1. History of Israel Recounted in the Bible
Dates
People
Recounted in
the Bible
1. Ancestral Period BC
Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebekah, Jacob, Joseph
Genesis 12-50
2. Sojourn in Egypt BC
Exodus l
3. Exodus & Wilderness Wanderings BC
Moses, Aaron, Miriam
Exodus – Deuteronomy
4. Occupation & Period of the Judges BC
Joshua, Deborah, Gideon, Samson
Joshua, Judges, Ruth
5. United Monarchy BC
Samuel, Saul, David, Nathan, Solomon,
1 Samuel — 1 Kings 11
6. Divided Monarchy
A. Israel (Northern)
B. Judah (Southern) BC BC
Jeroboam I, Ahab, Jezebel, Elijah, Elisha Amos, Hosea
Rehoboam, Hezekiah, Isaiah, Josiah, Jeremiah
1 Kings 12 – 2 Kings 17 Amos, Hosea
1 Kings 12—2 Kings 25 Isaiah 1-39, Zephaniah Nahum, Jeremiah Habakkuk

2. Samaria
1 Kings 16:29
Samaria

3. of rain and thunderbolts
1 Kings 16:31
Baal
Canaanite god
of rain and thunderbolts
Baal Astarte

4. Toward Tishbe in Gilead
1 Kings 17
Shechem

5. Zarephath
1 Kings 17:8
Tirzah

6. of rain and thunderbolts
1 Kings 18
Baal
Canaanite god
of rain and thunderbolts
Baal Astarte

7. South of Beersheba
1 Kings 19:1-7
Paran

8. Mt Sinai
1 Kings 19:8-18
Mount Sinai

9. 1 Kings 21
Grapes

10. Plains near Jericho 2 Kings 2 Gigal Plain Erich Lessing
The Bible (Herder 1970)

11. 2 Kings 4
Shunem
Wealthy
woman

12. Syrian (Aramean) Soldier
2 Kings 5
Syrian (Aramean) Soldier
Jordan River

13. Samaria—Assyrians in Valley Below
2 Kings 6-7
Samaria Field

14. 2 Kings 8:7-15
Hazael
Hazael

15. Jehu
2 Kings 9:1-3
Jehu

16. 2 Kings 9:30