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1451 | | Joshua leads the children of Israel into the Promised Land |
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1410 to 1050 | | Period of Israel's Judges |
| | | Some of the judges of Israel were Joshua, who served for eighteen (18) years and Deborah and Barak, who served together for forty (40) years. Gideon was also a judge for forty (40) years. Samson judged Israel for twenty (20) years. |
| | | What composed Israel at the time of the judges?
How did Gideon TEST GOD to see if He wanted him to save Israel? |
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c. 1050 to 930 | | Israel's First Kings |
| | | What happened to Goliath’s SWORD and SPEAR?
Did David have to fight Goliath AND his FOUR brothers?
Why did God punish David for taking a CENSUS? |
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c. 960 | | King Solomon builds Jerusalem's temple |
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930 | | The Kingdom of Israel Splits |
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Israel: The nation of Israel is composed of ten of Israel's tribes and is often referred to as the Northern Ten Tribes of Israel. The nation's capital city is Samaria. The kings of Israel are descendents of Jeroboam, the first king of the northern ten tribes. Judah: The kingdom of Judah is composed of two of the tribes of Israel, Judah and Benjamin, plus the priestly tribe of Levi. Jerusalem is their capital. The kings of Judah are descendents of King David and King Solomon. |
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930 to 723 * | | Period of the Kings of Israel |
| | | The first King of Israel (the Northern Ten Tribes) is Jeroboam I. The last King is Hoshea, who ruled for only nine years. |
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930 to 586 * | | Period of the Kings of Judah |
| | | The first King of Judah is Rehoboam. The last King to rule Judah is Zedekiah, who serves for eleven years as a puppet king placed by the Babylonian empire to govern Judah. |
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884 to 612 | | Period when Assyria is a World Ruling Empire |
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840 to c. 400 | | Period of the Minor Prophets |
| | | The following prophets are considered "Minor" because the length of their book is significantly shorter than those of the "Major" prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel): Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum,
Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi |
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723 | | Israel and its capital city of Samaria falls |
| | | Samaria, the capital of the Northern Ten Tribes of Israel, is conquered by the Assyrian King Shalmaneser V in 723 B.C. The nation of Israel is taken captive to Assyria. Exactly WHERE was Israel taken captive?
Where did Israelites migrate AFTER their captivity?
Where do the LOST tribes of Israel live TODAY? |
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612 to 539 | | Period when the Neo-Babylonian Empire Ruled the World |
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586 | | Destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple |
| | | Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar lays siege to Jerusalem. He destroys the city and burns Jerusalem's temple (known as the first or Solomon's temple). The destruction of the temple was started on the 9th of Ab (Hebrew month) and completed on the 10th. The 9th of Ab is also the day Jerusalem's SECOND temple (Herod's temple) is completely destroyed in 70 A.D.Those in the Kingdom of Judah are taken captive to Babylon. How did GOD design the interior of Jerusalem's temple? |
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536 to 331 | | Period when Persian (Medo-Persian) Empire Ruled the World |
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515 | | Jerusalem's Temple Rebuilt |
| | | The rebuilding of Jerusalem's (Solomon's) temple was completed. This is commonly referred to as the second or Herod's temple. |
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c. 400 | | Malachi writes the last book that will become part of the Old Testament canon |
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c. 72 | | Herod the Great is born |
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63 | | Roman troops, led by Pompey, occupy Palestine. Jerusalem falls.. |
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37 | | Herod the Great is appointed ruler of Judea by Rome |
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18 | | Herod the Great begins to repair and restore Jerusalem's Temple |
| | | Herod, desiring to gain the favor of the Jews, begins work to restore and expand Jerusalem's temple. The temple, which had stood for about five hundred years after being rebuilt, had suffered considerably from natural decay as well as from the assaults of hostile armies. The restoration of the temple was completed in 65 A.D. How much territory in Palestine did Herod the Great eventually CONTROL? |
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10 | | Herod Agrippa I, grandson of Herod of Great, is born |
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c. 4 | | Herod the Great dies |
| | | Herod dies in Jericho and is buried in Herodium, Judea. Herod Antipas, Herod's son, becomes tetrarch of Galilee and Perea. |
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