VISUAL GUIDE

Old Testament Overview

From Adam to Ezra: patriarchs, the exodus, kings, prophets, exile, and return

King

Prophet

Judge

Patriarch

Matriarch

Leader

THE PATRIARCHS

Adam& Eve

Enoch

Noah

Melchizedek

Abraham& Sarah

Isaac& Rebekah

Jacob& Leah, Rachel, Bilhah, Zilpah

Joseph& Asenath

EXODUS

Deliverance from Egypt

Moses& Zipporah

Joshua

JUDGES

Era of tribal leadership before the monarchy

UNITED MONARCHY

One kingdom, three kings

Saul

David

Solomon

Kingdom splits ~930 BC

THE DIVIDED KINGDOM

JUDAH

Southern Kingdom

Kings

Prophets

ISRAEL

Northern Kingdom

Kings

Prophets

Conquered by Assyria, 722 BC

Ten Tribes of Israel scattered

Fall of Jerusalem 586 BC

BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY

Carried into captivity -- 597 BC, 586 BC

Ezekiel

Daniel

Cyrus decrees return ~538 BC

PERSIAN ERA

Return to Jerusalem, 530s BC

Another return, mid-400s BC

Malachi

Ezra

~400 years of silence until the New Testament