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