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Showing posts with label old testament history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label old testament history. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Periods of Old Testament History

1.     Anti-Divilian Period.
        4004 - 2348 BC = 1656 years. From creation to flood.

2.     Post-Divilian Period.
        2348 - 1921 BC = 427 years.  Flood to the call of Abraham.

3.     Patriarchal Period.
        1921 - 1706 BC = 215 years.   Call of Abraham to migration to Egypt.

4.      Egyptian Bondage.  
         1706 - 1441 BC = 215 years.  Migration to Egypt to the Exodus.

5.      Wilderness Wanderings.
          1491 - 1451 BC = 40 years.  The exodus to the crossing of the Jordon river.

6.       Conquest of Canaan.
          1451 - 1400 BC = 51 years.  Crossing the Jordon to the death of Joshua.

7.       Period of the Judges.
          1400 = 1095 BC = 305 years.   Death of Joshua the Anointing of Saul.

8.       The United Kingdom.
          1095 -  975 BC = 120 years.   Anointing of Saul to the death of Solomon.

9.       The Divided Kingdom.
           975 - 722 BC = 253 years.  Death of Solomon to the fall of Israel.

10.     Kingdom of Judah Alone.
          722 = 586 BC = 136 years.  Fall of Israel to the Fall of Jerusalem.

11.     Babylonian captivity.  
          586 = 536 BC = 50 years.   Fall of Jerusalem to the rebuilding of the temple.

12.    Restoration of the Jews.
         536 - 400 BC = 136 years.  Rebuilding of the Templde to the close of the Old Testament.