Old Testame Overview

Old Testament Timeline
Flood
God Calls Abraham
Move to Egypt
Enslaved
Conquest
Judges
United Kingdom
Exodus
Kingdom Divides
Israel Destroyed
Judah Destroyed
Exiles Return
Prophecy Ceased
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Creation
22 Books of Poetry & Prophecy (Job – Malachi)
17 Historical Books (Genesis – Esther)

Part 1 Creation - Judges
OLD TESTAMENT OVERVIEW

Old Testament Timeline
Flood
God Calls Abraham
Move to Egypt
Enslaved
Conquest
Judges
United Kingdom
Exodus
Kingdom Divides
Israel Destroyed
Judah Destroyed
Exiles Return
Prophecy Ceased
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Creation
22 Books of Poetry & Prophecy (Job – Malachi)

Patriarchs, Exodus,
Conquest, & Judges
Flood
God Calls Abraham
Enslaved
Exodus
& the Law
Joshua
& Conquest
Judges
Isaac
Jacob
Move to Egypt
Moses Born
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Genesis
Creation

GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS & THE EARTH
Genesis 1:1

“SIN ENTERED THE WORLD THROUGH ONE
MAN, AND DEATH THROUGH SIN”
Romans 5:12

“MEN BEGAN TO INCREASE IN NUMBER ON
THE EARTH”
Genesis 6:1

“EVERY INCLINATION OF THE THOUGHTS OF
MAN‟S HEART WAS ONLY EVIL ALL THE TIME”
Genesis 6:5

GOD SENT THE FLOOD & SAVED NOAH
Genesis 6-7

GOD CALLED ABRAHAM
“All peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”
Genesis 12:3

“FOR THE SIN OF THE AMORITES HAS NOT
YET REACHED ITS FULL MEASURE.”
Genesis 15:16

“Consider Abraham: „He believed God, and it was
credited to him as righteousness.‟
Understand, then, that those who believe are
children of Abraham.”
Galatians 3:6-7 NIV

ABRAHAM
Galatians 3:6-7 NIV
ISAAC
JACOB

JACOB BECAME ISRAEL
Genesis 32:28
“You have struggled
with God.”

JOSEPH SAVES ISRAEL
“God sent me… to save your lives by a
great deliverance.”
Genesis 45:7

ISRAEL & 12 SONS MOVED TO EGYPT
Genesis 46

Patriarchs, Exodus,
Conquest, & Judges
Flood
God Calls Abraham
Enslaved
Exodus
& the Law
Joshua
& Conquest
Judges
Isaac
Jacob
Move to Egypt
Moses Born
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Genesis
Creation
Job
Book of Poetry

“THERE IS NO ONE ON EARTH LIKE HIM; HE
IS BLAMELESS & UPRIGHT, A MAN WHO
FEARS GOD & SHUNS EVIL.”
Job 1:8

FRIENDS ACCUSE JOB
“I am angry with you
and your two
friends, because you
have not spoken of
me what is right, as
my servant Job has.”
Job 42:7

Patriarchs, Exodus,
Conquest, & Judges
Flood
God Calls Abraham
Enslaved
Exodus
& the Law
Joshua
& Conquest
Judges
Isaac
Jacob
Move to Egypt
Moses Born
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Creation
Job
Book of Poetry

ISRAELITES ENSLAVED BY EGYPTIANS
Exodus 1

MOSES CHOSEN, SAVED, & PREPARED
Exodus 2

MOSES LEAD EXODUS OUT OF EGYPT
“You will know that I am the Lord your God.”
Exodus 6:7, 7:5

“When we heard of it, our hearts melted…
because… The Lord your God is God in heaven
above and on the earth below.”
Joshua 2:11

GOD GAVE ISRAEL THE LAW
Exodus 19, Deuteronomy 6:5
“Love the Lord your God.”

Exodus, Conquest, & Judges
Moses, the Exodus &
The Law
Joshua & the Conquest
Judges
Ruth
Samuel
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Leviticus

“THE LAW IS HOLY, AND THE COMMANDMENT
IS HOLY, RIGHTEOUS AND GOOD.”
Romans 7:12

LEVITICUS 26 – GUIDE TO PARENTING
• Expressed Expectations
• Spells out Reward for Obedience
• Spells out Consequences for Disobedience

“TAKE A CENSUS.”
Numbers 1:2

Moses, the Exodus &
The Law
Judges
Ruth
Samuel
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Leviticus
Exodus Numbers

ISRAEL LEAVES MT SINAI
Numbers 10

“WE SHOULD CHOOSE A LEADER AND GO
BACK TO EGYPT.”
Numbers 14:4

“NOT ONE OF YOU WILL ENTER THE LAND…
AS FOR YOUR CHILDREN, I WILL BRING
THEM IN TO ENJOY THE LAND”
Numbers 14:30-31

Moses, the Exodus &
The Law
Ruth
Samuel
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Exodus Numbers
Leviticus
Judges
Deuteronomy
1 Samuel

“LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR
HEART AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL AND WITH
ALL YOUR STRENGTH”
Deuteronomy 6:5

Moses, the Exodus &
The Law
Ruth
Samuel
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Leviticus
Judges
Deuteronomy

“Be strong and courageous because you will lead
these people to inherit the land I swore to their
forefathers.”
Joshua 1:6

ISRAEL & JOSHUA CONQUER PROMISE LAND
Joshua

Moses, the Exodus &
The Law
Ruth
Samuel
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Leviticus
Judges
Deuteronomy
Judges
1 Samuel

CYCLE OF JUDGES
Forgot God
Served Other
gods
Handed over
to Raiders
Judges
Delivered
Judge Died
Judges 2

JUDGES LEAD ISRAEL
“In those days there was no king in Israel;
everyone did whatever he wanted.”
Judges 21:25

Moses, the Exodus &
The Law
Ruth
Samuel
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Leviticus
Judges
Deuteronomy
Ruth
1 Samuel

“I‟ve been told all about what you have done for
your mother-in-law… May you be richly rewarded
by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings
you have come to take refuge.”
Ruth 2:11-12

Part 2 The United Kingdom

The United Kingdom
Samuel
King Saul
King David
King Solomon
Kingdom Divides
David Slays Goliath
Jerusalem Becomes
Capital
David & Bathsheba
Temple Built
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SAMUEL
1 Samuel
Judge
&
Prophet

“APPOINT A KING TO LEAD US, SUCH AS ALL
THE OTHER NATIONS HAVE.”
1 Samuel 8:5

ISRAEL DEMANDED A KING
1 Samuel 8:7
“They have rejected Me as their king.”

KING SAUL
1 Samuel 15:26
“You have rejected the
word of the Lord, and
the Lord has rejected
you as king over Israel.”

SAMUEL ANOINTS DAVID TO BE THE NEXT KING
1 Samuel 16:7 , Acts 13:22
“The Lord looks at the
heart” & “I have found
David son of Jesse a
man after my own heart.”

DAVID SLAYS GOLIATH
1 Samuel 17

KING SAUL TRIES TO KILL DAVID
1 Samuel 18-31

The United Kingdom
Samuel
King Saul
King David
King Solomon
Kingdom Divides
David Slays Goliath
Jerusalem Becomes
Capital
David & Bathsheba
Temple Built
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DAVID SINS WITH BATHSHEBA
2 Samuel 11-12

The United Kingdom
Samuel
King Saul
King David
King Solomon
Kingdom Divides
David Slays Goliath
Jerusalem Becomes
Capital
Temple Built
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David & Bathsheba
1 Chronicles
1 Samuel 2 Samuel
Psalms
Books of Poetry

“My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation
comes from him. He alone is my rock and my
salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be
shaken.”
Psalm 62:1-2

“I pour out my complaint before him; before him I
tell my trouble. ”
Psalm 142:2

“Praise the Lord, all you nations; extol him, all you
peoples. For great is his love toward us, and the
faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. Praise the
Lord.”
Psalm 117

“Of David… When he had fled from Saul into the
cave.”
Psalm 57

“A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan
came to him after David had committed adultery
with Bathsheba.”
Psalm 51

“Lead me to the rock that is higher than I”
Psalm 61:2

USING THE PSALMS
Learn about God
Examples of openness & expression to God
Break up rather than read straight through
Use as guides in prayer & worship

The United Kingdom
Samuel
King Saul
King David
King Solomon
Kingdom Divides
David Slays Goliath
Jerusalem Becomes
Capital
David & Bathsheba
Temple Built
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1 Samuel 2 Samuel
2 Chronicles
1 Kings
Psalms
Books of Poetry

KING SOLOMON
“I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that
there will never have been anyone like you, nor will
there ever be. Moreover, I will give you what you
have not asked for – both riches and honor – so
that in your lifetime you will have no equal among
kings. ”
1 Kings 3:12-13

KING SOLOMON
1 Kings 1-11
Jerusalem

KING SOLOMON
1 Kings 4:32
“He spoke three
thousand proverbs.”

The United Kingdom
Samuel
King Saul
King David
King Solomon
Kingdom Divides
David Slays Goliath
Jerusalem Becomes
Capital
David & Bathsheba
Temple Built
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Psalms Proverbs
Books of Poetry

“FOR ATTAINING WISDOM AND DISCIPLINE”
Proverbs 1:2

“Lazy hands makes a man poor, but diligent hands
bring wealth. ”
Proverbs 10:4

“Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop
the matter before a dispute breaks out.”
Proverbs 17:14

“The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;
they go down to a man‟s inmost parts.”
Proverbs 18:8

“Do not slander a servant to his master, or he will
curse you, and you will pay for it.”
Proverbs 30:10

“Do not slander a co-worker to his boss, or he will
curse you, and you will pay for it.”
Proverbs 30:10

“Like a madman shooting firebrands or deadly
arrows is a man who deceives his neighbor and
says, „Iwas only joking!‟”
Proverbs 26:18-19

The United Kingdom
Samuel
King Saul
King David
King Solomon
Kingdom Divides
David Slays Goliath
Jerusalem Becomes
Capital
David & Bathsheba
Temple Built
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Books of Poetry

“Your teeth are like a flock of sheep just
shorn, coming up from the washing.”
Song of Songs 4:2

KING SOLOMON
1 Kings 10:27
“The king made silver as
common in Jerusalem as
stones.”

KING SOLOMON BUILT TEMPLE OF THE LORD
1 Kings 5-8

KING SOLOMON
1 Kings 11:1-3
“King
Solomon, however, love
d many foreign women…
from nations the Lord
had told the
Israelites, „You must not
intermarry‟… and his
wives led him astray.”

The United Kingdom
Samuel
King Saul
King David
King Solomon
Kingdom Divides
David Slays Goliath
Jerusalem Becomes
Capital
David & Bathsheba
Temple Built
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ong of Songs
Books of Poetry

“Meaningless! Meaningless!... Utterly meaningless!
Everything is meaningless.”
Ecclesiastes 1:2

“Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of
the matter: Fear God and keep his
commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.”
Ecclesiastes 12:13

Part 3 The Divided Kingdom

1 Kings 12:13-14
KING REHOBOAM TAKES WRONG ADVICE
“The king answered the
people harshly.
Rejecting the advice
given him by the
elders, he followed the
advice of young men.”

KING JEROBOAM OF ISRAEL (NORTH)
1 Kings 12:28
“Made two golden
calves…Here are your
gods who brought you
out of Egypt.”

KING REHOBOAM OF JUDAH (SOUTH)
1 Kings 14:22
“Did evil in the eyes of
the Lord.”

The Divided Kingdom
Kingdom Divides
Rehoboam
Abijah
Asa
Jehoshaphat
Jehoram
Queen Athaliah
Ahaziah
Joash
Amaziah
Uzziah (Azariah)
Jotham
Ahaz
Hezekiah
Jeroboam
Nadab
Baasha
Elah
Zimri
Omri
Ahab
Elijah
Ahaziah
Jehoram (Joram)
Elisha
Jehu
Jehoahaz
Jehoash
Jeroboam II
Zechariah
Shallum
Menahem
Pekahiah
Pekah
Hoshea
Israel Destroyed
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“HE DID EVIL IN THE EYES OF THE LORD.”
1 Kings 15:25

“ASA DID WHAT WAS RIGHT IN THE EYES OF
THE LORD.”
1 Kings 15:11

JUDAH
ISRAEL
Jerusalem
Samaria

KING AHAB & JEZEBEL OF ISRAEL
1 Kings 16:33
“Did more to provoke the
Lord… than did all the
kings of Israel before
him.”

KING JEHOSHAPHAT OF JUDAH
2 Chronicles 17:3-4
“He did not consult the
Baals but sought the
God of his father and
followed his commands
rather than the practices
of Israel.”

“THE LORD WARNED ISRAEL AND JUDAH
THROUGH ALL HIS PROPHETS”
2 Kings 17:13

“TURN FROM YOUR EVIL WAYS AND KEEP MY
COMMANDMENTS.”
2 Kings 17:13

The Divided Kingdom
Kingdom Divides
Rehoboam
Abijah
Asa
Jehoshaphat
Jehoram
Queen Athaliah
Ahaziah
Joash
Amaziah
Uzziah (Azariah)
Jotham
Ahaz
Hezekiah
Jeroboam
Nadab
Baasha
Elah
Zimri
Omri
Ahab
Ahaziah
Jehoram (Joram)
Elisha
Jehu
Jehoahaz
Jehoash
Jeroboam II
Zechariah
Shallum
Menahem
Pekahiah
Pekah
Hoshea
Israel Destroyed
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1 Kings 2 Kings
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ELIJAH & ELISHA
Elijah Defeats Baal Elijah & Chariot of Fire
Elisha Sees Army of God
“Those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”
1 Kings 18, 2 Kings 2, 2 Kings 6:16

PROPHET JONAH
Jonah 1:1
“Go to the great city of
Nineveh and preach
against it”

PROPHET JONAH
Jonah 3:10
“They turned from their
evil ways”

The Divided Kingdom
Kingdom Divides
Rehoboam
Abijah
Asa
Jehoshaphat
Jehoram
Queen Athaliah
Ahaziah
Joash
Amaziah
Uzziah (Azariah)
Jotham
Ahaz
Hezekiah
Jeroboam
Nadab
Baasha
Elah
Zimri
Omri
Ahab
Ahaziah
Jehoram (Joram)
Elisha
Jehu
Jehoahaz
Jehoash
Jeroboam II
Zechariah
Shallum
Menahem
Pekahiah
Pekah
Hoshea
Israel Destroyed
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1 Kings 2 Kings
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Book of Prophecy to Nineveh, Assyria Jonah
Books of Prophecy to Israel (North)
Amos
Hosea

PROPHET AMOS
Amos 6:1
“Woe to you who are complacent in Zion, and to
you feel secure on Mount Samaria”

PROPHET AMOS
Amos 7:11
“Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will
surely go into exile”

PROPHET HOSEA
Hosea 1:2
“Take to yourself an
adulterous wife and
children of
unfaithfulness, because
the land is guilty of the
vilest adultery in departing
from the Lord.”

PROPHET HOSEA
Hosea 3:4-5
“Go show your love to your
wife again though she is
loved by another and is an
adulterous. Love her as
the Lord loves the
Israelites.”

The Divided Kingdom
Kingdom Divides
Rehoboam
Abijah
Asa
Jehoshaphat
Jehoram
Queen Athaliah
Ahaziah
Joash
Amaziah
Uzziah (Azariah)
Jotham
Ahaz
Hezekiah
Jeroboam
Nadab
Baasha
Elah
Zimri
Omri
Ahab
Ahaziah
Jehoram (Joram)
Elisha-
Jehu
Jehoahaz
Jehoash
Jeroboam II
Zechariah
Shallum
Menahem
Pekahiah
Pekah
Hoshea
Israel Destroyed
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1 Kings 2 Kings
Book of Prophecy to Nineveh, Assyria
Books of Prophecy to Judah (South)
Isaiah
Micah
Jonah
Hosea
ElijEalhijah
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Amos
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Isaiah 1:18
PROPHET ISAIAH
“Though your sins are
like scarlet, they shall be
white as snow; though
they are red as
crimson, they shall be
like wool.”

PROPHET ISAIAH
Isaiah 2:3
“Come, let us go up to
the mountain of the
Lord, to the house of the
God of Jacob. He will
teach us his ways, so
that we may walk in his
paths. The law will go
out from Zion, the word
of the Lord from
Jerusalem.”

PROPHET ISAIAH
Isaiah 7:14
“The virgin will be with
child and will give birth
to a son and will call him
Immanuel.”

PROPHET ISAIAH
Isaiah 53:5
“He was pierced for our
transgressions, he was
crushed for our
iniquities.”

PROPHET MICAH
“Bethlehem… out of you will come for me one who will be ruler
over Israel, who origins are from of old, from ancient times.”
Micah 5:2

PROPHET MICAH
“Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the
transgression… You do not stay angry forever but delight to
show mercy.”
Micah 7:18

“BUT THEY WOULD NOT LISTEN.”
2 Kings 17:14

“The king of Assyria invaded the entire
land, marched against Samaria and laid siege to it
for three years. In the ninth year of Hoshea, the
king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the
Israelites to Assyria.”
2 Kings 17:5-6

JUDAH
2 Kings 17:18
ISRAEL
“The Lord was very angry with
Israel, and He removed them
from His presence.”

The Divided Kingdom
Kingdom Divides
Rehoboam
Abijah
Asa
Jehoshaphat
Jehoram
Queen Athaliah
Ahaziah
Joash
Amaziah
Uzziah (Azariah)
Jotham
Ahaz
Hezekiah
Jeroboam
Nadab
Baasha
Elah
Zimri
Omri
Ahab
Ahaziah
Jehoram (Joram)
Elisha-
Jehu
Jehoahaz
Jehoash
Jeroboam II
Zechariah
Shallum
Menahem
Pekahiah
Pekah
Hoshea
Israel Destroyed
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1 Kings 2 Kings
Books of Prophecy to Judah (South)
Book of Prophecy to Nineveh, Assyria
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Jonah
Hosea
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Part 4 Judah‟s Final Years

Judah’s Final Years
Hezekiah
Manasseh
Amon
Josiah
Jehoahaz
Jehoiakim
Jehoiachin
Zedekiah
Israel Destroyed by Assyria
Samaria Resettled
Assyria Invades Judah
Babylon Conquers Assyria
Egypt Subjects Judah
2nd Exiles
Jerusalem
Siege
1st Exiles Taken
Babylon Attacks
Jerusalem
Destroyed
Josiah’s
Reforms
Jerusalem
Babylon Invades Judah
Babylon Defeats Egypt
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2 Kings

SAMARIA RESETTLED
2 Kings 17:24

“The people you deported and resettled in the
towns of Samaria do not know what the god of that
country requires. He has sent lions among
them, which are killing them off.”
2 Kings 17:26

2 Kings 17:24-41
SAMARIA
Mixed people who
worshipped many gods.

Judah’s Fall
Hezekiah
Manasseh
Amon
Josiah
Jehoahaz
Jehoiakim
Jehoiachin
Zedekiah
Samaria Resettled
2nd Exiles
Jerusalem
Siege
1st Exiles Taken
Babylon Attacks
Jerusalem
Destroyed
Josiah’s
Reforms
Jerusalem
580
3rd Exiles
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Isaiah
Micah
2 Chronicles
2 Kings

KING HEZEKIAH
2 Kings 18:5
“Hezekiah trusted in the
Lord, the God of Israel.
There was no one like
him among all the kings
of Judah, either before
him or after him.”

PROPHET ISAIAH
2 Kings 19:6-7
“Do not be afraid… He
will return to his own
country, and there I will
have him cut down with
the sword.”

KING HEZEKIAH WITH BABYLONIANS
2 Kings 18:5

KING MANASSEH
2 Kings 21:6
“He did much evil in the
eyes of the Lord.”

KING MANASSEH
2 Kings 21:16
“Shed so much innocent
blood that he filled
Jerusalem from end to
end.”

KING MANASSEH
2 Kings 21:12
“I am going to bring such
disaster on Jerusalem and
Judah that the ears of
everyone who hears of it
will tingle.”

Judah’s Fall
Hezekiah
Manasseh
Amon
Josiah
Jehoahaz
Jehoiakim
Jehoiachin
Zedekiah
Samaria Resettled
2nd Exiles
Jerusalem
Siege
1st Exiles Taken
Babylon Attacks
Jerusalem
Destroyed
Josiah’s
Reforms
Jerusalem
580
3rd Exiles
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Isaiah
Micah
2 Chronicles
2 Kings
Nahum

“Celebrate your festivals, O Judah and fulfill your
vows. No more will the wicked invade you; they
will be completely destroyed. An attacker
advances against you, Nineveh.”
Nahum 1:15-2:1

KING JOSIAH
2 Chronicles 34:2
“He did what was right in
the eyes of the Lord and
walked in the ways of his
father David, not turning
aside to the right or to
the left.”

JOSIAH REFORMS JUDAH
2 Chronicles 35:18
“None of the
kings of Israel
had every
celebrated such
a Passover as
did Josiah.”

PROPHET ZEPHANIAH
Zephaniah 1:14-15
“The great day of the Lord
is near – near and coming
quickly… That day will be
a day of wrath, a day of
distress and anguish, a
day of trouble and ruin, a
day of darkness and
gloom.”

PROPHET ZEPHANIAH
Zephaniah 2:2-3
“Before the fierce anger of
the Lord comes upon
you… Seek the Lord…
perhaps you will be
sheltered on the day of the
Lord‟s anger.”

Judah’s Fall
Hezekiah
Manasseh
Amon
Josiah
Jehoahaz
Jehoiakim
Jehoiachin
Zedekiah
Samaria Resettled
2nd Exiles
Jerusalem
Siege
1st Exiles Taken
Babylon Attacks
Jerusalem
Destroyed
Josiah’s
Reforms
Jerusalem
580
3rd Exiles
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Micah
Nahum
Zephaniah
Habakkuk
2 Chronicles
2 Kings

PROPHET HABAKKUK
Habakkuk 1:2, 6
HABAKKUK
“Why do you tolerate
wrong?”
GOD
“I am raising up the
Babylonians”

PROPHET HABAKKUK
Habakkuk 1:13, 2:8
HABAKKUK
“Why are you silent while the
wicked swallow up those more
righteous than themselves?”
GOD
“You have plundered many
nations, the peoples who are
left will plunder you.”

PROPHET HABAKKUK
Habakkuk 3:2
“I stand in awe of your deeds, O Lord.”

PROPHET JOEL‟S LOCUSTS
Joel 1-2

“Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious
and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding
in love.”
Joel 2:13

Judah’s Fall
Hezekiah
Manasseh
Amon
Josiah
Jehoahaz
Jehoiakim
Jehoiachin
Zedekiah
Samaria Resettled
2nd Exiles
Jerusalem
Siege
1st Exiles Taken
Babylon Attacks
Jerusalem
Destroyed
Josiah’s
Reforms
Jerusalem
580
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Micah
Nahum
Zephaniah
Habakkuk
2 Chronicles
2 Kings

PROPHET JEREMIAH
Jeremiah 1:6
“I do not know how to
speak; I am only a child.”

PROPHET JEREMIAH
Jeremiah 12:1
“Why does the way of
the wicked prosper?”

PROPHET JEREMIAH
Jeremiah 20:7
“O Lord, you deceived
me, and I was deceived.”

PROPHET JEREMIAH
Jeremiah 20:9
“If I say, „Iwill not
speak… any more in his
name,‟ his word is in my
heart like a fire, a fire
shut up in my bones. I
am weary of holding it in;
indeed I cannot.”

PROPHET JEREMIAH
Jeremiah 20:11
“But the Lord is with me
like a might warrior; so
my persecutors will
stumble and not prevail.”

PROPHET JEREMIAH
Jeremiah 25:11
“This whole country...
will serve the king of
Babylon seventy years.”

BABYLON DESTROYED JERUSALEM
2 Chronicles 36:15-20

“How deserted lie the city, once so full of people!...
Her foes have become her masters.”
Lamentations 1:1, 5

LAMENTATIONS SPEAKS OF JERUSALEM‟S FALL

“Because of the Lord‟s great love we are not
consumed, for his compassions never fail. They
are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”
Lamentations 3:22

JUDAH
2 Kings 25, 2 Chronicles, Jeremiah 39

EXILED TO BABYLON
“Those who escaped from the sword he deported to Babylon.”
2 Chronicles 36:20
Babylon

Judah’s Fall
Hezekiah
Manasseh
Amon
Josiah
Jehoahaz
Jehoiakim
Jehoiachin
Zedekiah
Samaria Resettled
2nd Exiles
Jerusalem
Siege
1st Exiles Taken
Babylon Attacks
Jerusalem
Destroyed
Josiah’s
Reforms
Jerusalem
580
3rd Exiles
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Habakkuk Lamentations
2 Chronicles
2 Kings

“You should not look down on your brother in the
day of his misfortune… As you have done, it will be
done to you… there will be no survivors from the
house of Esau”
Obadiah 12, 15, 18

Judah’s Fall
Hezekiah
Manasseh
Amon
Josiah
Jehoahaz
Jehoiakim
Jehoiachin
Zedekiah
Samaria Resettled
2nd Exiles
Jerusalem
Siege
1st Exiles Taken
Babylon Attacks
Jerusalem
Destroyed
Josiah’s
Reforms
Jerusalem
580
3rd Exiles
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2 Chronicles
2 Kings
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Daniel

Part 5 – The Exile & Return

Exile & Return
Jehoahaz
Jehoiakim
Jehoiachin
Jehoiachin Released in Exile
1st Exiles Return w/Zerubabbel
Foundations of Temple Laid
Opposition Halts Temple
Temple Construction Resumes
Temple Completed
3rd Exiles Return w/Nehemiah
& Rebuild Wall
Prophecy Ceased
Babylonian Emperor
Nebuchadnezzar
Babylon Subjects Judah
Babylon Attacks Jerusalem
1st Exiles Taken
Zedekiah
Judah & Jerusalem
Destroyed
Babylon Sieges
Jerusalem
2nd Exiles Taken
3rd Exiles Taken
Babylonian Emperor Evil-Merodach
Babylonian Regent Belshazzar
Darius the Mede of Daniel
Persian Emperor Cyrus Conquers
Babylon
Persian Emperor Darius I
Persian Emperor Xerxes
(Ahasuerus)
Esther Becomes Persian Queen
Esther Saves Jews in Persia
Persian Emperor Artaxerxes
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2 Kings
Books of Prophecy in Exile
Daniel

DANIEL TAKEN TO BABYLON
Daniel 1
Nebuchadnezzar

SHADRACH, MESHACH, & ABEDNEGO
Daniel 3:17-18
“The God we serve is able to save us… but even if
he does not, we want you to know, O king, that we
will not serve your gods ”

DANIEL TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR
Daniel 2:37
“The God of heaven has
given you dominion.”

NEBUCHADNEZZAR HUMBLED BY GOD
“Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of
heaven, because everything he does is right and all his ways are
just. And those who walk in pride he is able to humble.”
Daniel 4:37

1ST EXILES TO BABYLON
2 Kings 24:14

Exile & Return
Jehoahaz
Jehoiakim
Jehoiachin
Temple Completed
& Rebuild Wall
Prophecy Ceased
Babylonian Emperor
Nebuchadnezzar
1st Exiles Taken
Zedekiah
Judah & Jerusalem
Destroyed
Babylon Sieges
Jerusalem
2nd Exiles Taken
3rd Exiles Taken
Babylon
(Ahasuerus)
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2 Kings
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Daniel

EZEKIEL SEES CHARIOT OF GOD
Ezekiel 24:24

EZEKIEL PREDICTS JERUSALEM‟S DOOM
Ezekiel 24:24
“When this
happens, you will know
that I am the Sovereign
Lord.”

JERUSALEM DESTROYED &
2ND EXILES TAKEN TO BABYLON
2 Kings 25

SURVIVOR REPORTS TO EZEKIEL
Ezekiel 33:21
“The city has fallen.”

EZEKIEL PROPHESIES RESTORATION
Ezekiel 36:25-27
“I will cleanse you from
all your impurities… I
will put my Spirit in you
and move you to follow
my decrees.”

PERSIAN EMPIRE CONQUERS BABYLON
Daniel 5:23
“You did not
honor the God
who holds in His
hand your life.”

PERSIAN EMPIRE CONQUERS BABYLON
Daniel 5:30
“That very night
Belshazzar…
was slain and
Darius the Mede
took over the
kingdom.”

CYRUS, KING OF PERSIA
Daniel 6:28

Exile & Return
Jehoahaz
Jehoiakim
Jehoiachin
Temple Completed
& Rebuild Wall
Prophecy Ceased
Babylonian Emperor
Nebuchadnezzar
1st Exiles Taken
Zedekiah
Judah & Jerusalem
Destroyed
Babylon Sieges
Jerusalem
2nd Exiles Taken
3rd Exiles Taken
Babylon
(Ahasuerus)
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Ezra

CYRUS, KING OF PERSIA
Ezra 1:2-3
“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: „The
Lord, the God of heaven… has appointed me to
build a temple for him at Jerusalem… Anyone of
his people… let him go up to Jerusalem in Judah
and build the temple of the Lord.”

PROPHET ISAIAH – ABOUT 200 YEARS EARLIER
Isaiah 45:1, 4, 13
“This is what the Lord
says to his anointed, to
Cyrus,… though you do
not acknowledge me… I
will raise up Cyrus… He
will rebuild my city and
set my exiles free.”

1ST RETURN WITH ZERUBBABEL
Ezra 1-2

ZERUBBABEL REBUILDS TEMPLE
Ezra 4:3
“You have no part with us in building
the temple to our God.”

ZERUBBABEL REBUILDS TEMPLE
Ezra 4:24
“Thus the work on the house of God in
Jerusalem came to a standstill.”

HAGGAI & ZECHARIAH
“These people say, „The
time has not yet come for
the Lord‟s house to be
built.‟ Then the word of
the Lord came through
the prophet Haggai: „Is it a
time for you yourselves to
be living in your paneled
houses, while this house
remains a ruin?‟”
a spirit of grace and
have pierced. ”
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Exile & Return
Jehoahaz
Jehoiakim
Jehoiachin
Temple Completed
& Rebuild Wall
Prophecy Ceased
Babylonian Emperor
Nebuchadnezzar
1st Exiles Taken
Zedekiah
Judah & Jerusalem
Destroyed
Babylon Sieges
Jerusalem
2nd Exiles Taken
3rd Exiles Taken
Babylon
(Ahasuerus)
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2 Kings
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Zechariah
Ezra
Esther

XERXES, KING OF PERSIA
Esther 1

XERXES & QUEEN ESTHER
Esther 2

Esther 3:13
“Destroy, kill and annihilate all
the Jews – young and
old, women and little children
– on a single day.”

QUEEN ESTHER
Esther 4:14
“And who knows but that you
have come to royal position
for such a time as this?”

Esther 8:11
“The king‟s edict granted the
Jews… the right to assemble
and protect themselves; to
destroy, kill, and annihilate…
and to plunder… their enemies.”

EZRA LEADS REPENTANCE
Ezra 9:1
“The people of
Israel, including the
priests and the
Levites, have not kept
themselves separate
from the neighboring
peoples with their
detestable practices.”

PROPHET MALACHI
Malachi 1:6
“A son honors his
father, and a servant his
master. If I am a
father, where is the
honor due me?”

PROPHET MALACHI
Malachi 1:10
“Oh, that one of you
would shut the temple
doors, so that you would
not light useless fires on
my altar!”

PROPHET MALACHI
Malachi 3:10
“Bring in the whole
tithe… Test me in this…
and see if I will not throw
open the floodgates of
heaven and pour out so
much blessing that you
will not have room
enough for it.”

Exile & Return
Jehoahaz
Jehoiakim
Jehoiachin
Temple Completed
& Rebuild Wall
Prophecy Ceased
Babylonian Emperor
Nebuchadnezzar
1st Exiles Taken
Zedekiah
Judah & Jerusalem
Destroyed
Babylon Sieges
Jerusalem
2nd Exiles Taken
3rd Exiles Taken
Babylon
(Ahasuerus)
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2 Kings
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Zechariah
Malachi
Ezra
Esther
Nehemiah

3RD RETURN WITH NEHEMIAH
Nehemiah 2

NEHEMIAH REBUILDS THE WALL
Ezra & Nehemiah

“THOSE WHO CARRIED MATERIALS DID
THEIR WORK WITH ONE HAND AND HELD A
WEAPON IN THE OTHER.”
Nehemiah 4:17

COMPLETE THE WALL & WORSHIP THE LORD
Nehemiah 6-12

“I WILL LOOK TO THE LORD; I WILL WAIT FOR
THE GOD OF MY SALVATION”
Micah 7:7

BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Barnes, A. (1999). Barne's Notes on the Old Testament. Cedar Rapids: Parsons
Technology, Inc.
• Clarke, A. (1999). Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Old Testament. Cedar Rapids: Parsons
Technology, Inc.
• Jamieson, R., Faussett, A. R., & Brown, D. Jamieson-Faussett-Brown Commentary on the
Whole Bible. Omaha: Quickverse.
• Robinson, T.(2000). The Bible Timeline. Michael Friedman Publishing Group, Inc.
• Walton, J. H., Matthews, V. H. , Chavalas, M. W. (2000). IVP Bible Background Commentary:
Old Testament. Downers Grove: Intravarsity Press.
• Walvoord, J. F., & Zuck, R. B. (1985). The Bible Knowledge Commentary: Old Testament.
Hiawatha: Scripture Press Publications, Inc.

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