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Biblical Timeline

Key figures throughout biblical history

BC 4000+
Creation & Early Humanity
Adam Eve Cain Abel Seth Enoch Methuselah Lamech
BC 2948
The Flood Era
Noah Shem Ham Japheth
BC 2166
Patriarchal Era
Job Abraham Melchizedek Lot Isaac Rebekah Jacob Esau Joseph Benjamin
BC 1526
Exodus & Wilderness
Moses Aaron Miriam Korah Balaam Balak Pharaoh
BC 1355
Conquest Era
Joshua Caleb Rahab Eleazar Phinehas
BC 1374
Judges Era
Othniel Ehud Shamgar Deborah Barak Gideon Tola Jair Jephthah Ibzan Elon Abdon Samson Delilah
BC 1105
Transition to Monarchy
Eli Samuel Hannah Ruth Naomi Boaz
BC 1050
United Kingdom
Saul Jonathan David Bathsheba Uriah the Hittite Uzzah Absalom Nathan Gad Solomon Queen of Sheba
BC 931
Divided Kingdom
Kings of Judah
Rehoboam Abijah Asa Jehoshaphat Jehoram Ahaziah Athaliah Joash Amaziah Uzziah (Azariah) Jotham Ahaz Hezekiah Manasseh Amon Josiah Jehoahaz Jehoiakim Jehoiachin Zedekiah
Kings of Israel
Jeroboam I Nadab Baasha Elah Zimri Omri Ahab Ahaziah Jehoram (Joram) Jehu Jehoahaz Jehoash (Joash) Jeroboam II Zechariah Shallum Menahem Pekahiah Pekah Hoshea
Major Prophets
Elijah Elisha Isaiah Jeremiah Ezekiel Daniel
Minor Prophets
Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah
Other Notable Figures
Jezebel Naaman Gehazi Shunammite Woman
BC 586
Exile Era
Daniel Shadrach Meshach Abednego Ezekiel Nebuchadnezzar Belshazzar Cyrus
BC 538
Post-Exile Era
Haggai Zechariah Malachi Ezra Nehemiah Esther Mordecai Haman Xerxes (Ahasuerus) Zerubbabel Joshua (High Priest)
BC 5
Intertestamental Period
John the Baptist Zechariah (John's father) Elizabeth
4 BC - AD 30
Life of Christ
Jesus Christ Mary (Mother of Jesus) Joseph Simeon Anna Mary Magdalene Martha Mary of Bethany Lazarus Nicodemus Zacchaeus Pontius Pilate Herod Antipas Caiaphas Judas Iscariot
AD 30
The Twelve Apostles
Peter (Simon) Andrew James (son of Zebedee) John Philip Nathanael (Bartholomew) Matthew (Levi) Thomas (Didymus) James (son of Alphaeus) Thaddeus (Jude) Simon the Zealot Matthias
AD 33
Early Church Leaders
Stephen Philip (the Deacon) Paul (Saul of Tarsus) Barnabas Silas (Silvanus) James (Brother of Jesus) Timothy Titus Lydia Priscilla Aquila Dorcas (Tabitha)
AD 50-100
Gospel Writers & Later NT Figures
Mark (John Mark) Luke Apollos Epaphras Onesimus Philemon Eunice Lois