-history
of the nation of Israel: from the FreeBible
references: History of Israel with its
twelve tribes
-B.C.E.,
before it was changed to B.C.E., it was called B.C., meaning before Christ.
Abraham
receives the Blessing in about B.C.E. 2000:.Genesis
12:1-7; Genesis 15:5,6;
Genesis
17:4-8; Genesis 22:17,18.
..The Blessing is transferred
to Isaac:.Genesis
26:1-6.
..The Blessing is transferred
to Jacob, whose name was changed
to Israel.(Genesis
32:24-28).after
wrestling with what he thought was God.
..now with the name of Israel,
he blesses his grandsons, Ephraim
and Manasseh, the sons of his son Joseph:.Genesis
46:20; 48:17-20.
..Blessing is divided among
Jacob's sons:.Genesis
49:1,8-10,28.
-B.C.E.
1843: Israel
in Egypt
and their exodus:.Exodus
1:6-20; Exodus 3:6-8; the
uproar with Pharaoh.(which
Pharaoh?).about
the Israelites leaving Egypt and Israel's 40 years wandering.(Joshua
5:6-9).in
the wilderness because of their bad attitude. The Israelites had to hurry
getting out of Egypt:.Exodus
12:34-36,39.
-B.C.E. 1446: Receiving the
Law at Sinai:.Exodus
19:1-6
-B.C.E. 1406: Conquest of
Canaan:.Joshua
1:1-7
-B.C.E. 1382: Period of
the Judges:.Judges
2:7-18
-B.C.E. 1043: Israel asks
for a king:.1Samuel
8:1-9
Saul
anointed king:.1Samuel
9:27 to 10:1
David
anointed king:.1Samuel
16:1-13
Solomon
anointed king:.1Kings
1:34
-B.C.E. 930: Divided Kingdom
of Israel to the north and Judah, south:.1Kings
11:9-13
-B.C.E. 721: Israel destroyed
by Assyria:.2Kings
17:5,6,24
-B.C.E. 586: Judah destroyed
by Babylon:.2Kings
25:1-12
-B.C.E. 536: Cyrus, king
of Persia,
conquers
Babylon
..Zerubbabel and Jews
rebuild the ancient temple:.Ezra
2:1,64
-B.C.E. 457: Ezra
the priest and 1754 Jews return:.Ezra
7:6
-B.C.E. 444: Nehemiah becomes
governor
-B.C.E. 332: Alexander the
Great invades Judah:.Josephus,
Jewish
Antiquities, XI, 313
-B.C.E. 323: Alexander's
kingdom split in 4 parts:.Josephus,.Jewish
Antiquities, XII, 1
-B.C.E. 168: Syrian king
sacks Jerusalem:.Josephus,.Jewish
Antiquities, XII, 242
-B.C.E. 167: Maccabean family
leads revolution:.Josephus,.Jewish
Antiquities, XII, 265; Josephus, W I, 36
-B.C.E. 63: Roman general
Pompey:.Josephus,.Jewish
Antiquities, XIV, 57 conquers Jerusalem:.Josephus
W I, 141
-B.C.E. 37: Romans appoint
Herod
king of Judea..Josephus,.Jewish
Antiquities, XIV, 270; Josephus W I, 218
-B.C.E. 4: Emmanuel
is born:.Matthew
1:18-23; Luke 2:1-7
-Israel again
to be one nation.