Thirty-nine books and roughly two thousand years, laid out in one chronology you can hold. This is every major person, event and epoch from Creation to Malachi, sorted into twelve eras, with chapter and verse carried on every entry.
It runs longer than most printable timelines because it does not stop at the story. Each of the 110 events carries the references behind it, 640 in all, so a class can turn to the text rather than take the date on trust. The colour coding separates the major events from the standard ones, and marks poetry and the prophetic writings where they fall in the history rather than leaving them in a separate list at the back.
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Old Testament Timeline · PDF
62 pages · 1.5 MB · US Letter
Free to print, copy and share for teaching, classroom and personal study. No signup, nothing to buy, and no attribution required. There is also an interactive version that is searchable and links every reference through to the text.
What is on the sheet?
110 events across 12 sections, carrying 640 chapter-and-verse references.
- IPrimeval HistoryCreation — c. 2166 BC
- IIThe Patriarchal Agec. 2166 – 1805 BC
- IIIThe Book of JobSetting: c. 2000–1800 BC (Patriarchal Period)
- IVThe Exodus and Wildernessc. 1526 – 1406 BC
- VThe Conquest of Canaanc. 1406 – 1380 BC
- VIThe Period of the Judgesc. 1380 – 1050 BC
- VIIThe United Kingdomc. 1050 – 931 BC
- VIIIPsalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes & Song of SolomonComposed across c. 1440 – 931 BC
- IXThe Divided Kingdom931 – 586 BC
- XThe Book of Jonahc. 785–750 BC · The Mission to Nineveh
- XIThe Babylonian Exile605 – 538 BC
- XIIThe Post-Exilic Restoration538 – c. 430 BC
Who is it for?
Built for teaching over a long stretch. If you are walking a group through the Old Testament across a year, this is the spine to hand out in week one and keep referring back to. It also works as a personal reading companion: the eras are the units, and each one tells you what to read and where it sits.
How does it print?
It is laid out for US Letter at 62 pages, portrait, on a light background so it does not drink a toner cartridge. It prints cleanly in black and white, though the section colours carry meaning and are worth having in colour if you can. Every page footer carries the source, so a copy handed round a class can always be traced back.