Events

93 episodes of biblical history, in order — each with the passages that record it, the place it happened and the people involved. See them on the timeline →

Primeval age (5)

• 2350 BC The Great Flood · Mount Ararat
• 2200 BC The Tower of Babel · Shinar
• Cain and Abel
• The Creation
• The Garden of Eden and the Fall · Eden

Age of the Patriarchs (10)

• 2091 BC The Call of Abraham · Haran
• 2081 BC God's Covenant with Abraham · Canaan
• 2067 BC The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah · Sodom
• 2066 BC The Birth of Isaac · Beersheba
• 2054 BC The Binding of Isaac · Mount Moriah
• 1928 BC Jacob's Ladder at Bethel · Bethel
• 1906 BC Jacob Wrestles at Peniel · Peniel
• 1898 BC Joseph Sold into Egypt · Dothan
• 1885 BC Joseph Rises to Power in Egypt · Egypt
• 1876 BC Jacob's Family Settles in Egypt · Egypt

Exodus & Wilderness (12)

• 1526 BC The Birth of Moses · Egypt
• 1446 BC The Burning Bush · Horeb
• 1446 BC The Crossing of the Red Sea · Red Sea
• 1446 BC The Exodus from Egypt · Egypt
• 1446 BC The First Passover · Egypt
• 1446 BC The Giving of the Law at Sinai · Mount Sinai
• 1446 BC The Ten Plagues of Egypt · Egypt
• 1445 BC The Golden Calf · Mount Sinai
• 1444 BC The Twelve Spies and the Forty Years · Kadesh
• 1443 BC Korah's Rebellion
• 1407 BC Balaam and the Donkey · Moab
• 1406 BC The Death of Moses on Mount Nebo · Mount Nebo

Conquest (7)

• 1406 BC Crossing the Jordan into Canaan · Jordan River
• 1406 BC The Fall of Jericho · Jericho
• 1405 BC Achan's Sin and the Defeat at Ai · Ai
• 1209 BC Deborah and Barak Defeat Sisera · Mount Tabor
• 1191 BC Gideon's Three Hundred · Jezreel
• 1100 BC Ruth Gleans in the Fields of Boaz · Bethlehem
• 1075 BC Samson and Delilah · Gaza

United Monarchy (10)

• 1104 BC The Ark of the Covenant Captured · Shiloh
• 1050 BC Samuel Anoints Saul as King · Ramah
• 1024 BC David and Goliath · Valley of Elah
• 1010 BC The Death of Saul at Gilboa · Mount Gilboa
• 1003 BC David Captures Jerusalem · Jerusalem
• 991 BC David, Bathsheba and Nathan · Jerusalem
• 979 BC Absalom's Revolt · Jerusalem
• 970 BC Solomon's Wisdom and the Two Mothers · Jerusalem
• 966 BC Solomon Builds the Temple · Jerusalem
• 955 BC The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon · Jerusalem

Divided Monarchy (9)

• 930 BC The Kingdom Divides · Shechem
• 863 BC Elijah on Mount Carmel · Mount Carmel
• 852 BC Elijah Taken up in a Whirlwind · Jordan River
• 850 BC Naaman Healed of Leprosy · Samaria
• 841 BC Jehu's Purge and the Death of Jezebel · Jezreel
• 760 BC Jonah and the City of Nineveh · Nineveh
• 722 BC The Fall of Samaria · Samaria
• 701 BC Sennacherib Besieges Jerusalem · Jerusalem
• 622 BC Josiah Finds the Book of the Law · Jerusalem

Exile and Return (9)

• 586 BC The Fall of Jerusalem · Jerusalem
• 586 BC The Fiery Furnace · Babylon
• 539 BC Belshazzar's Feast and the Writing on the Wall · Babylon
• 538 BC Daniel in the Lions' Den · Babylon
• 538 BC The Decree of Cyrus · Babylon
• 515 BC The Second Temple Completed · Jerusalem
• 474 BC Esther Saves Her People · Susa
• 458 BC Ezra Returns to Jerusalem · Jerusalem
• 445 BC Nehemiah Rebuilds the Walls · Jerusalem

the New Testament (31)

• 5 BC The Annunciation · Nazareth
• 5 BC The Birth of Jesus · Bethlehem
• 4 BC The Visit of the Magi and the Flight to Egypt · Bethlehem
• AD 27 The Baptism of Jesus · Jordan River
• AD 27 The Temptation in the Wilderness · Judea
• AD 28 The Sermon on the Mount · Galilee
• AD 29 Peter's Confession at Caesarea Philippi · Caesarea Philippi
• AD 29 The Feeding of the Five Thousand · Bethsaida
• AD 29 The Transfiguration · Mount Tabor
• AD 30 Gethsemane and the Arrest · Gethsemane
• AD 30 Pentecost · Jerusalem
• AD 30 The Ascension · Mount of Olives
• AD 30 The Crucifixion and Resurrection · Jerusalem
• AD 30 The Last Supper · Jerusalem
• AD 30 The Raising of Lazarus · Bethany
• AD 30 The Road to Emmaus · Emmaus
• AD 30 The Trial before Caiaphas and Pilate · Jerusalem
• AD 30 The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem · Jerusalem
• AD 34 The Conversion of Paul · Damascus
• AD 34 The Stoning of Stephen · Jerusalem
• AD 35 Philip and the Ethiopian Official · Gaza
• AD 40 Peter and Cornelius at Caesarea · Caesarea
• AD 47 Paul's First Missionary Journey · Antioch
• AD 49 The Council of Jerusalem · Jerusalem
• AD 50 Paul and Silas in Prison at Philippi · Philippi
• AD 51 Paul at the Areopagus in Athens · Athens
• AD 55 The Riot of the Silversmiths at Ephesus · Ephesus
• AD 60 Paul Reaches Rome · Rome
• AD 60 The Shipwreck on Malta · Malta
• AD 70 The Fall of Jerusalem to Rome · Jerusalem
• AD 95 John's Vision on Patmos · Patmos