Israel -- A Biblical Timeline
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1600 BC
| Abraham arrives in Israel – settles in Hebron |
1580 BC
| Abraham prepares to sacrifice Isaac – Mount Moriah |
1550 BC
| Jacob moves to escape the famine in Israel – Egypt |
1250 BC
| “Children of Israel” led by Moses out of Egypt |
1200 BC
| “Children of Israel” cross Jordan into Promised Land |
1045 BC
| Saul is appointed King of Israel |
1006 BC
| David is elected next King of Israel |
1004-966 BC
| King David Captures Jerusalem. The Ark of the Covenant brought back to Mount Moriah |
953 BC
| Solomon builds Temple on Mount Moriah, |
587-164 BC
| Temple is destroyed & 2nd Temple is rebuilt & rededicated |
63-37 BC
| Romans capture Jerusalem & Install Herod as King |
c.6 BC
| Census – Birth of Jesus – Bethlehem |
24 AD
| The ministry of Jesus – Galilee |
27 AD
| Jesus’ crucifixion, death & resurrection |
70 AD
| Romans destroy the Temple & start expulsion of Jews from Israel |
70-1917 AD
| Jews experience expulsion, capture and persecution. |
1840 AD
| Jews return. Jerusalem – A Jewish Majority |
1897 AD
| Zionist T. Herzl wrote “there would be a Jewish state in 50 years” |
1920 AD
| Jewish National Home Created (present day Israel & Jordan) Great Britain Mandate |
1922 AD
| Britain divides Palestine in 2, creating Arab Hashemite Kingdom of Trans Jordan east of River Jordan. Maintains Palestine west of the
Jordan. Balfour declaration’s “Jewish National Home” |
1933-1938 AD
| Hitler comes-German Jews flood to Palestine |
1945 AD
| World War II ends; six million Jews have been murdered |
1946 AD
| President Truman asks Britain to permit 100,000 Holocaust survivors to enter Palestine; Britain says no. |
1947 AD
| The UN proposes partition of Palestine into Arab and Jewish states. Palestine is wracked with civil war |
1948 AD
| The State of Israel is declared on May 14 |
1949 AD
| Israel & neighbors sign armistice agreements |
1948-1951 AD
| One Million immigrants are absorbed in Israel. |
1967-1973 AD
| Attacks by Syria & Egypt |
1987 AD
| Palestinian Arabs launch the “Intifada” against Israel |
1988 AD
| Egypt & Israel signed Camp David Accord |
1994 AD
| Peace agreement by Israel & Jordan |
1998 AD
| Israel celebrates 50th Anniversary |
2000 AD
| Palestinian Arabs commence second “Intifada” |
2004 AD
| Death of Father of Terrorism – Arafat |
2005 AD
| Aliya (immigration of Jews) continues to reestablish the Jewish homeland. |
2006 AD
| Northern Israel under Katusha rocket fire during summer with Hezbollah (Lebanon) |
2007 AD
| Celebrating the anniversary “Jerusalem United” - Jerusalem back in Jewish hands 1967 - Entry into Jerusalem through Lion’s Gate |
2008 AD
| Israel celebrates 60th Anniversary, Southern Israel under fire by
Katusha rocket fire in the fall by Hamas in Gaza. |
2009 AD
| Rocket fire by Hamas in Gaza stopped by Israel invading and then signing a new
cease fire with Hamas. |
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