Chronology
The following chronology, or list of events, is not comprehensive and is meant only to give the reader a sense of the sequence of events in biblical and Book of Mormon times:
| Events in the days of the early patriarchs: (Because of the difficulty in determining exact dates for the events in this section, dates are not given.) | |
| B.C. (or B.C.E.—Before Common Era) | |
| 4000 | Adam fell. |
| Enoch ministered. | |
| Noah ministered; the earth was flooded. | |
| The Tower of Babel was built; the Jaredites traveled to the Promised Land. | |
| Melchizedek ministered. | |
| Noah died. | |
| Abram (Abraham) was born. | |
| Isaac was born. | |
| Jacob was born. | |
| Joseph was born. | |
| Joseph was sold into Egypt. | |
| Joseph appeared before Pharaoh. | |
| Jacob (Israel) and his family went down to Egypt. | |
| Jacob (Israel) died. | |
| Joseph died. | |
| Moses was born. | |
| Moses led the children of Israel out of Egypt (the Exodus). | |
| Moses was translated. | |
| Joshua died. | |
| After Joshua died, the period of the judges began, the first judge being Othniel and the last Samuel; the order and dates of the rest are very uncertain. | |
| Saul was anointed king. |
| Events of the United Kingdom of Israel: | |
| 1095 | Saul’s reign began. |
| 1063 | David was anointed king by Samuel. |
| 1055 | David became king in Hebron. |
| 1047 | David became king in Jerusalem; Nathan and Gad prophesied. |
| 1015 | Solomon became king of all Israel. |
| 991 | The temple was finished. |
| 975 | Solomon died; the ten northern tribes revolted against Rehoboam, his son, and Israel was divided. |
| Events of Israel: | Events of Judah: | Events in Book of Mormon History: | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 975 | Jeroboam was king of Israel. | ||||
| 949 | Shishak, king of Egypt, plundered Jerusalem. | ||||
| 875 | Ahab ruled in Samaria over northern Israel; Elijah prophesied. | ||||
| 851 | Elisha worked great miracles. | ||||
| 792 | Amos prophesied. | ||||
| 790 | Jonah and Hosea prophesied. | ||||
| 740 | Isaiah began to prophesy. (Rome was founded; Nabonassar was king of Babylon in 747; Tiglath-pileser Ⅲ was king of Assyria from 747 to 734.) | ||||
| 728 | Hezekiah was king of Judah. (Shalmaneser Ⅳ was king of Assyria.) | ||||
| 721 | The Northern Kingdom was destroyed; the ten tribes were taken into captivity; Micah prophesied. | ||||
| 642 | Nahum prophesied. | ||||
| 628 | Jeremiah and Zephaniah prophesied. | ||||
| 609 | Obadiah prophesied; Daniel was carried away captive to Babylon. (Nineveh fell in 606; Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon from 604 to 561.) | ||||
| 600 | Lehi left Jerusalem. | ||||
| 598 | Ezekiel prophesied in Babylon; Habakkuk prophesied; Zedekiah was king of Judah. | ||||
| 588 | Mulek departed from Jerusalem for the promised land. | ||||
| 588 | Nephites separated themselves from the Lamanites (between 588 and 570). | ||||
| 587 | Nebuchadnezzar captured Jerusalem. | ||||
| Events in Jewish History: | Events in Book of Mormon History: | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 537 | Cyrus decreed that the Jews could return from Babylon. | ||
| 520 | Haggai and Zechariah prophesied. | ||
| 486 | Esther lived. | ||
| 458 | Ezra was commissioned to make reforms. | ||
| 444 | Nehemiah was appointed governor of Judea. | ||
| 432 | Malachi prophesied. | ||
| 400 | Jarom received the plates. | ||
| 360 | Omni received the plates. | ||
| 332 | Alexander the Great conquered Syria and Egypt. | ||
| 323 | Alexander died. | ||
| 277 | The Septuagint, the translation of Jewish scriptures into Greek, was begun. | ||
| 167 | Mattathias the Maccabee revolted against Syria. | ||
| 166 | Judas Maccabaeus became leader of the Jews. | ||
| 165 | The temple was cleansed and rededicated; Hanukkah originated. | ||
| 161 | Judas Maccabaeus died. | ||
| 148 | Abinadi was martyred; Alma reestablished the Church among the Nephites. | ||
| 124 | Benjamin gave his final speech to the Nephites. | ||
| 100 | Alma the Younger and the sons of Mosiah began their work. | ||
| 91 | The reign of the judges began among the Nephites. | ||
| 63 | Pompey conquered Jerusalem, and the rule of the Maccabees ended in Israel. | ||
| 51 | Cleopatra reigned. | ||
| 41 | Herod and Phasael were made joint tetrarchs of Judea. | ||
| 37 | Herod became leader in Jerusalem. | ||
| 31 | The Battle of Actium was fought; Augustus was emperor of Rome from 31 B.C. to A.D. 14. | ||
| 30 | Cleopatra died. | ||
| 17 | Herod restored the temple. | ||
| 6 | Samuel the Lamanite prophesied of Christ’s birth. | ||
| Events in Christian History: | Events in Book of Mormon History: | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A.D. (or C.E.—Common Era) | A.D. (or C.E.) | ||
| Birth of Jesus Christ. | |||
| 30 | Christ’s ministry began. | ||
| 33 | Christ was crucified. | 33 or 34 | The resurrected Christ appeared in America. |
| 35 | Paul was converted. | ||
| 45 | Paul took his first missionary journey. | ||
| 58 | Paul was sent to Rome. | ||
| 61 | The history of the Acts of the Apostles closed. | ||
| 62 | Rome was burned; Christians were persecuted under Nero. | ||
| 70 | Christians retired to Pella; Jerusalem was sieged and captured. | ||
| 95 | Christians were persecuted by Domitian. | ||
| 385 | The Nephite nation was destroyed. | ||
| 421 | Moroni hid the plates. | ||
