Genesis 11:32
Calling of Abram
2083 ASC
Genesis 12:1; Acts 7:4
Birth of Ishmael
2094 ASC
Genesis 16:16
Death of Arphaxad
2096 ASC
Genesis 11:12-13
Birth of Isaac
2108 ASC
Genesis 21:5
Death of Salah
2126 ASC
Genesis 11:14-15
Death of Sarah
2145 ASC
Genesis 23:1-2
Marriage of Isaac
2148 ASC
Genesis 25:20
Death of Shem
2158 ASC
Genesis 11:11
Death of Abraham
2183 ASC
Genesis 25:7
Death of Eber
2187 ASC
Genesis 11:16-17
Birth of Jacob & Esau
2168 ASC
Genesis 25:26
Marriage of Esau
2208 ASC
Genesis 26:24
Death of Ishmael
2231 ASC
Genesis 25:17
Marriage of Jacob
2252 ASC
Genesis 29:20-28
Birth of Reuben
2252 ASC
Genesis 29:32
Birth of Joseph
2259 ASC
Genesis 30:22-24
Jacob leaves Laban
2265 ASC
Genesis 31:41
Joseph sold to slavery
2276 ASC
Gen 37:2,28
Death of Isaac
2288 ASC
Genesis 35:28
Death of Jacob
2315 ASC
Genesis 47:9,28; 49:33
Death of Joseph
2369 ASC
Genesis 50:22,26
Birth of Moses
ca 2433
80 years before the Exodus
Moses flees Egypt
ca 2473
40 years before the Exodus
The Exodus from Egypt
2513 ASC
Gal 3:17; 430 from calling of Abram
The Wandering
2513-2553
40 years in the Wilderness
Death of Moses
2553 ASC
Deuteronomy 34:5-7
Entrance into Canaan
2553 ASC
Joshua 1:1-2
Time of the Judges
ca 450 yrs
Acts 13:20; circa 450 years
Saul made King
2949 ASC
I Samuel 10:20-24
David made King
2989 ASC
II Sam 2:4; 5:4; I Kings 2:11
Solomon made King
3029 ASC
I Kings 2:12
Temple began
3033 ASC
I Kings 6:1; 480 after the Exodus
Temple finished
3040 ASC
I Kings 6:37-38
End of Solomon's reign
3069 ASC
I Kings 11:42
Kingdom divided
3070 ASC
1st year of Rehoboam
Calling of Isaiah
3290 ASC
Last year of Uzziah
Captivity of Israel
3317 ASC
II Kings 18:10-12
Captivity of Judah
3449 ASC
II Kings 25:1-21 (70 years)
Decree of Cyrus
3519 ASC
2 Chron 36:21-23; Isaiah 45
Ezra 1-6
3519 ASC
Ezra 1:1-3
Haggai and Zechariah
3539 ASC
Haggai 1:1; Zechariah 1:1
Esther
3575 ASC
Esther 1:1-3
Ezra 7-10
3601 ASC
Ezra 7:1
Nehemiah
3614 ASC
Nehemiah 1:1
Coming of Jesus
4002 ASC
Dan 9:24-27; 483 from Cyrus decree

I have based it on dating from biblical creation, rather than trying to correlate it to historical BCE dating. I hope the chart comes through with useful visibility (I’m just pasting it in from Excel).

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