Chronological Chapter Index
Early World Pre-History
Creation and Primeval History Before ~2166 BC
Creation
Fall
Cain & Abel
Adam-Noah genealogy
Flood
Genesis 6 • Genesis 7 • Genesis 8 • Genesis 9
Table of Nations
Babel & Shem-Abram genealogy
Patriarchal Period ~2100 through 1805 BC
The Patriarchs: Job ~2100–1900 BC
Patriarchal-era setting; no reference to Mosaic law or Israel's history
Job 1 • Job 2 • Job 3 • Job 4 • Job 5 • Job 6 • Job 7 • Job 8 • Job 9 • Job 10 • Job 11 • Job 12 • Job 13 • Job 14 • Job 15 • Job 16 • Job 17 • Job 18 • Job 19 • Job 20 • Job 21 • Job 22 • Job 23 • Job 24 • Job 25 • Job 26 • Job 27 • Job 28 • Job 29 • Job 30 • Job 31 • Job 32 • Job 33 • Job 34 • Job 35 • Job 36 • Job 37 • Job 38 • Job 39 • Job 40 • Job 41 • Job 42
The Patriarchs: Abraham ~2166–1991 BC
Call of Abram
Lot
Covenant
Hagar
Circumcision
Sodom
Abimelech
Isaac born
Binding of Isaac
Sarah's death
The Patriarchs: Isaac ~2066–1886 BC
Rebekah
Abraham's death, Esau & Jacob born
Isaac & Abimelech
The Patriarchs: Jacob ~2006–1859 BC
Stolen blessing
Bethel
Laban
Genesis 29 • Genesis 30 • Genesis 31
Return & Esau
Dinah
Return to Bethel
Esau's descendants
The Patriarchs: Joseph and the Sojourn in Egypt ~1915–1805 BC
Sold into slavery
Judah & Tamar
Rise in Egypt
Genesis 39 • Genesis 40 • Genesis 41
Brothers
Genesis 42 • Genesis 43 • Genesis 44 • Genesis 45
Jacob in Egypt
Blessings
Deaths of Jacob & Joseph
Egypt and Exodus ~1526 through ~1406 BC
Israel in Egypt: Slavery and the Call of Moses ~1526–1446 BC
Slavery
Birth of Moses
Burning bush
Moses' return to Egypt
The Exodus and Deliverance ~1446 BC
Plagues
Exodus 5 • Exodus 6 • Exodus 7 • Exodus 8 • Exodus 9 • Exodus 10 • Exodus 11
Passover
Firstborn consecrated
Red Sea crossing
Song of Moses
Manna
Water from rock
Jethro's visit
The Covenant at Sinai ~1446–1445 BC
Ten Commandments
Book of the Covenant
Exodus 21 • Exodus 22 • Exodus 23
Covenant ratified
Tabernacle instructions
Exodus 25 • Exodus 26 • Exodus 27 • Exodus 28 • Exodus 29 • Exodus 30 • Exodus 31
Golden calf
Covenant renewed
The Tabernacle and Levitical Law ~1445 BC
Tabernacle construction and erection
Exodus 35 • Exodus 36 • Exodus 37 • Exodus 38 • Exodus 39 • Exodus 40
Offerings
Leviticus 1 • Leviticus 2 • Leviticus 3 • Leviticus 4 • Leviticus 5 • Leviticus 6 • Leviticus 7
Priesthood
Leviticus 8 • Leviticus 9 • Leviticus 10
Cleanliness laws
Leviticus 11 • Leviticus 12 • Leviticus 13 • Leviticus 14 • Leviticus 15
Day of Atonement
Holiness Code
Leviticus 17 • Leviticus 18 • Leviticus 19 • Leviticus 20 • Leviticus 21 • Leviticus 22
Feasts
Sabbath/Jubilee
Blessings/curses
Wilderness Wanderings: Census and Departure from Sinai ~1445–1444 BC
Census and Levite duties
Numbers 1 • Numbers 2 • Numbers 3 • Numbers 4
Camp purity, Nazirite vow
Tabernacle offerings
Levite consecration
Passover, cloud
Departure from Sinai
Wilderness Wanderings: Rebellion and Delay ~1440–1407 BC
A Prayer of Moses, the man of God
Quail and fire
Miriam's leprosy
Spies and rebellion
Various laws
Korah's rebellion
Priestly duties, red heifer
Wilderness Wanderings: Final Preparations ~1407–1406 BC
Kadesh, Miriam & Aaron die
Bronze serpent
Balaam
Numbers 22 • Numbers 23 • Numbers 24
Baal-Peor
Second census
Joshua commissioned
Offerings/vows
Numbers 28 • Numbers 29 • Numbers 30
Midianite war
Transjordan settlement, journey review, boundaries
Numbers 32 • Numbers 33 • Numbers 34 • Numbers 35 • Numbers 36
Moses' Farewell Addresses ~1406 BC
First address (history review)
Deuteronomy 1 • Deuteronomy 2 • Deuteronomy 3 • Deuteronomy 4
Second address (law restated)
Deuteronomy 5 • Deuteronomy 6 • Deuteronomy 7 • Deuteronomy 8 • Deuteronomy 9 • Deuteronomy 10 • Deuteronomy 11 • Deuteronomy 12 • Deuteronomy 13 • Deuteronomy 14 • Deuteronomy 15 • Deuteronomy 16 • Deuteronomy 17 • Deuteronomy 18 • Deuteronomy 19 • Deuteronomy 20 • Deuteronomy 21 • Deuteronomy 22 • Deuteronomy 23 • Deuteronomy 24 • Deuteronomy 25 • Deuteronomy 26
Blessings and curses
Deuteronomy 27 • Deuteronomy 28
Covenant renewal
Deuteronomy 29 • Deuteronomy 30
Joshua commissioned
Song of Moses
Blessing of tribes
Death of Moses
Conquest and Judges ~1406 through 1050 BC
The Conquest of Canaan ~1406–1380 BC
Commission
Rahab
Jordan crossing
Circumcision
Jericho
Ai
Gibeonites
Conquests
Joshua 10 • Joshua 11 • Joshua 12
Land allotment
Joshua 13 • Joshua 14 • Joshua 15 • Joshua 16 • Joshua 17 • Joshua 18 • Joshua 19 • Joshua 20 • Joshua 21
Transjordan altar
Joshua's farewell
The Period of the Judges ~1380–1052 BC
Incomplete conquest
Othniel, Ehud, Shamgar
Deborah
Gideon
Judges 6 • Judges 7 • Judges 8
Abimelech
Jephthah
Judges 10 • Judges 11 • Judges 12
Samson
Judges 13 • Judges 14 • Judges 15 • Judges 16
Appendices (Micah, Levite, Benjamin)
Judges 17 • Judges 18 • Judges 19 • Judges 20 • Judges 21
Ruth and the Ancestry of David ~1150–1100 BC
Set during the time of the judges; genealogy leads to David
Ruth 1 • Ruth 2 • Ruth 3 • Ruth 4
Samuel and the Transition to Monarchy ~1100–1050 BC
Hannah and Samuel's birth
Samuel's call
Ark captured and returned
1 Samuel 4 • 1 Samuel 5 • 1 Samuel 6
Samuel judges Israel
United Kingdom ~1050 through 930 BC
The Reign of Saul ~1050–1010 BC
Israel demands a king
Saul anointed
Jabesh-gilead
Samuel's farewell
Philistine wars
Saul rejected
David's Rise and Saul's Decline ~1020–1010 BC
David anointed
Goliath
David & Jonathan
1 Samuel 18 • 1 Samuel 19 • 1 Samuel 20
David flees
Saul pursues David
1 Samuel 23 • 1 Samuel 24 • 1 Samuel 25 • 1 Samuel 26
David among Philistines
1 Samuel 27 • 1 Samuel 28 • 1 Samuel 29
Ziklag
Saul's death
Concerning Cush the Benjamite
When David changed his behavior before Abimelech
When Doeg the Edomite told Saul
When the Ziphites told Saul
When the Philistines took him in Gath
When he fled from Saul into the cave
When Saul sent men to watch his house
In the wilderness of Judah
When he was in the cave
David as King: Early Reign and Psalms ~1010–1000 BC
Genealogies from Adam through post-exile; literary introduction to the Chronicler's David narrative
1 Chronicles 1 • 1 Chronicles 2 • 1 Chronicles 3 • 1 Chronicles 4 • 1 Chronicles 5 • 1 Chronicles 6 • 1 Chronicles 7 • 1 Chronicles 8 • 1 Chronicles 9
Saul's death reported
David king of Judah
Abner
Ish-bosheth
David king of all Israel, takes Jerusalem
Saul's death (1 Sam 31)
David's mighty men, supporters
1 Chronicles 11 • 1 Chronicles 12
Davidic psalms without specific historical superscription; broadly placed in David's reign
Psalm 1 • Psalm 2 • Psalm 4 • Psalm 5 • Psalm 6 • Psalm 8 • Psalm 9 • Psalm 10 • Psalm 11 • Psalm 12 • Psalm 13 • Psalm 14 • Psalm 15 • Psalm 16 • Psalm 17 • Psalm 19 • Psalm 20 • Psalm 21 • Psalm 22 • Psalm 23 • Psalm 25 • Psalm 26 • Psalm 27 • Psalm 28 • Psalm 29 • Psalm 31 • Psalm 35 • Psalm 36 • Psalm 37 • Psalm 39 • Psalm 40 • Psalm 41 • Psalm 53 • Psalm 55 • Psalm 58 • Psalm 61 • Psalm 62 • Psalm 64 • Psalm 65 • Psalm 68 • Psalm 69 • Psalm 70 • Psalm 86 • Psalm 101 • Psalm 103 • Psalm 108 • Psalm 109 • Psalm 110 • Psalm 138 • Psalm 139 • Psalm 140 • Psalm 141 • Psalm 143 • Psalm 144 • Psalm 145
David as King: The Ark and the Covenant ~1000–995 BC
Ark brought to Jerusalem
Davidic Covenant
Ark moved
David's house
Ark to Jerusalem, psalm of thanks
1 Chronicles 15 • 1 Chronicles 16
Davidic Covenant
Psalms associated with the Ark's arrival and the temple/tabernacle
Psalm 24 • Psalm 30 • Psalm 132
David as King: Victories and Expansion ~995–980 BC
Victories over neighbors
Mephibosheth
Ammonite/Aramean war
Victories
Ammonite war
Further wars
Deliverance from all enemies
War with Aram and Edom
David's Sin, Consequences, and Later Psalms ~980–975 BC
Bathsheba and Nathan
Amnon and Tamar
Absalom's return
Absalom's rebellion
2 Samuel 15 • 2 Samuel 16 • 2 Samuel 17 • 2 Samuel 18
David restored
Sheba's rebellion
Census and plague (2 Sam 24)
Fleeing Absalom
others placed in this period of reflection and repentance
Psalm 32 • Psalm 33 • Psalm 38
After Bathsheba
others placed in this period of reflection and repentance
Psalm 66 • Psalm 67 • Psalm 71
David's Latter Years and Final Preparations ~975–970 BC
Gibeonites
David's song (Ps 18)
Last words, mighty men
Census
Temple preparations
Levitical/priestly divisions
1 Chronicles 23 • 1 Chronicles 24 • 1 Chronicles 25 • 1 Chronicles 26
Officials
Charge to Solomon, David's prayer and death
1 Chronicles 28 • 1 Chronicles 29
Adonijah's attempt
David's charge and death
Solomon: Accession and Wisdom ~970–966 BC
Solomon's dream, wisdom
Administration
Solomon asks for wisdom
A Psalm for Solomon
A Song of Solomon
Wisdom and royal psalms; placed broadly in the Solomonic/early monarchy era
Psalm 45 • Psalm 47 • Psalm 49 • Psalm 91 • Psalm 92 • Psalm 94 • Psalm 95 • Psalm 104 • Psalm 105 • Psalm 106
Solomon: Song of Solomon ~965 BC
Song of Songs
Song of Songs 1 • Song of Songs 2 • Song of Songs 3 • Song of Songs 4 • Song of Songs 5 • Song of Songs 6 • Song of Songs 7 • Song of Songs 8
Solomon: Proverbs ~970–930 BC
Solomon's proverbs
Proverbs 1 • Proverbs 2 • Proverbs 3 • Proverbs 4 • Proverbs 5 • Proverbs 6 • Proverbs 7 • Proverbs 8 • Proverbs 9 • Proverbs 10 • Proverbs 11 • Proverbs 12 • Proverbs 13 • Proverbs 14 • Proverbs 15 • Proverbs 16 • Proverbs 17 • Proverbs 18 • Proverbs 19 • Proverbs 20 • Proverbs 21 • Proverbs 22 • Proverbs 23 • Proverbs 24
Solomon's proverbs copied by Hezekiah's men
Proverbs 25 • Proverbs 26 • Proverbs 27 • Proverbs 28 • Proverbs 29
Agur
King Lemuel
Solomon: The Temple ~966–959 BC
Preparations with Hiram
Temple built
Palace and furnishings
Dedication
Preparations
Temple construction
2 Chronicles 3 • 2 Chronicles 4
Dedication
2 Chronicles 5 • 2 Chronicles 6 • 2 Chronicles 7
Temple/Zion psalms; worship psalms associated with temple dedication and liturgy
Psalm 46 • Psalm 48 • Psalm 50 • Psalm 76 • Psalm 84 • Psalm 87 • Psalm 93 • Psalm 96 • Psalm 97 • Psalm 98 • Psalm 99 • Psalm 100 • Psalm 134 • Psalm 135 • Psalm 136
Solomon: Later Reign and Ecclesiastes ~940–930 BC
God's second appearance
Queen of Sheba
Solomon's apostasy
Solomon's activities
Queen of Sheba, summary
Traditionally attributed to Solomon in his later years
Ecclesiastes 1 • Ecclesiastes 2 • Ecclesiastes 3 • Ecclesiastes 4 • Ecclesiastes 5 • Ecclesiastes 6 • Ecclesiastes 7 • Ecclesiastes 8 • Ecclesiastes 9 • Ecclesiastes 10 • Ecclesiastes 11 • Ecclesiastes 12
Divided Kingdom ~930 through 710 BC
The Divided Kingdom: Early Kings ~930–800 BC
Psalms of Asaph and Sons of Korah; likely used in temple worship during the monarchy period
Psalm 42 • Psalm 43 • Psalm 44 • Psalm 73 • Psalm 75 • Psalm 77 • Psalm 78 • Psalm 81 • Psalm 82 • Psalm 83 • Psalm 88 • Psalm 89
Kingdom splits
Man of God from Judah
Jeroboam and Rehoboam
Abijam, Asa, Nadab, Baasha
Elah, Zimri, Omri, Ahab begins
Division
Rehoboam
2 Chronicles 11 • 2 Chronicles 12
Abijah
Asa
2 Chronicles 14 • 2 Chronicles 15 • 2 Chronicles 16
The Divided Kingdom: Elijah and Ahab ~874–853 BC
Elijah and the widow
Carmel
Horeb
Ahab's wars
Naboth's vineyard
Micaiah, Ahab's death
Jehoshaphat
2 Chronicles 17 • 2 Chronicles 18
Ahaziah's illness; Elijah's final confrontation with the king
The Divided Kingdom: Jehoshaphat to Joash ~853–796 BC
Jehoshaphat
2 Chronicles 19 • 2 Chronicles 20
Elijah taken up, Elisha begins
War against Moab
Elisha's miracles
2 Kings 4 • 2 Kings 5 • 2 Kings 6 • 2 Kings 7
Hazael anointed, kings of Judah
Jehu anoints, destroys house of Ahab, kills Jezebel
Athaliah overthrown
Joash repairs the temple
Jehoram
Ahaziah
Jehoiada and Joash
Joash's reign
The Divided Kingdom: Obadiah's Prophecy ~845 BC
Prophecy against Edom; linked to Edomite raids during Jehoram's reign (2 Chr 21)
The Divided Kingdom: Amaziah to Uzziah ~798–782 BC
Jehoahaz and Jehoash of Israel; Elisha dies
Amaziah of Judah; Jeroboam II of Israel
Amaziah
Uzziah (Azariah)
The Divided Kingdom: Jonah's Mission ~780–760 BC
Jonah's mission to Nineveh; set during Jeroboam II's reign
Jonah 1 • Jonah 2 • Jonah 3 • Jonah 4
The Divided Kingdom: Amos to Israel ~760–750 BC
Prophecy during reigns of Uzziah (Judah) and Jeroboam II (Israel)
Amos 1 • Amos 2 • Amos 3 • Amos 4 • Amos 5 • Amos 6 • Amos 7 • Amos 8 • Amos 9
The Divided Kingdom: Jotham and Ahaz ~767–735 BC
Azariah/Uzziah, Jotham; northern kings Zechariah through Pekah
Jotham
Ahaz, Syro-Ephraimite crisis, Assyrian alliance
Ahaz
Immanuel sign to Ahaz
Messianic prophecies amid Syro-Ephraimite crisis
Isaiah 8 • Isaiah 9 • Isaiah 10 • Isaiah 11 • Isaiah 12
The Divided Kingdom: Isaiah's Early Ministry ~740–735 BC
Judah's sinfulness
Future glory/judgment
Isaiah 2 • Isaiah 3 • Isaiah 4
Vineyard song
Isaiah's call
The Divided Kingdom: Micah's Prophecy ~735–700 BC
Contemporary of Isaiah; prophesied during Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah
Micah 1 • Micah 2 • Micah 3 • Micah 4 • Micah 5 • Micah 6 • Micah 7
The Divided Kingdom: Isaiah's Oracles Against the Nations ~725–710 BC
Oracles against Babylon, Moab, Damascus, Egypt, Tyre, etc.
Isaiah 13 • Isaiah 14 • Isaiah 15 • Isaiah 16 • Isaiah 17 • Isaiah 18 • Isaiah 19 • Isaiah 20 • Isaiah 21 • Isaiah 22 • Isaiah 23
Exile ~722 BC through 536 BC
The Assyrian Crisis and Fall of Israel ~722 BC
Fall of Samaria; northern tribes exiled by Assyria
Judah Alone: Hosea's Prophecy to Israel ~750–715 BC
Ministry began in northern kingdom before its fall; message of unfaithfulness and restoration
Hosea 1 • Hosea 2 • Hosea 3 • Hosea 4 • Hosea 5 • Hosea 6 • Hosea 7 • Hosea 8 • Hosea 9 • Hosea 10 • Hosea 11 • Hosea 12 • Hosea 13 • Hosea 14
Judah Alone: Hezekiah and the Assyrian Threat ~715–686 BC
Sennacherib's invasion
Hezekiah's illness and Babylonian envoys
Hezekiah's reforms
2 Chronicles 29 • 2 Chronicles 30 • 2 Chronicles 31
Sennacherib
Sennacherib (parallel to 2 Kings 18-19)
Hezekiah's illness, Babylonian envoys
Judah Alone: Isaiah's Later Prophecies ~700–680 BC
Isaiah's apocalypse
Isaiah 24 • Isaiah 25 • Isaiah 26 • Isaiah 27
Woe oracles
Isaiah 28 • Isaiah 29 • Isaiah 30 • Isaiah 31 • Isaiah 32 • Isaiah 33
Judgment and restoration
Comfort/Servant Songs
Isaiah 40 • Isaiah 41 • Isaiah 42 • Isaiah 43 • Isaiah 44 • Isaiah 45 • Isaiah 46 • Isaiah 47 • Isaiah 48 • Isaiah 49 • Isaiah 50 • Isaiah 51 • Isaiah 52 • Isaiah 53 • Isaiah 54 • Isaiah 55
Future glory
Isaiah 56 • Isaiah 57 • Isaiah 58 • Isaiah 59 • Isaiah 60 • Isaiah 61 • Isaiah 62 • Isaiah 63 • Isaiah 64 • Isaiah 65 • Isaiah 66
Judah Alone: Manasseh's Wicked Reign ~696–642 BC
Manasseh and Amon
Manasseh's wickedness and repentance; Amon
Judah Alone: Nahum Against Nineveh ~663–612 BC
Prophecy of Nineveh's destruction
Judah Alone: Josiah's Reform ~640–609 BC
Book of the Law found
Reforms and Josiah's death
Josiah's reforms
Passover and Josiah's death
Judah Alone: Zephaniah's Prophecy ~630–625 BC
During Josiah's reign; Day of the Lord theme
Zephaniah 1 • Zephaniah 2 • Zephaniah 3
Judah's Final Days: Jeremiah's Early Ministry ~627–605 BC
Jeremiah's call
Early oracles
Jeremiah 2 • Jeremiah 3 • Jeremiah 4 • Jeremiah 5 • Jeremiah 6
Temple sermon
Jeremiah 7 • Jeremiah 8 • Jeremiah 9 • Jeremiah 10
Confessions and trials
Jeremiah 11 • Jeremiah 12 • Jeremiah 13 • Jeremiah 14 • Jeremiah 15 • Jeremiah 16 • Jeremiah 17 • Jeremiah 18 • Jeremiah 19 • Jeremiah 20
Judah's Final Days: Habakkuk's Prophecy ~608–605 BC
Dialogue with God about Babylonian threat
Habakkuk 1 • Habakkuk 2 • Habakkuk 3
The Fall of Jerusalem and Babylonian Exile Begins ~605–586 BC
Jehoiakim/Jehoiachin, first deportations
Fall of Jerusalem
Final kings and fall of Jerusalem; ends with Cyrus's decree (preview)
Oracles during Zedekiah, letter to exiles
Jeremiah 21 • Jeremiah 22 • Jeremiah 23 • Jeremiah 24 • Jeremiah 25 • Jeremiah 26 • Jeremiah 27 • Jeremiah 28 • Jeremiah 29
Book of Consolation
Jeremiah 30 • Jeremiah 31 • Jeremiah 32 • Jeremiah 33
Siege narratives
Jeremiah 34 • Jeremiah 35 • Jeremiah 36 • Jeremiah 37 • Jeremiah 38
Fall and aftermath
Jeremiah 39 • Jeremiah 40 • Jeremiah 41 • Jeremiah 42 • Jeremiah 43 • Jeremiah 44
Exile in Babylon: Jeremiah's Final Words ~586–580 BC
Baruch
Oracles against nations
Jeremiah 46 • Jeremiah 47 • Jeremiah 48 • Jeremiah 49 • Jeremiah 50 • Jeremiah 51
Historical appendix (fall of Jerusalem)
Exile in Babylon: Lamentations ~586 BC
Five laments over the destruction of Jerusalem
Lamentations 1 • Lamentations 2 • Lamentations 3 • Lamentations 4 • Lamentations 5
Psalms of exile and lament over Jerusalem's destruction
Psalm 74 • Psalm 79 • Psalm 80 • Psalm 102
By the rivers of Babylon
Exile in Babylon: Daniel's Court Ministry ~605–536 BC
Taken to Babylon
Nebuchadnezzar's dream
Fiery furnace
Nebuchadnezzar's madness
Belshazzar's feast
Lions' den
Exile in Babylon: Ezekiel's Ministry ~593–571 BC
Call
Ezekiel 1 • Ezekiel 2 • Ezekiel 3
Judgment on Jerusalem
Ezekiel 4 • Ezekiel 5 • Ezekiel 6 • Ezekiel 7 • Ezekiel 8 • Ezekiel 9 • Ezekiel 10 • Ezekiel 11 • Ezekiel 12 • Ezekiel 13 • Ezekiel 14 • Ezekiel 15 • Ezekiel 16 • Ezekiel 17 • Ezekiel 18 • Ezekiel 19 • Ezekiel 20 • Ezekiel 21 • Ezekiel 22 • Ezekiel 23 • Ezekiel 24
Against nations
Ezekiel 25 • Ezekiel 26 • Ezekiel 27 • Ezekiel 28 • Ezekiel 29 • Ezekiel 30 • Ezekiel 31 • Ezekiel 32
Restoration
Ezekiel 33 • Ezekiel 34 • Ezekiel 35 • Ezekiel 36 • Ezekiel 37 • Ezekiel 38 • Ezekiel 39
Temple vision
Ezekiel 40 • Ezekiel 41 • Ezekiel 42 • Ezekiel 43 • Ezekiel 44 • Ezekiel 45 • Ezekiel 46 • Ezekiel 47 • Ezekiel 48
Exile in Babylon: Joel's Prophecy ~590–580 BC
Date debated; some place much earlier (~835 BC). Here placed per user's original timeline
Exile in Babylon: Daniel's Visions ~553–536 BC
Four beasts
Ram and goat
Seventy weeks
Final vision
Daniel 10 • Daniel 11 • Daniel 12
Return ~538 BC through 430 BC
Return from Exile: First Return Under Zerubbabel ~538–516 BC
Cyrus's decree
List of returnees
Altar and foundation
Opposition
Temple completed
Post-exilic psalms of praise, Songs of Ascents, and Hallel psalms; many used in restored temple worship
Psalm 85 • Psalm 107 • Psalm 111 • Psalm 112 • Psalm 113 • Psalm 114 • Psalm 115 • Psalm 116 • Psalm 117 • Psalm 118 • Psalm 119 • Psalm 120 • Psalm 121 • Psalm 122 • Psalm 123 • Psalm 124 • Psalm 125 • Psalm 126 • Psalm 128 • Psalm 129 • Psalm 130 • Psalm 131 • Psalm 133 • Psalm 146 • Psalm 147 • Psalm 148 • Psalm 149 • Psalm 150
Return from Exile: Haggai and the Temple Rebuilding ~520 BC
Four messages urging temple completion
Return from Exile: Zechariah's Visions and Prophecies ~520–480 BC
Night visions
Zechariah 1 • Zechariah 2 • Zechariah 3 • Zechariah 4 • Zechariah 5 • Zechariah 6
Fasting questions
Messianic oracles
Zechariah 9 • Zechariah 10 • Zechariah 11 • Zechariah 12 • Zechariah 13 • Zechariah 14
The Persian Period: Esther ~483–473 BC
Set in Susa during Xerxes' reign; preservation of the Jews
Esther 1 • Esther 2 • Esther 3 • Esther 4 • Esther 5 • Esther 6 • Esther 7 • Esther 8 • Esther 9 • Esther 10
Return from Exile: Ezra's Return and Reforms ~458–450 BC
Ezra's journey
Mixed marriages crisis
Return from Exile: Nehemiah Rebuilds Jerusalem ~445–432 BC
Nehemiah's mission
Wall builders
Opposition
Nehemiah 4 • Nehemiah 5 • Nehemiah 6
Registry
Law read
Confession/covenant
Settlers, dedication
Reforms
Return from Exile: Malachi's Prophecy ~435–430 BC
Final OT prophet; calls for faithfulness
Malachi 1 • Malachi 2 • Malachi 3 • Malachi 4
Gospel ~5 BC through ~AD 30
The Life of Christ: Birth and Infancy ~5–4 BC
Annunciation, Zechariah
Genealogy, birth
Magi, flight to Egypt
Birth, shepherds, temple
The Life of Christ: Early Ministry ~AD 26–27
Baptism, temptation, first calls
Baptism
Temptation, begins ministry
Baptism, genealogy
Temptation, Nazareth rejection
Prologue, Baptist, first disciples
Cana, temple cleansing
Nicodemus
Samaritan woman
The Life of Christ: Galilean Ministry ~AD 27–29
Sermon on the Mount
Matthew 5 • Matthew 6 • Matthew 7
Disciples, Sermon on the Plain
Controversies, Twelve chosen
Disciples, Sermon on the Plain
Miracles
Miracles, parables
Twelve sent
Opposition
Parables
Miracles
Transfiguration
Pool of Bethesda
Feeding 5000, bread of life
Parables
John killed, feeding 5000
Tyre, Transfiguration
Matthew 15 • Matthew 16 • Matthew 17
Kingdom discourse
Tyre, feeding 4000
Transfiguration
The Life of Christ: Later Ministry and Journey to Jerusalem ~AD 29
Seventy sent, Good Samaritan
Teaching
Parables
More parables and teaching
Feast of Tabernacles
Woman, Light of the World
Man born blind
Good Shepherd
Lazarus raised
Divorce, rich young man
Laborers, healing blind
Divorce, children, rich man, Bartimaeus
The Life of Christ: Final Week — Teaching in Jerusalem ~AD 30
Entry, weeping
Triumphal entry, Greeks seek Jesus
Triumphal entry, temple
Entry, fig tree, temple
Parables, questions
Questions and parables
Woes to Pharisees
Last Supper, foot washing
Upper Room Discourse
High Priestly Prayer
The Life of Christ: Final Week — Olivet Discourse ~AD 30
Signs of the end
Signs and times
Parables of readiness
The Life of Christ: Passion and Crucifixion ~AD 30
Gethsemane, trial
Supper, arrest, trial
Arrest, trials
Crucifixion
Matthew 27 • Mark 15 • Luke 23 • John 19
The Life of Christ: Resurrection and Ascension ~AD 30
Resurrection, Great Commission
Resurrection, appearances
Resurrection, Emmaus road, ascension
Resurrection, Thomas
Sea of Galilee, Peter restored
Church ~AD 30 through ~AD 95
The Early Church: Pentecost to Persecution ~AD 30–35
Ascension
Pentecost
Peter and John
Ananias/Sapphira
Stephen
Philip, Saul persecutes
The Early Church: Expansion to the Gentiles ~AD 35–44
Saul's conversion
Cornelius, Antioch church
James killed, Peter imprisoned
Paul's First Missionary Journey ~AD 47–49
Cyprus, Pisidian Antioch
Iconium, Lystra, Derbe
James's Epistle to the Church ~AD 45–49
Practical wisdom for Jewish believers
James 1 • James 2 • James 3 • James 4 • James 5
The Jerusalem Council and Second Missionary Journey ~AD 49–52
Jerusalem Council
Written either before Jerusalem Council (South Galatian view) or during second journey
Galatians 1 • Galatians 2 • Galatians 3 • Galatians 4 • Galatians 5 • Galatians 6
Philippi
Thessalonica, Athens
Corinth
Paul's Letters to the Thessalonians ~AD 51
Written from Corinth during second journey
1 Thessalonians 1 • 1 Thessalonians 2 • 1 Thessalonians 3 • 1 Thessalonians 4 • 1 Thessalonians 5
Written shortly after 1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians 1 • 2 Thessalonians 2 • 2 Thessalonians 3
Paul's Third Missionary Journey: Ephesus ~AD 53–55
Ephesus ministry
Travels, Troas, Miletus farewell
Paul's Letters to the Corinthians ~AD 55
Written from Ephesus during third journey
1 Corinthians 1 • 1 Corinthians 2 • 1 Corinthians 3 • 1 Corinthians 4 • 1 Corinthians 5 • 1 Corinthians 6 • 1 Corinthians 7 • 1 Corinthians 8 • 1 Corinthians 9 • 1 Corinthians 10 • 1 Corinthians 11 • 1 Corinthians 12 • 1 Corinthians 13 • 1 Corinthians 14 • 1 Corinthians 15 • 1 Corinthians 16
Written from Macedonia
2 Corinthians 1 • 2 Corinthians 2 • 2 Corinthians 3 • 2 Corinthians 4 • 2 Corinthians 5 • 2 Corinthians 6 • 2 Corinthians 7 • 2 Corinthians 8 • 2 Corinthians 9 • 2 Corinthians 10 • 2 Corinthians 11 • 2 Corinthians 12 • 2 Corinthians 13
Paul's Letter to the Romans ~AD 57
Written from Corinth at end of third journey
Romans 1 • Romans 2 • Romans 3 • Romans 4 • Romans 5 • Romans 6 • Romans 7 • Romans 8 • Romans 9 • Romans 10 • Romans 11 • Romans 12 • Romans 13 • Romans 14 • Romans 15 • Romans 16
Paul's Arrest and Trials ~AD 57–59
Arrest in Jerusalem
Defense
Before Felix
Before Festus and Agrippa
Paul's Journey to Rome ~AD 59–60
Shipwreck
Malta, arrival in Rome
Paul's First Roman Imprisonment: Prison Epistles ~AD 60–62
Written from Rome
Ephesians 1 • Ephesians 2 • Ephesians 3 • Ephesians 4 • Ephesians 5 • Ephesians 6 • Philippians 1 • Philippians 2 • Philippians 3 • Philippians 4 • Colossians 1 • Colossians 2 • Colossians 3 • Colossians 4
Written from Rome, sent with Onesimus
Paul's Later Ministry: Pastoral Epistles (First) ~AD 62–64
Written after release from first Roman imprisonment
1 Timothy 1 • 1 Timothy 2 • 1 Timothy 3 • 1 Timothy 4 • 1 Timothy 5 • 1 Timothy 6
Written to Titus in Crete
Peter's First Epistle ~AD 64
Written to persecuted believers in Asia Minor
1 Peter 1 • 1 Peter 2 • 1 Peter 3 • 1 Peter 4 • 1 Peter 5
The Epistle to the Hebrews ~AD 64–68
Author debated; written before temple destruction
Hebrews 1 • Hebrews 2 • Hebrews 3 • Hebrews 4 • Hebrews 5 • Hebrews 6 • Hebrews 7 • Hebrews 8 • Hebrews 9 • Hebrews 10 • Hebrews 11 • Hebrews 12 • Hebrews 13
Paul's Final Imprisonment and Farewell ~AD 66–67
Paul's final letter, written from Roman prison before execution
2 Timothy 1 • 2 Timothy 2 • 2 Timothy 3 • 2 Timothy 4
Peter's Second Epistle and Jude ~AD 67–68
Peter's farewell letter
2 Peter 1 • 2 Peter 2 • 2 Peter 3
Warning against false teachers
John's Epistles ~AD 85–95
Written from Ephesus
1 John 1 • 1 John 2 • 1 John 3 • 1 John 4 • 1 John 5
Brief letter on truth and love
Letter to Gaius about hospitality
Future ~AD 95 through ???
The Revelation to John ~AD 95
Vision of Christ
Seven churches
Throne room
Judgments
Revelation 6 • Revelation 7 • Revelation 8 • Revelation 9 • Revelation 10 • Revelation 11 • Revelation 12 • Revelation 13 • Revelation 14 • Revelation 15 • Revelation 16 • Revelation 17 • Revelation 18