Dates - Old Testament

Question 1

1010 BC

Answer 1

David becomes King of Judah

Question 2

1003 BC

Answer 2

David becomes King of Israel & Judah

Question 3

970 BC

Answer 3

Solomon crowned King of Israel & Judah

Question 4

930 BC

Answer 4

Northern and Southern kingdom divided (Israel and Judah)

Question 5

722 BC

Answer 5

Israel is taken into captivity by the Assyrians

Question 6

609 BC

Answer 6

Josiah Dies

Question 7

606 BC

Answer 7

First of the three exiling of Judah to Babylon. Also the year of Jeremiah’s prophecy of 70 years.

Question 8

597 BC

Answer 8

This is the date of the second exiling of Judah. Jehoiachin is taken to Babylon. This is significant as the line of David to Jesus comes through Jehoiachin.

Question 9

586 BC

Answer 9

The third exiling of Judah is when God - through Nebuchadnezzar - burns and destroys the temple and walls

Question 10

536 BC

Answer 10

Cyrus becomes king of Persia

Question 11

516 BC

Answer 11

The temple is rebuilt

Question 12

486 BC

Answer 12

Xerxes in the book of Esther begins to reign

Question 13

479 BC

Answer 13

Esther becomes Queen

Question 14

Which movies is Xerxes portrayed in?

Answer 14

“One night with the king” which is about Esther becoming Queen and “300” which is about the Battle of Thermopylae

Question 15

466 BC

Answer 15

50 years after the Temple is rebuilt, Nehemiah goes to Jerusalem and finally rebuilds the walls of Jerusalem