Timeline of Biblical History

==Overview of events==
==Detailed timeline==
===Old Testament Era===
852 BC
: Death of king Ahab of Israel
745 BC
: Tigleth-Pileser III ascends to the Assyrian throne
735 BC
: Syro-Ephraimite wars against Judah begin
732 BC 
: Syro-Ephraimite wars against Judah end
722 BC
: Exile of Northern Kingdom of Israel
715 BC
: Hezekiah becomes king of the southern Kingdom of Judah and reverses Ahaz's religious policies and places his trust in God
701 BC
: Sennacharib (king of Assyria) invades the Kingdom of Judah taking Lachish and laying siege to Jerusalem
640 BC
: Josiah comes to the throne of Kingdom of Judah
622 BC
: Book of the Law found leading Josiah to repent and implement religious reforms, reaffirming the covenant with the people
612 BC
: Nineveh (of Assyria) destroyed by Babylonian armies (Nahum 3:19)
609 BC
: Death of Josiah
: Assyrian army finally wiped out by Babylon
605 BC
: Battle of Carchemish with Egyptian retreat to Egypt after being defeated by Babylonians
597 BC
: Babylonians defeat armies of Jehoiachin, king of Judah resulting in the "first" exile
587 BC
: "Second" exile of Jews from Kingdom of Judah to Babylonia
562 BC
: Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, dies
539 BC
: Babylonian Empire ends
: Decree to allow return of exiles from Babylon
538 BC
: Sheshbazzar leads exiles back to Jerusalem
536 BC
: Temple begins to be rebuilt in Jerusalem, but people face opposition and stop
520 BC
: Haggai calls on the people to continue rebuilding the Temple
516 BC
: Temple completed
===Inter-Testamental Era===
333 BC
: Conquest of much of the Middle East by Alexander the Great
168 BC
: Maccabean Revolt
63 BC
: Pompey-Roman occupation
===New Testament Era - see also Timeline of church history===
Around 4-6 BC
: Birth of Jesus
27 AD
: Jesus begins his ministry in Galilee, Samaria and Judea
30 AD
: Death of Jesus by crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus 3 days later 
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