According to the Scofield Reference Bible of 1909, and a few other sources, the following significant events of ancient Israel occurred on the dates listed. BCE Theocracy ends. Israel becomes a monarchy. 722 BCE Inhabitants scattered Babylonians invade southern. Most religious liberals regard the creation story in Genesis as a myth and accept a date of circa 4.5 billion years BCE for the actual age of the earth, based on scientific evidence.
Most religious liberals regard the flood as a myth.
The Bible relates in Genesis 11 how a great tower was constructed that would reach to the heavens. God decided to disrupt the project by having the people start to speak different languages, so they could not understand each other. Most liberals regard this as a myth. Most of the descendants of the inhabitants of Israel and Judah were scattered through the Middle East, during ancient times.