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Timeline and map
60 events in order, each with a date and a place on the map.
- Day 1
Creation
Gen 1:1–31Before recorded history
The Bible opens with God creating the heavens, the earth and all living things in six days and resting on the seventh.
- Day 2
The garden and the fall
Gen 3:1–24Before recorded history · Eden (location unknown)
The first man and woman disobey God and must leave the garden of Eden. Genesis places Eden near four rivers, two of them the Tigris and the Euphrates.
- Day 3
The flood
Gen 7:1–24Before recorded history · Mountains of Ararat (Urartu)
Noah, his family and the animals survive the flood in the ark. Afterward it comes to rest on the mountains of Ararat, the ancient land of Urartu in today’s eastern Turkey and Armenia.
- Day 4
The tower of Babel
Gen 11:1–9Before recorded history · Babel, in Shinar (Babylonia)
People on the plain of Shinar build a city and a tower of baked brick. Mesopotamian cities had stepped temple towers called ziggurats.
- Day 5
Abram goes to Canaan
Gen 12:1–9c. 2000 BC (traditional dating) · Shechem
Called by God, Abram leaves Haran with Sarai and Lot. In Canaan he stops at Shechem, where God promises the land to his descendants.
- Day 6
Sodom and Gomorrah
Gen 19:15–29c. 2000 BC (traditional dating) · Sodom, by the Dead Sea (exact site debated)
Lot and his daughters escape as the cities of the plain near the Dead Sea are destroyed by fire and sulfur.
- Day 7
Joseph is sold
Gen 37:12–36c. 1900–1700 BC (traditional dating) · Dothan
Joseph’s brothers, grazing their flocks near Dothan, sell him to traders on the caravan road to Egypt.
- Day 8
Joseph in Pharaoh’s court
Gen 41:37–57c. 1900–1700 BC (traditional dating) · Egypt
After interpreting Pharaoh’s dreams, Joseph is put in charge of Egypt and stores grain for seven years of famine.
- Day 9
Moses is born
Exod 2:1–1015th or 13th century BC (dating debated) · Egypt
Born to an Israelite slave family, Moses is hidden in a basket on the Nile and brought up by Pharaoh’s daughter.
- Day 10
The Exodus
Exod 12:29–4215th or 13th century BC (dating debated) · Rameses, in the Nile Delta
After the Passover night the Israelites set out from Rameses. Scholars date the Exodus either to about 1446 BC or to the 13th century BC.
- Day 11
Through the sea
Exod 14:15–3115th or 13th century BC (dating debated) · The Red Sea, or “Sea of Reeds” (exact place unknown)
Israel crosses the sea on dry ground and the Egyptian chariots are lost. The Hebrew name means “Sea of Reeds”; where the crossing took place is not known.
- Day 12
The Ten Commandments
Exod 20:1–2115th or 13th century BC (dating debated) · Mount Sinai (traditional site)
At Mount Sinai God gives Israel the Ten Commandments. The mountain is traditionally identified with Jebel Musa in the south of the Sinai Peninsula.
- Day 13
Forty years in the wilderness
Num 14:26–3515th or 13th century BC (dating debated) · Kadesh-barnea
At Kadesh-barnea the people refuse to enter Canaan after the spies’ report, and that generation wanders in the wilderness for forty years.
- Day 14
Moses sees the land
Deut 34:1–815th or 13th century BC (dating debated) · Mount Nebo, in Moab
From Mount Nebo, east of the Jordan, Moses sees the promised land. He dies in Moab, and no one knows the place of his grave.
- Day 15
Crossing the Jordan
Josh 3:9–1715th or 13th century BC (dating debated) · The Jordan, opposite Jericho
Led by the priests carrying the ark of the covenant, Israel crosses the Jordan at harvest time, when the river is in flood.
- Day 16
The walls of Jericho
Josh 6:1–2115th or 13th century BC (dating debated) · Jericho
For seven days Israel marches around Jericho, one of the oldest cities in the world, until its walls fall.
- Day 17
Deborah and Barak
Judg 4:4–16c. 1200 BC (traditional dating earlier) · Mount Tabor
The prophet Deborah sends Barak with ten thousand men to Mount Tabor, and Sisera’s chariots are defeated by the river Kishon.
- Day 18
Gideon’s three hundred
Judg 7:1–22c. 1150 BC (traditional dating earlier) · Jezreel Valley, by the hill of Moreh
With only three hundred men carrying trumpets and torches hidden in jars, Gideon routs the Midianite camp in the Jezreel Valley.
- Day 19
Samson in Gaza
Judg 16:23–31c. 1100 BC (traditional dating earlier) · Gaza
Blinded and in chains, Samson pulls down the temple of the Philistine god Dagon in Gaza.
- Day 20
Samuel is called
1 Sam 3:1–21c. 1100 BC · Shiloh
At Shiloh, where the ark of the covenant was kept, the boy Samuel hears God calling him at night.
- Day 21
David and Goliath
1 Sam 17:40–51c. 1020 BC · Valley of Elah
In the Valley of Elah, between the armies of Israel and the Philistines, the young shepherd David defeats Goliath of Gath.
- Day 22
The death of Saul
1 Sam 31:1–13c. 1010 BC · Mount Gilboa
Israel’s first king, Saul, and his son Jonathan fall in battle against the Philistines on Mount Gilboa.
- Day 23
David takes Jerusalem
2 Sam 5:1–12c. 1000 BC · Jerusalem
Anointed king over all Israel, David captures the Jebusite city of Jerusalem and makes it his capital, the City of David.
- Day 24
Solomon builds the temple
1 Kgs 6:1–14c. 960 BC · Jerusalem
In the fourth year of his reign Solomon begins the temple in Jerusalem. The building takes seven years.
- Day 25
The kingdom divides
1 Kgs 12:1–20c. 930 BC · Shechem
At Shechem the northern tribes reject Solomon’s son Rehoboam and make Jeroboam king. From now on there are two kingdoms: Israel and Judah.
- Day 26
Elijah on Mount Carmel
1 Kgs 18:20–40c. 860 BC · Mount Carmel
In the days of King Ahab, Elijah challenges the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel, above the Mediterranean coast.
- Day 27
Elijah is taken up
2 Kgs 2:1–14c. 850 BC · The Jordan, near Jericho
Beyond the Jordan Elijah is taken up to heaven in a whirlwind, and Elisha takes up his cloak.
- Day 28
Jonah in Nineveh
Jonah 3:1–108th century BC · Nineveh, in Assyria
Jonah preaches in Nineveh, a great city of the Assyrian Empire on the river Tigris, and the city repents.
- Day 29
The fall of Samaria
2 Kgs 17:1–18722 BC · Samaria
After a three-year siege the Assyrians take Samaria, capital of the northern kingdom, and deport many of its people.
- Day 30
Jerusalem is spared
2 Kgs 19:14–37701 BC · Jerusalem
When the Assyrian king Sennacherib threatens Jerusalem, King Hezekiah prays in the temple. Sennacherib’s own annals describe this campaign.
- Day 31
Josiah’s reform
2 Kgs 23:1–25c. 622 BC · Jerusalem
After the Book of the Law is found in the temple, King Josiah reads it to the people and removes the idols from Judah.
- Day 32
Daniel in Babylon
Dan 1:1–21c. 605 BC · Babylon
Young Daniel and his friends are taken to Babylon and trained for service at the court of Nebuchadnezzar.
- Day 33
Ezekiel by the river Chebar
Ezek 1:1–28593 BC · The Chebar canal, in Babylonia
Among the exiles by the Chebar canal in Babylonia, the priest Ezekiel sees a vision of God’s glory.
- Day 34
The fall of Jerusalem
2 Kgs 25:1–21587/586 BC · Jerusalem
The Babylonian army of Nebuchadnezzar breaks into Jerusalem, burns the temple and takes the people into exile.
- Day 35
Cyrus lets the exiles return
Ezra 1:1–11538 BC · Babylon
Cyrus of Persia, who has conquered Babylon, allows the Jews to return home and rebuild the temple in Jerusalem.
- Day 36
Rebuilding the temple
Hag 1:1–15520 BC · Jerusalem
The prophet Haggai urges the returned exiles to resume work on the temple, which was finished a few years later.
- Day 37
Esther in Susa
Esth 4:1–17c. 480 BC · Susa, in Persia
At the Persian royal city of Susa, Queen Esther decides to go to King Xerxes uninvited to save her people.
- Day 38
Nehemiah and the walls
Neh 2:11–20445 BC · Jerusalem
Nehemiah, cupbearer to the Persian king, inspects Jerusalem’s ruined walls by night and leads the people in rebuilding them.
- Day 39
The angel comes to Mary
Luke 1:26–38c. 6–5 BC · Nazareth, in Galilee
In the small Galilean village of Nazareth the angel Gabriel tells Mary that she will bear a son.
- Day 40
Jesus is born
Luke 2:1–20c. 6–4 BC · Bethlehem
During a Roman census Jesus is born in Bethlehem, the town of David, and shepherds come to see him. Herod the Great died in 4 BC.
- Day 41
The baptism in the Jordan
Matt 3:13–17c. AD 28 · The Jordan, Bethany beyond the Jordan
Jesus comes from Galilee to the Jordan and is baptized by John. Luke dates John’s preaching to the fifteenth year of Emperor Tiberius.
- Day 42
The wedding at Cana
John 2:1–11c. AD 28 · Cana, in Galilee
At a village wedding in Cana, Jesus turns water in six stone jars into wine.
- Day 43
The Sermon on the Mount
Matt 5:1–16c. AD 28–29 · Hills by the Sea of Galilee
On a hillside in Galilee Jesus teaches his disciples and the crowds. Tradition places it on the slopes above the lake near Capernaum.
- Day 44
Five loaves and two fish
Matt 14:13–21c. AD 29 · Near Bethsaida, by the Sea of Galilee
In a remote place by the lake Jesus feeds a crowd of about five thousand men, besides women and children.
- Day 45
Lazarus
John 11:1–44c. AD 30 or 33 · Bethany, near Jerusalem
In Bethany, less than two miles from Jerusalem, Jesus raises his friend Lazarus, four days after his burial.
- Day 46
Entry into Jerusalem
Matt 21:1–11AD 30 or 33 · Jerusalem
Before the Passover Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a donkey, and the crowds greet him with branches and shouts of “Hosanna”.
- Day 47
Gethsemane
Matt 26:36–56AD 30 or 33 · Gethsemane, on the Mount of Olives
At night in an olive grove called Gethsemane, across the Kidron Valley, Jesus prays and is arrested.
- Day 48
The crucifixion
John 19:16–42AD 30 or 33 · Golgotha, outside the city wall
Under the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, Jesus is crucified at Golgotha, “the place of the skull”, and buried in a nearby garden tomb.
- Day 49
The empty tomb
John 20:1–18AD 30 or 33 · Jerusalem
Early on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene finds the tomb empty and meets the risen Jesus.
- Day 50
Pentecost
Acts 2:1–13AD 30 or 33 · Jerusalem
At the feast of Pentecost, with pilgrims in Jerusalem from many lands, the disciples are filled with the Holy Spirit and speak in other languages.
- Day 51
On the road to Damascus
Acts 9:1–19c. AD 34 · Damascus
Saul of Tarsus, on his way to arrest believers in Damascus, is stopped by a light from heaven and meets the risen Jesus.
- Day 52
Peter and Cornelius
Acts 10:1–48c. AD 37–40 · Caesarea, on the coast
In Caesarea, the Roman capital of Judea, Peter visits the centurion Cornelius, and the first non-Jewish household receives the Spirit.
- Day 53
The first journey
Acts 13:1–12c. AD 46–47 · Paphos, on Cyprus
Sent out by the church in Antioch, Barnabas and Saul sail to Cyprus and cross the island to Paphos, seat of the Roman governor.
- Day 54
The council in Jerusalem
Acts 15:1–35c. AD 49 · Jerusalem
The apostles and elders meet in Jerusalem to decide whether non-Jewish believers must keep the Law of Moses.
- Day 55
Lydia and the jailer in Philippi
Acts 16:11–40c. AD 49–50 · Philippi, in Macedonia
In Philippi, a Roman colony in Macedonia, Paul meets Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth, and later sings in prison at midnight.
- Day 56
Paul in Athens
Acts 17:16–34c. AD 50 · Athens
Among the temples and philosophers of Athens, Paul speaks at the Areopagus about the “unknown god”.
- Day 57
A year and a half in Corinth
Acts 18:1–17c. AD 50–52 · Corinth
Paul works as a tentmaker in Corinth with Aquila and Priscilla. An inscription found at Delphi dates Gallio’s time as governor to about AD 51–52.
- Day 58
The riot in Ephesus
Acts 19:23–40c. AD 55 · Ephesus
The silversmiths of Ephesus, who make shrines of the goddess Artemis, start a riot in the great theater against Paul’s preaching.
- Day 59
Paul in Rome
Acts 28:11–31c. AD 60–62 · Rome
After a shipwreck on Malta Paul reaches Rome, where he lives for two years under guard, receiving visitors.
- Day 60
John on Patmos
Rev 1:9–20c. AD 95 (by tradition) · Patmos, in the Aegean Sea
On the small island of Patmos, off the coast of Asia Minor, John sees the visions written in the book of Revelation.
In the app the plan keeps your place, marks the days read and reminds you each day. Berean Standard Bible.
Events: Theographic (CC BY-SA 4.0) · places: OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) · dates are approximate — Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0), OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
