Concise Chronological Table Of Bible History

Concise Chronological Table Of Bible History

Note.—Most of the dates in Bible History, before the dedication of Solomon's temple, are very uncertain. There are two chief systems of chronology: one based upon the Hebrew text of the Old Testament, and the other upon the Septuagint, or Greek text, and called the "short" and the "long" chronology. The dates in the margin of our English Bibles were computed by Archbishop Ussher (born 1580, died 1656), and based on the Hebrew or short chronology. Hales made a similar computation, based on the Greek text. The Septuagint text appears to make the patriarchal period 1466 years longer than the computations based on the Hebrew text, The following table shows the different dates according to Ussher and to Hales:

Ussher, or Hebrew Dates.	Hales, or Greek Dates (nearly).	Events.
b.c.	b.c.
4004	5411	Adam.
3874	6181	Birth of Seth.
3382	4289	" " Enoch.
3317	4124	" " Methuselah.
2948	3755	" " Noah.
2348	3155	The Flood,
2233	2554	Confusion of tongues.
2165	2362	Birth of Nahor.
2126	2283	" " Terah.
1996	2153	" " Abram.
1896	2053	" " Isaac.
1836	1993	" " Jacob.
1706	1883	Jacob moves to Egypt
1671	1728	Birth of Moses.
1491	1648	The Exodus.
1151	1608	Canaan entered.

b.c.	Events.
1280	Settlement in Canaan under Joshua.
1258-1095	The Judges—to Samuel and Saul.
1095	Saul.
1055	David.
1007	Solomon's Temple. (For table of kings of Judah and Israel, and of prophets, see next page.) Fall of Samaria.
722-721
606	Assyrian captivity began.
588-7	Jerusalem destroyed.
b.c.	Events.
536	First return of Jews—Zerubbabel.
516-5	Second temple completed.
478	Esther made queen by Xerxes I.
457	Return of Jews (second company) with Ezra.
444	Nehemiah appointed governor. Malachi, prophet.
432	Nehemiah again governor at Jerusalem.
425	Death of Artaxerxes, Xerxes Ii. (2 months).
Sogdianus, his half brother (7 months).
424	Darius Ii. (Nothus, king).

End of Old Testament history.

'''Chronology Between The Old And New Testaments'''

405	Artaxerxes Ii. (Mnemon).
359	Artaxerxes Iii. (Ochus)
351-331	Jaddua high priest at J.
339	Arses (king).
336	Darius Iii. (Codomannus).
332	Alexander the Great.
323	Alexander's death.
320	Palestine under Ptolemy Soter.
314	" " Antigonus.
311	(Era of the Seleucidæ.)
301	Palestine under Ptolemies.
280	Hebrew O. T. translated into Greek about this time.
205	Palestine under Antiochus.
170	Temple plundered by Antiochus Epiphanes.
167	Mattathias, the Jewish patriot; father of the Maccabæans.
165	Judas Maecabæus recovers Jerusalem.
141	Simon Maccabæus frees the Jews.
Pompey conquers Judæa.
Temple plundered by Crassus.
Antipater made governor of Judæa by Cæsar.
Parthians capture Jerusalem.
Herod retakes Jerusalem.
Herod begins to rebuild the temple.
Birth of Christ. (The common Christian era was fixed four years too late.)