According to the Scofield Reference Bible of 1909, and a few other sources, the following significant events of ancient Israel occurred on the dates listed. Where the date is in dispute, we have indicated alternative estimates:
 

EVENT	DATE
Creation of the World	4004 BCE (from Bishop Ussher) [Note 1]
Creation of the World	3761 BCE (from Jewish sources) [Note 1]
The Great Flood	2349 BCE [Note 2]
Tower of Babel	2247 BCE [Note 3]
Abraham enters Canaan	1920 BCE (2090)
Death of Joseph in Egypt	1689 BCE (1804)
Exodus from Egypt	1491 BCE (1445, 1280)
10 commandments received	1491 BCE (1445)
Arrival at Canaan	1451 BCE (1405)
Death of Joshua	1427 BCE
Theocracy ends. Israel becomes a monarchy.	1095 BCE (1020). Saul is the first king
Jerusalem chosen as capital	1000 BCE
Kingdom divides into Israel and Judah	931 BCE [Note 4]
Assyrians invade northern kingdom	722 BCE Inhabitants scattered
Babylonians invade southern. kingdom	605 BCE
Temple destroyed. Main Babylonian exile begins	586 BCE. Most Jews flee to Egypt
A few Jews return to Jerusalem	538 to 515 BCE
Medes invade Middle East	536 BCE
Second temple built	516 BCE
Main Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible	About 250 BCE. Called the Septuagint
Greeks invade; Persians defeated	332 BCE
Judea conquered and annexed to Syria	198 BCE
Revolt by the Maccabees	165 BCE; Jerusalem liberated
Jews experience partial independence	142 to 63 BCE
Romans invade	63 BCE; Jerusalem occupied
Destruction of much of Jerusalem and the second temple. Jews and Jewish Christians are scattered.	70 CE
A three-year revolt against the Roman Empire failed. Surviving Jews were exiled from Palestine and scattered throughout the known world in the "Diaspora."	135 CE

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