2928–3337 AM · 833 BCE — 424 BCE
The First Temple
78 events of Jewish history and world parallels.
2928 · 833 BCEThe Building of the First Temple Begins2931 · 830 BCEThe Kingdom of Urartu2935 · 826 BCEThe Dedication of the First Temple2945 · 816 BCESolomon's Fame: the Queen of Sheba and Three Books—Proverbs, Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes2947 · 814 BCEThe Founding of Carthage2947 · 814 BCEPhoenician colonization2964 · 797 BCEThe Division into the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah2964 · 797 BCESolomon's Old Age, the Warning of Division, and His Death2965 · 796 BCEJeroboam ben Nebat and the Golden Calves2969 · 792 BCEShishak's Campaign: the Golden Shields Replaced with Bronze2982 · 779 BCEAbijah on Mount Zemaraim: a Speech Before the Battle2985 · 776 BCEThe First Olympic Games2988 · 773 BCEThe House of Jeroboam Cut Off: Nadab and Baasha2990 · 771 BCEAsa: Idols Cleared Out, an Army of a Million, and the Seer's Rebuke3008 · 753 BCEThe Founding of Rome3011 · 750 BCEHomer: the Iliad and the Odyssey3011 · 750 BCEGreek Colonization3014 · 747 BCEThe Kushite Dynasty3014 · 747 BCEZimri's Seven Days and the Purchase of the Hill of Samaria3016 · 745 BCETiglath-Pileser III Rebuilds the Empire3021 · 740 BCEAhab, Jezebel, and Elijah at Mount Carmel3024 · 737 BCEJehoshaphat Sends Out Teachers and Appoints Judges3024 · 737 BCEThe Righteous Kings of Judah: Jehoshaphat and Uzziah3039 · 722 BCESargon II and the Fall of Samaria3047 · 714 BCEThe Ascent of Elijah and the Ministry of Elisha3048 · 713 BCENaboth's Vineyard and the Death of Ahab at Ramoth-gilead3049 · 712 BCEAhaziah of Israel Sends to Baal-zebub3049 · 712 BCEJehoram, Athaliah, and the Rescued Infant3055 · 706 BCEJoash and Jehoiada: a Coronation in the Temple, a Chest for Repairs, and a Stoning in the Court3060 · 701 BCESennacherib and the Campaign against Judah3061 · 700 BCEBabylonian Astronomy3061 · 700 BCEThe Upanishads3062 · 699 BCEJehu's Coup: the End of the House of Ahab3090 · 671 BCEThe Assyrian Empire at Its Height3090 · 671 BCEJehoahaz and Joash: Fifty Horsemen and the Arrow of Deliverance3097 · 664 BCEPsamtik and the Saite Revival3101 · 660 BCEAshurbanipal and the Library of Nineveh3110 · 651 BCEThe Prophet Jonah and the Repentance of Nineveh3123 · 638 BCEJeroboam II: Israel's Last Flourishing3140 · 621 BCEDraco's Laws and Solon's Reforms3140 · 621 BCEIsaiah, Amos, Hosea, and Micah: The Prophets of Warning3149 · 612 BCEMedia and the fall of Assyria3149 · 612 BCEThe Fall of Nineveh3156 · 605 BCEThe Babylon of Nebuchadnezzar3164 · 597 BCEFive Coups in Twenty Years: How the Kingdom of Israel Ended3169 · 592 BCEUzziah and Jotham: Towers, an Earthquake, and a Threshold Not Crossed3201 · 560 BCELydia, Croesus and the first coins3205 · 556 BCEThe Assyrian Exile of the Ten Tribes3213 · 548 BCEHezekiah and the Deliverance of Jerusalem from Sennacherib3217 · 544 BCEThe rise of Magadha3221 · 540 BCEMahavira and Jainism3222 · 539 BCECyrus the Great and the Persian Empire3222 · 539 BCEThe Fall of Babylon3228 · 533 BCEManasseh: Fifty-Five Years and Repentance3233 · 528 BCEThe Buddha and the Birth of Buddhism3236 · 525 BCECambyses Conquers Egypt3239 · 522 BCEDarius I and the satrapies3241 · 520 BCEThe Behistun Inscription3252 · 509 BCEThe Founding of the Roman Republic3253 · 508 BCEThe Reforms of Cleisthenes3261 · 500 BCEConfucius3261 · 500 BCELaozi and Daoism3271 · 490 BCEThe Greco-Persian Wars3275 · 486 BCEXerxes and the invasion of Greece3281 · 480 BCEThermopylae and Salamis3286 · 475 BCEThe Warring States period3296 · 465 BCEArtaxerxes I3298 · 463 BCEThe Prophet Jeremiah and His Warnings3303 · 458 BCEThe Torah Scroll Found in Josiah's Days, His Reform and the Hiding of the Ark3310 · 451 BCEThe Twelve Tables3314 · 447 BCEPericlean Athens and the Parthenon3316 · 445 BCEThe Battle of Megiddo and the Death of Josiah3316 · 445 BCEThe Last Four Kings of Judah3319 · 442 BCEThe First Exile to Babylon: Daniel and His Companions3327 · 434 BCEThe Exile of Jehoiachin and the Scholars—"the Craftsmen and the Smiths"3330 · 431 BCEThe Peloponnesian War3332 · 429 BCEBy the Rivers of Babylon: Ezekiel at the River Kebar and the Valley of Dry Bones3336 · 425 BCEThe Siege of Jerusalem and the Breach of the Wall