Important Dates

Question 1

722 BC

Answer 1

Deportation of northern 10 tribes by Assyrian ruler Shalmaneser, tribes are lost.

Question 2

587/86 BC

Answer 2

Under Nebuchadnezzar, Jerusalem is sacked, the temple is destroyed and Jews are taken captive into Babylon by Babylonians

Question 3

539 BC

Answer 3

Babylon falls to the Persian empire under Cyrus who allows Jews to return to Judah

Question 4

538 BC

Answer 4

Jews return from Babylon and rebuild Judah

Question 5

520-515 BC

Answer 5

Temple in Jerusalem is rebuilt (zerubabel)

Question 6

332 BC

Answer 6

Judah comes under Greek rule

Question 7

168 BC

Answer 7

Antiochus Epiphanes sacks Jerusalem temple and dedicated it to Zeus

Maccabean revolt against Antiochus and Greek rule by Hasmoneans

Question 8

165 BC

Answer 8

Temple is taken back, rededicated; Hasmonean dynasty begins where judas is first king (164-161 BC)

Question 9

4BC spring

Answer 9

Herod the great dies; his kingdom divided between three sons
Antipas - galilee and perea
Archelaus - Judea
Philip - gaulanitis

Question 10

Ad 6

Answer 10

Archelaus removed, Judea becomes a roman province

Question 11

26-36 AD

Answer 11

Pontias Pilate is roman governor/prefect

Question 12

AD 30

Answer 12

Death of Christ

Question 13

AD 70

Answer 13

Destruction of temple by Rome

Question 14

922 BC

Answer 14

Split between northern Israel (10 tribes) and Judah (Jews) over taxation.
Rehoboam - king of Judah (923-911BC)
Jeroboam - king of Israel (928-901BC)

Question 15

6-15 AD

Answer 15

Annas the first high priest

Question 16

18-36/37 AD

Answer 16

Joseph Caiaphas

Question 17

596-586 BC

Answer 17

Zedekiah

Question 18

732-722 AD

Answer 18

Hosea