36 Major Events · 7 Story Phases · Interactive Game
Explore an Old Testament timeline from Creation through the patriarchs, Exodus, kings, exile, and return, with Scripture references and an online chronology game.
Old Testament chronology
This Old Testament timeline follows the broad narrative from Genesis through the restoration period. It connects people, events, kingdoms, and turning points that are often encountered in different books.
Some early dates depend on interpretive chronologies, so the page emphasizes narrative sequence and clearly established historical anchors rather than presenting every event with a disputed calendar year.
Search 36 major Old Testament events, then open any moment to see its historical setting and Scripture reference.
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God creates the heavens and the earth and forms humanity in his image.
The Old Testament storyline begins with God as Creator and people as his image-bearers.Dates are approximate where Scripture and external chronology do not supply an exact year; early periods are shown broadly to avoid false precision.
Use these phases as a study outline, then open the interactive timeline to search for a person, event, place, or Scripture passage.
Creation, Eden, the flood, and Babel
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph
Moses, the plagues, Passover, Sinai, and the journey
Jordan, Jericho, the judges, and Ruth
Samuel, Saul, David, Solomon, and the temple
Two kingdoms, prophets, Assyria, and reform
Babylon, Persia, return, and rebuilding
The list follows seven broad phases: beginnings, the patriarchs, Exodus and wilderness, entry into the land, the monarchy, the divided kingdoms, and exile and restoration.
Creation, Eden, the flood, and Babel
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph
Moses, the plagues, Passover, Sinai, and the journey
Jordan, Jericho, the judges, and Ruth
Samuel, Saul, David, Solomon, and the temple
Two kingdoms, prophets, Assyria, and reform
Babylon, Persia, return, and rebuilding
LEARN BY REBUILDING THE STORY
Arrange randomized event cards with drag controls or arrow buttons. Check your sequence, reveal the complete correct order, and select any card to review why it belongs there.
This guide uses seven broad phases: beginnings, patriarchs, Exodus and wilderness, land and judges, the united kingdom, the divided kingdoms, and exile and restoration.
Not always. Events connected with later kingdoms can often be dated more closely, while early chronology depends on interpretive assumptions. BC dates here are approximate historical conversions; the biblical accounts usually identify a king’s regnal year or an event’s place in the story instead.
Many prophets minister during the divided kingdom, Assyrian crisis, Babylonian exile, or restoration. This page places representative prophetic events beside the kings and empires that form their historical setting.
Yes. The game draws only from this Old Testament sequence. Cards covering overlapping periods are kept out of the same round so you are not asked to put a period strictly before an event within it. Easy, Medium, and Hard change the number of cards, with explanations after each check.
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Explore all 36 events, then test the sequence in Easy, Medium, or Hard mode.
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