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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 |
1025 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 |
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