| B.C. |
| 1913 | Melchizedek, king of Salem, receives Abram at the Valley of Shaveh, which is the King's Dale | Gen. xiv. 17, 18. |
| 1872 | Sacrifice of Isaac on Mount Moriah | Ib. xxii. 2-14. |
| 1451 | Adonizedek king of Jerusalem | Josh. x. 1. |
| 1444 | The descendants of Judah dwell among the Jebusites at Jerusalem | Ib. xv. 63. |
| 1425 | The descendants of Benjamin dwell among the Jebusites at Jerusalem | Judges i. 21. |
| — | Jebus, the city of the Jebusites, is Jerusalem | Ib. xix. 10, 11. |
| 1050 | David reigns in Jerusalem over all Israel and Judah | 2 Sam. v. 5. |
| 1023 | Death of Absalom, and his Pillar in the King's Dale | Ib. xviii. 14, 18. |
| 1017 | The prophets, Nathan and Gad, at Jerusalem | Ib. xxiv. 11; 1 Kings i. 11. |
| — | David buys the Threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite, and builds there an Altar to God | 2 Sam. xxiv. 24, 25. |
| — | Solomon proclaimed king at Jerusalem | 1 Kings i. 39. |
| 1015 | Death of David, after 40 years' reign | Ib. ii. 10, 11. |
| 1014 | Solomon begins to build the Temple | Ib. vi. 1. |
| 1007 | The Temple finished | Ib. vi. 38. |
| 1004 | Dedication of Solomon's Temple | Ib. viii. 63. |
| 992 | Solomon forsakes God, and builds a high place to Chemosh, &c. | Ib. xi. 7. |
| 977 | Death of Solomon, after 40 years' reign | Ib. xi. 42, 43. |
| — | Division of the Kingdom. Rehoboam, king of Judah, reigns 17 years | Ib. xii. 17; xiv. 21. |
| 973 | Shishak, king of Egypt, besieges and takes Jerusalem | Ib. xiv. 25, 26. |
| 960 | Abijam, king of Judah, reigns 3 years | Ib. xv. 1, 2. |
| 958 | Asa, king of Judah, reigns 41 years | Ib. xv. 9, 10. |
| 917 | Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, reigns 25 years | Ib. xxii. 42. |
| 896 | The prophet Elijah taken up to heaven. Elisha the prophet | 2 Kings ii. 11, 12. |
| 892 | Joram, king of Judah, reigns 8 years | Ib. viii. 16, 17. |
| 887 | The Philistines and Arabians pillage Judah | 2 Chron. xxi. 16, 17. |
| 885 | Ahaziah, king of Judah, reigns 1 year | 2 Kings viii. 25, 26. |
| 884 | Usurpation of the throne by Athaliah; reigns 6 years | Ib. xi. 1, 3. |
| 878 | Jehoash, king of Judah, reigns 40 years | Ib. xii. 1. |
| 856 | Repairs of the Temple | Ib. xii. 11-14. |
| 840 | Hazael, king of Syria, threatens Jerusalem | Ib. xii. 18. |
| 839 | Amaziah, king of Judah, reigns 29 years | Ib. xiv. 1, 2. |
| 838 | Jehoash, king of Israel, comes to Jerusalem as a conqueror | Ib. xiv. 17. |
| 811 | Azariah, king of Judah, reigns 52 years | Ib. xv. 2. |
| 787 | The Prophet Amos | Amos i. 1. |
| 785 | The Prophet Hosea | Hosea i. 1. |
| 759 | Jotham, king of Judah, reigns 16 years; fortifies Ophel | 2 Kings xv. 32; 2 Chr. xxvii. 3. |
| 743 | Ahaz, king of Judah, reigns 16 years | Ib. xvi. 2. |
| — | Isaiah the Prophet. Micah the Prophet, in the days of Jotham | Isai. i. 1; Micah i. 1. |
| 727 | Hezekiah, king of Judah, reigns 29 years | 2 Kings xviii. 2. |
| 714 | Judah invaded by Sennacherib the Assyrian | Ib. xviii. 13. |
| 713 | Destruction of Sennacherib's army | 2 Kings xix. 35. |
| 698 | Manasseh, king of Judah, reigns 55 years; fortifies Ophel | Ib. xxi. 1; 2 Chr. xxxiii. 14. |
| 643 | Amon, king of Judah, reigns 2 years | Ib. xxi. 19. |
| 641 | Josiah, king of Judah, reigns 31 years | Ib. xxii. 1. |
| 629 | The prophet Jeremiah | Jer. i. 2. |
| — | The prophet Zephaniah | Zephan. i. 1. |
| 624 | The Book of the Law found | 2 Kings xxii. 8. |
| 610-9 | Josiah killed by Pharaoh-nechoh, king of Egypt | Ib. xxiii. 29. |
| — | Jehoahaz, king of Judah, reigns 3 months | Ib. xxiii. 31. |
| — | Jehoiachim (Eliakim), king of Judah, reigns 11 years | Ib. xxiii. 34, 36. |
| 606-5 | Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, subdues Judea. Epoch generally used to indicate the commencement of the Seventy years' Captivity in Babylon | Ib. xxiv. 1. |
| 599-8 | Jehoiachin, king of Judah, reigns 3 months. Jerusalem taken by Nebuchadnezzar. | Ib. xxiv. 12. |
| — | Zedekiah, king of Judah under the Chaldeans, reigns 11 years | Ib. xxiv. 18. |
| 595 | The Vision of the Prophet Ezekiel, in the thirtieth year after the reformation of Josiah, by the river Chebar, in Babylon | Ezekiel i. 1. |
| 589 | The city of Jerusalem besieged by Nebuchadnezzar | 2 Kings xxv. 1, 2. |
| 588 | Jeremiah in prison | Jer. xxxvii. 15. |
| 587 | Destruction of Jerusalem; Zedekiah taken prisoner; the people carried captive to Babylon | 2 Kings xxv. 6, 9-11. |
| 536 | Return of the Jews to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel in the 1st year of the reign of Cyrus | Ezra i. 1; ii. 2. |
| 521 | The building of the Temple interrupted by order of Smerdis, called by Ezra, Artaxerxes | Ib. iii. 8; iv. 1, 21, 24. |
| 520 | Recommencement of the building of the Temple in the 2nd year of Darius, king of Persia | Ib. iv. 24; vi. 7-14. |
| 517 | Completion and Dedication of the Temple | Ib. vi. 15, 16. |
| 457 | Ezra goes to Judea with many of the Jews, by order of Artaxerxes | Ib. vii. 1-8. |
| 444 | Nehemiah returns to Jerusalem, rebuilds the walls, and governs the city until 432 | Nehem. i. 1; ii. 1; iii. |
| 332 | The great high-priest Jaddua receives Alexander the Great at Jerusalem. |
| — | Palestine under Greek and Roman Dominion. |
| 323 | Ptolemy, one of the generals of Alexander the Great, surprises and takes Jerusalem. |
| 320 | Many Jews in captivity at Alexandria. |
| 314 | Antiochus the Great subdues Palestine. |
| 301 | Ptolemy Epiphanes recovers Palestine. |
| 292 | Death of Simon the Just. |
| 170 | Antiochus Epiphanes lays waste the city of Jerusalem, pillages the Temple, and builds a fortress to command it. |
| 167 | Mattathias begins the war of Jewish Independence. |
| 165 | Judas Maccabeus delivers his Country, purifies and restores the Temple at Jerusalem. |
| 164 | Antiochus Eupator besieges the Temple at Jerusalem. |
| 160 | Jonathan succeeds his brother, Judas Maccabeus. |
| 144 | Jonathan undertakes to fortify Jerusalem. |
| 143 | Simon Maccabeus, general of the Jews, delivers his Nation from Macedonian servitude; takesthe fortress commanding the Temple, which he razes to the ground, and destroys the hill upon which it was built. |
| 135 | Simon Maccabeus treacherously killed. |
| 129 | Antiochus Soter besieges Hyrcanus in Jerusalem. Hyrcanus causes the Sepulchre of David to beopened, and takes from it three thousand talents. |
| 107 | Aristobulus, the eldest son of Hyrcanus, prince of the Jews, causeshimself to be crowned king. Death of his brother Antigonus in the subterranean passages of Strato's Tower at Jerusalem. |
| 79 | Death of Alexander Janneus. |
| 65 | Aretas, king of Arabia, besieges Aristobulus in Jerusalem. |
| 64-63 | Pompey besieges the Temple of Jerusalem. |
| 63 | After a siege of three months Pompey carries the Temple by assault. |
| 54 | Crassus pillages the Temple of Jerusalem. |
| 47 | Cæsar permits Hyrcanus to rebuild the Walls of Jerusalem. |
| 44 | Herod besieges Jerusalem. |
| 43 | Cassius in Judea. |
| 40 | Jerusalem taken by the Parthians; Phazaelus killed. |
| — | Herod besieges Jerusalem; is proclaimed king at Rome. |
| 38 | Herod, assisted by Sosius, takes Jerusalem by storm. |
| 17 | Herod rebuilds the Temple and the fortress of Baris, which he callsAntonia. In the upper town he builds the Cæsarean and Agrippan palaces, and excavates a subterranean passage from the TowerAntonia to the Eastern gate of the Temple. |
| 12 | Herod causes the Sepulchre of David to be opened. |
| 7 | Herod causes his sons, Alexander and Aristobulus, to be condemned ina large assembly at Berytus. |
| 5 | Sabinus at Jerusalem seizes the treasures left by Herod. |
| 4 | Birth of Jesus Christ. The Vulgar Era commences four years later. |
| 4 | Death of Herod, who is interred at Herodium, and succeeded by Archelaus. |