The Israelites split into two groups: You have the northern kingdom of Israel consisting of 10 tribes and then the southern kingdom of Judah consisting of 2 tribes. But as time went on, everything began to go downhill. The Messiah was said to come from the line of David. And all Jews have looked back to that time period where everything was glorious. One of the main people at the beginning was King David. This is the empire, led by princes, from Saul through Zedekiah. And we can learn all about it in Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, and Ruth. Instead of being led by the Patriarchs, like before, the people are now being led by Prophets. Whereas 70 Israelites entered into Egypt, during that 400 and maybe 30 year period, that number grew to over 2 million people! And during this 1500 BC timeline is when we see Moses leading the Israelites out of slavery and first into the wilderness and eventually the Promised Land. There aren’t any records of what happened during this time in the Bible.īeginning in Exodus we learn that the Israelites are now in slavery in Egypt and there’s a lot more of them than before. Then all of a sudden we have a 400 year gap in history where God was silent. It’s a family of God’s people that’s beginning to build out into a large community. This is where the people are led by what’s called the Patriarchs. We learn about the 2000 BC section in Genesis 12-50. The first section right around 2000 BC, the second section around 1500, the third around 1000, and the fourth around 500.

You see, their history can basically be split into 4 parts of 500 years each. Then right around 2000 BC we get introduced to a man named Abraham and this is the start of Israel’s history. We see the great flood and Noah’s Ark and the Tower of Babel with everyone getting spread out all over the earth. We learn about the Fall of Man where sin gets entered into the world. But during this time we learn about how God created everything. Now at the beginning of the Bible you have this pre-historic history of Israel and we aren’t going to put a timeframe to that because it’s an incredibly debated topic. The Bible is based around about two thousand years of history, two thousand years of Israel’s history, God’s people, our history essentially.

Bible timeline with world history