Old Testament
Creation to the return from exile
Beginning
Creation and the fall
c. 2000 BC
Abraham called; the patriarchs
c. 1400 BC
The Exodus and the Law at Sinai
c. 1010 BC
Kingdom united under David & Solomon
c. 930 BC
Kingdom divides: Israel and Judah
722 BC
Northern Israel falls to Assyria
586 BC
Jerusalem falls; Babylonian exile
538 BC
Return from exile; temple rebuilt