| | B.C.E. | | B.C.E. |
| Death of Alexander | 323 | Onias I, High Priest | 332 |
| Division of Alexander's | |
| Empire into four Kingdoms | 323 | Judea part of Greco-Egyptian |
| | | realm (Ptolemaic) | 301 |
| | | Simon the Just, High |
| Ptolemy II, Philadelphus | 285 | Priest | 300 |
| | | The Septuagint (translation |
| | | of the Bible into |
| | | Greek) begun at Alexandria |
| | | about | 250 |
| Ptolemy III Euergetes | 247 | Joseph, Governor of Palestine | 230 |
| Ptolemy IV Philopator | 222 | Judea part of Greco-Syrian real | 203 |
| Ptolemy VI Philometor | 181 | Onias IV, builds a Temple |
| | | at Leontopolis, Egypt | 160 |
| | | Ben Sirach visits Egypt | 132 |