Bible history
A Comparative Chronological Table
Blackwood’s Comprehensive Aids to the Study of the Bible · Vol. I, p. 65
Begins on Vol. I, p. 65
From the Creation to the Birth of Christ.
| Hales B.C. | Hales A.M. | To the Death of Solomon. | Usher B.C. | Usher A.M. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5411 | Creation | 4004 | ||
| 5311 | 100 | Birth of Cain and Abel | 4003 | 1 |
| 5210 | 201 | Murder of Abel | 3875 | 129 |
| 5181 | 230 | Birth of Seth | 3874 | 130 |
| 4996 | 415 | Enos born | 3769 | 235 |
| 4786 | 625 | Cainan born | 3679 | 325 |
| 4616 | 795 | Mahalaleel born | 3609 | 395 |
| 4451 | 960 | Jared born | 3544 | 460 |
| 4289 | 1122 | Enoch born | 3382 | 622 |
| 4124 | 1287 | Methuselah born | 3317 | 687 |
| 3937 | 1474 | Lamech, father of Noah, born | 3130 | 874 |
| 4481 | 930 | Adam dies | 3074 | 930 |
| 3914 | 1497 | Enoch is translated | 3017 | 987 |
| 4269 | 1142 | Seth dies | 2962 | 1042 |
| 3755 | 1656 | Noah born | 2948 | 1056 |
| 4071 | 1340 | Enos dies | 2864 | 1140 |
| 3877 | 1534 | Cainan dies | 2769 | 1235 |
| 3721 | 1690 | Mahalaleel dies | 2714 | 1290 |
| 3489 | 1922 | Jared dies | 2582 | 1422 |
| 3275 | 2136 | God denounces the Deluge | 2468 | 1536 |
| 3184 | 2227 | Lamech dies | 2353 | 1651 |
| 3155 | 2256 | Methuselah dies | 2348 | 1656 |
| 3154 | 2257 | Noah leaves the Ark | 2347 | 1657 |
| 3153 | 2258 | Arphaxad, son of Shem, born | 2346 | 1658 |
| 3018 | 2393 | Salah, son of Arphaxad, born | 2311 | 1693 |
| 2888 | 2523 | Eber, son of Salah, born | 2281 | 1723 |
| 2754 | 2657 | Peleg, son of Eber, born | 2247 | 1757 |
| 2614 | 2797 | Babel built about this time | 2247 | 1757 |
| 2554 | 2857 | About this time Nimrod builds Nineveh and founds the Assyrian empire. | 2233 | 1771 |
| 2624 | 2787 | Reu, son of Peleg, born | 2217 | 1787 |
| 2492 | 2919 | Serug, son of Reu, born | 2185 | 1819 |
| 2362 | 3049 | Nahor, son of Serug, born | 2155 | 1849 |
| 2283 | 3128 | Terah, father of Abraham, born | 2126 | 1878 |
| 2213 | 3198 | Haran, son of Terah, born | 2056 | 1948 |
| 2805 | 2606 | Noah dies | 1998 | 2006 |
| 2153 | 3258 | Abram born | 1996 | 2008 |
| 2143 | 3268 | Sarah born | 1986 | 2018 |
| 2093 | 3318 | Abram called from Ur to Haran | 1922 | 2082 |
| 2078 | 3333 | Abram comes into Canaan | 1921 | 2083 |
| 2077 | 3334 | Abram goes into Egypt | 1920 | 2084 |
| 2070 | 3341 | —His victory over five kings—Melchisedec blesses him. | 1913 | 2091 |
| 2067 | 3344 | Ishmael born | 1910 | 2094 |
| 2054 | 3357 | Abram's name changed—Circumcision instituted—Isaac promised. | 1897 | 2107 |
| 2053 | 3358 | Isaac born | 1896 | 2108 |
| 2028 | 3383 | Abraham commanded to offer Isaac | 1872 | 2132 |
| 2013 | 3398 | Isaac marries Rebecca | 1856 | 2148 |
| 1993 | 3418 | Jacob and Esau born | 1836 | 2168 |
| 1973 | 3438 | Death of Abraham | 1821 | 2183 |
| 1916 | 3495 | Jacob's flight into Mesopotamia | 1760 | 2244 |
| 1885 | 3526 | Joseph sold into Egypt | 1728 | 2276 |
| 1872 | 3539 | Promotion of Joseph—seven years of plenty begin. | 1715 | 2289 |
| 1863 | 3548 | Jacob sends his sons to Egypt to buy corn | 1707 | 2297 |
| 1728 | 3683 | Moses born about this time | 1571 | 2433 |
| 1688 | 3723 | Moses flees into Midian | 1531 | 2473 |
| 2337 | 3074 | Job lives about this time | 1520 | 2484 |
| 1648 | 3764 | God sends Moses to deliver Israel | 1491 | 2513 |
| 1647 | 3763 | Law delivered at Mount Sinai | 1491 | 2513 |
| 1647 | 3764 | About this time Israel turned back to wander forty years. | 1489 | 2595 |
| 1608 | 3803 | The Israelites pass Jordan | 1451 | 2553 |
| 1608 | 3803 | The sun and moon stand still | 1450 | 2554 |
| 1582 | 3829 | Joshua dies | 1443 | 2561 |
| 1366 | 4045 | Gideon delivers Israel | 1245 | 2759 |
| 1110 | 4301 | Saul made king of Israel | 1095 | 2909 |
| 1108 | 4303 | Saul's rash sacrifice and consequent rejection. | 1093 | 2911 |
| 1100 | 4311 | Saul spares Agag, and is finally rejected | 1079 | 2925 |
| 1070 | 4341 | Death of Saul | 1055 | 2949 |
| 1036 | 4375 | Death of Absalom | 1021 | 2983 |
| 1020 | 4391 | Completion of the temple | 1004 | 3000 |
| 991 | 4420 | Death of Solomon | 975 | 3029 |
| To the Birth of Christ. | ||||
| 990 | 4421 | Jeroboam's calves set up | 974 | 3030 |
| 973 | 4438 | Death of Rehoboam | 958 | 3046 |
| 972 | 4439 | Abijah conquers Jeroboam | 957 | 3047 |
| 970 | 4441 | Asa succeeds Abijah. | 955 | 3049 |
| 968 | 4443 | Nadab succeeds his father Jeroboam | 954 | 3050 |
| 966 | 4445 | Baasha, the son of Abijah, succeeds Nadab | 953 | 3051 |
| 929 | 4482 | Jehoshaphat succeeds Asa | 914 | 3090 |
| 904 | 4507 | Death of Jehoshaphat | 889 | 3115 |
| 900 | 4511 | Ahab killed at Ramoth Gilead | 897 | 3107 |
| 890 | 4521 | Jehoram smitten with an incurable disease | 887 | 3117 |
| 895 | 4516 | About this time Athaliah murders the royal family, all but Joash. | 884 | 3120 |
| 889 | 4522 | Joash anointed king by Jehoiada | 878 | 3126 |
| 867 | 4544 | Jehu dies about this time | 856 | 3148 |
| 850 | 4561 | Joash, king of Israel, succeeds Jehoahaz about this time. | 839 | 3165 |
| 848 | 4563 | Amaziah succeeds Joash, king of Judah | 839 | 3165 |
| 833 | 4578 | Jeroboam II. succeeds his father | 825 | 3179 |
| 809 | 4602 | Amaziah dies, Uzziah succeeds | 810 | 3194 |
| 792 | 4619 | Jeroboam II. dies | 784 | 3220 |
| 770 | 4641 | Pul invades Israel | 771 | 3333 |
| 757 | 4654 | Jotham succeeds Uzziah | 758 | 3246 |
| 742 | 4669 | Rezin and Pekah invade Judah about this time. | 742 | 3262 |
| 741 | 4670 | Ahaz succeeds Jotham | 742 | 3262 |
| 740 | 4671 | Ahaz sues for assistance to Tiglath-Pilezer | 740 | 3264 |
| 725 | 4686 | Hezekiah succeeds Ahaz | 727 | 3277 |
| 715 | 4696 | Shalmanezer succeeded by Sennacherib about this time. | 715 | 3289 |
| 715 | 4696 | Sennacherib invades Judea | 713 | 3291 |
| 709 | 4702 | Hezekiah's miraculous cure | 713 | 3291 |
| 708 | 4703 | Sennacherib slain, Esarhaddon succeeds | 706 | 3298 |
| 696 | 4715 | Manasseh succeeds Hezekiah | 698 | 3306 |
| 677 | 4734 | Esarhaddon seizes on Babylon | 680 | 3324 |
| 671 | 4740 | Manasseh carried captive to Babylon | 677 | 3327 |
| 641 | 4770 | Amon succeeds Manasseh | 643 | 3361 |
| 639 | 4772 | Amon murdered, Josiah succeeds | 641 | 3363 |
| 608 | 4803 | Josiah slain in battle | 610 | 3394 |
| 602 | 4809 | Nebuchadnezzar besieges Jerusalem | 590 | 3414 |
| 590 | 4821 | Ezekiel begins to prophecy in Chaldea | 587 | 3417 |
| 586 | 4825 | Seventy years' captivity begins | 606 | 3398 |
| 457 | 4954 | Ezra sent as governor of Judea | 457 | 3547 |
| 453 | 4958 | Eliashib succeeds to the high-priesthood | 453 | 3551 |
| 420 | 4991 | Nehemiah's reform among the Jews about this time. | 428 | 3576 |
| 420 | 4991 | Malachi prophesies about this time | 420 | 3584 |
| 420 | 4991 | Eliashib high-priest. | 420 | 3584 |
| 413 | 4998 | Joiada, or Judas " | 413 | 3591 |
| 373 | 5038 | Jonathan, or John " | 373 | 3631 |
| 341 | 5070 | Jaddua or Jaddus " | 341 | 3663 |
| 321 | 5090 | Onias I. " | 321 | 3683 |
| 300 | 5111 | Simon the Just " | 300 | 3704 |
| 291 | 5120 | Eleazar " | 291 | 3713 |
| 276 | 5135 | Manasses " | 276 | 3728 |
| 250 | 5161 | Onias II. " | 250 | 3754 |
| 217 | 5194 | Simon II. " | 217 | 3787 |
| 195 | 5216 | Onias III. " | 195 | 3809 |
| 175 | 5236 | Jesus, or Jason " | 175 | 3829 |
| 172 | 5239 | Onias, or Menelaus " | 172 | 3832 |
| 163 | 5248 | Judas Maccabæus | 163 | 3841 |
| 160 | Jachim, or Alcimus, high-priest | 160 | ||
| 5251 | Jonathan. | 3844 | ||
| 153 | 5258 | He is appointed high-priest | 153 | 3851 |
| 143 | 5268 | Simon | 143 | 3861 |
| 136 | 5275 | John Hyrcanus | 136 | 3868 |
| 106 | 5305 | Aristobulus and Antigonus | 106 | 3898 |
| 105 | 5306 | Alexander Jannæus | 105 | 3899 |
| 78 | 5333 | Queen Alexandra | 78 | 3926 |
| 69 | 5342 | Hyrcanus II. | 69 | 3935 |
| 69 | 5342 | Aristobulus II. | 69 | 3935 |
| 63 | 5348 | Pompey takes Jerusalem, and establishes Hyrcanus II. | 63 | 3941 |
| 40 | 5371 | Antigonus | 40 | 3964 |
| 37 | 5374 | Idumæan king, Herod the Great | 37 | 3967 |
| 5 | 5411 | John the Baptist born | 4 | 4000 |