Chronological Study Bible: Explore God's Word In Historical Order- New King James Version (NKJV)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Reading Theological History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
Rearranging the Bible’s Canonical Order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xiii
New King James Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
EPOCH1 Before the Patriarchs (Creation–2000 B.C.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The Beginnings of Human Civilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
EPOCH2 The Patriarchs, Israel’s Ancestors (2000–1500 B.C.). . . . . . . . . . 18
The Changing of the Empires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Egypt in the Middle Bronze Age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
EPOCH3 The Rise of a Unified People (1500–1200 B.C.). . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Egypt and the Exodus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
The Conquest of Canaan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
EPOCH4 From Tribes to a Nation (1200–930 B.C.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
A Tribal Confederation in Israel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
The United Monarchy in Israel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
EPOCH5 The Fall of Two Nations (930–586 B.C.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515
The Divided Monarchy in Israel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517
The Neo-Assyrian Empire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576
The Neo-Babylonian Empire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688
EPOCH 6 Exile and Return (586–332 B.C.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 839
Exile in Babylon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 841
Wisdom in the Ancient Near East. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 895
The Persian Empire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 940
EPOCH 7 Between the Two Testaments (332–37 B.C.) . . . . . . . . . . . . .1057
The Greek Empire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1059
The Roman Empire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1073
EPOCH 8 The Coming of the Messiah (37 B.C.–A.D. 30) . . . . . . . . . . . .1076
Introductions to Jesus Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1078
Early Lives of John the Baptist and Jesus. . . . . . . . . . . . . .1079
Beginning of Jesus’ Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1089
The Galilean Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1096
From Galilee to Jerusalem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1158
Jesus’ Final Journey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1165
Final Ministry in Judea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1183
Jesus’ Final Week in Jerusalem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1195
EPOCH 9 The Church Age (A.D.30–100). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1249
The Gospel to the Jews. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1251
The Gospel to the Gentiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1263
The Gospel to the Gentile World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1272
The Gospel from Jerusalem to Rome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1344
Apocalyptic Writings and the End Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1408
Cultural and Historical Topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1431
Glossary . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1449
Concordance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1469
Index of Scripture Passages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1665
Daily Reading Plans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1671
TIME CHARTS
Epoch 1 Coregencies, Long Reigns, and Prosperity. . . 575
Egypt’s First Dynasties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Assassinations in Israel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610
The Millenniums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 An Officer Assassinates the King. . . . . . . . 611
Assyria Comes to Judah and Israel . . . . . . . 617
Epoch 2 Judah After Israel’s Fall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638
Dating Abraham From the Exodus. . . . . . . . 34 An Idolatrous King in Judah. . . . . . . . . . . 675
Egypt and the Middle Kingdom . . . . . . . . . 41 Josiah Pursues Reform in Judah. . . . . . . . . 705
The Old Babylonian Period . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 The Sons of Josiah Rule on Judah. . . . . . . . 739
Deportations from Jerusalem to Babylon. . . . 741
Epoch 3 Jeremiah’s Call and Ministry. . . . . . . . . . . 782
Egypt and the New Kingdom. . . . . . . . . . . 75 The Last Kings of Judah. . . . . . . . . . . . . 810
Two Dates for the Exodus. . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Israel’s Annual Feasts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Epoch 6
Israel’s Sacred Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Dates in the Book of Ezekiel. . . . . . . . . . . 853
Law Codes of Ancient Mesopotamia . . . . . . 202 The Dates of Haggai and Zechariah . . . . . . 952
The Literature of Ugarit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 The Ministries of Ezra and Nehemiah . . . . . 991
The Persian Kings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1011
Epoch 4
The Cycles of the Judges (Part 1) . . . . . . . . 266 Epoch 7
The Cycles of the Judges (Part 2) . . . . . . . . 275 The 70 Years of Jeremiah. . . . . . . . . . . .1066
Kingdoms of Syria and Palestine. . . . . . . . 356
Absalom’s Crime and Rise to Power . . . . . . 383 Epoch 8
Solomon the Builder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508 Luke and the Career of Quirinius . . . . . . .1095
Herod and Judea Under Rome’s Augustus . . 1139
Epoch 5 The Temples of Yahweh . . . . . . . . . . . .1189
Rehoboam and Jeroboam Divide Division of Herod’s Kingdom. . . . . . . . . .1201
the Kingdom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520
Asa and Baasha Fight Over Ramah . . . . . . 529 Epoch 9
Omri Begins a New Dynasty. . . . . . . . . . . 530 Evidence for Dating New Testament Events. 1314
Jehoshaphat and Ahab Form an Alliance . . . 534 The Roman Empire Rules Palestine. . . . . .1339
Brothers, In-Laws, Uncles, and Nephews. . . . 545 Writers of the Early Church . . . . . . . . . .1367
Attacks on Judah’s Royal Family . . . . . . . . 561 The Persecution of the Church. . . . . . . . .1384
Hazael Attacks Judah and Israel. . . . . . . . . 566 Quotations of Greek Literature . . . . . . . .1387
Israel Is Victorious Over Judah . . . . . . . . . 572 The Fate of Jerusalem. . . . . . . . . . . . . .1417
TIME PANELS
Epoch 2 Epoch 6
Abraham’s Life (Early Exodus). . . . . . . . . . 25 Jehoiachin’s Exile and Release. . . . . . . . . . 863
Abraham’s Life (Late Exodus). . . . . . . . . . . 26 Building and Dedicating the Second Temple . . 955
Jacob in Egypt (Early Exodus) . . . . . . . . . . 42 Cyrus the Great’s Campaigns . . . . . . . . . . 957
Jacob in Egypt (Late Exodus). . . . . . . . . . . 43 Artaxerxes I (Longimanus), King of Persia . . 1017
Epoch 3 Epoch 7
Moses and the Promised Land (Early Exodus) . 88 Alexander the Great Conquers Persia. . . . .1061
Moses and the Promised Land (Late Exodus). . 89 The Maccabean Revolt . . . . . . . . . . . . .1072
The Wilderness Years (Early Exodus) . . . . . 164
The Wilderness Years (Late Exodus). . . . . . 165 Epoch 8
Augustus Brings Peace to the Roman World. 1080
Epoch 4 The Young Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1087
The Era of the Judges (Early Exodus) . . . . . 267 Jesus Ministers in Galilee. . . . . . . . . . . .1145
The Era of the Judges (Late Exodus). . . . . . 279 Jesus’ Passion Week in Jerusalem . . . . . . .1226
Saul of Israel Against the Philistines. . . . . . 306 Beginning of the Church . . . . . . . . . . . .1244
The First Kings of Israel. . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Solomon and Hiram Build the Temple . . . . . 406 Epoch 9
Paul Becomes a Missionary. . . . . . . . . . .1275
Epoch 5 Paul in Athens and Ephesus . . . . . . . . . . 1286
Israel’s Kings Meet Shalmaneser III of Assyria528 Paul Is Arrested and Sent to Rome . . . . . .1344
Assyria Revives Under Tiglath- Pileser III. . . 615 The End of Paul’s Life. . . . . . . . . . . . . .1379
The Fall of Samaria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631 The Fall of Jerusalem. . . . . . . . . . . . . .1396
Assyrian Kings Campaign Against Judah. . . 682 The Book of Revelation in Troubled Times . . 1410
Nahum Prophesies of Nineveh and The Romans Destroy Jerusalem . . . . . . . .1427
Nabopolassar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701
The Battle of Carchemish . . . . . . . . . . . . 716
The Fall of Jerusalem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755
Nebuchadnezzar and the Kings of Judah . . . 769
The Pharaohs and Judah. . . . . . . . . . . . . 822
IN-TEXT MAPS
Epoch 1 Epoch 6
The Ancient Near East After 2000 B.C. . . . . . 11 The Persian Empire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 973
The Return from Exile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 988
Epoch 2 Alexander’s Greek Empire . . . . . . . . . . .1055
Journeys of Abraham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Changing Empires of the Near East . . . . . . . 37 Epoch 7
Jacob Returns to Canaan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Ptolemaic Control of Palestine. . . . . . . . .1068
Joseph Goes to Egypt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Seleucid Control of Palestine. . . . . . . . . .1069
The Hyksos Empire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Expansion of Palestine Under
the Maccabees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1071
Epoch 3
Moses’ Flight and Return to Egypt. . . . . . . . 73 Epoch 8
The Route of the Exodus . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Herod’s Kingdom at Jesus’ Birth. . . . . . . .1082
The Approach to Transjordan. . . . . . . . . . 186 The Journeys of Jesus’ Birth. . . . . . . . . .1089
The Conquest of Canaan Jesus’ Baptism and Temptation . . . . . . . .1096
(Central and Southern Campaigns) . . . . . 237 Jesus’ Galilean Ministry. . . . . . . . . . . . .1106
The Conquest of Canaan Last Journey to Jerusalem. . . . . . . . . . . .1168
(Northern Campaign). . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Jewish Pilgrimage to Jerusalem . . . . . . . .1182
Cities of Refuge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Roman Control of Palestine. . . . . . . . . . .1190
The Appearances of the Risen Christ. . . . .1244
Epoch 4
Gideon’s Campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 Epoch 9
The Ministry of Samuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 The Nations of Pentecost. . . . . . . . . . . .1255
The Davidic Kingdom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445 Paul Goes to Galatia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1273
Solomon’s Administrative Districts. . . . . . . 468 Paul Goes to Greece . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1277
Geography in the Song of Solomon. . . . . . . 500 Paul on the Road to Damascus. . . . . . . . .1278
The Spread of Solomon’s Fame . . . . . . . . . 510 Asia and Greece Revisited . . . . . . . . . . .1299
On to Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1356
Epoch 5 Regions of the Dispersion. . . . . . . . . . . .1385
Assyrian Campaigns in Palestine. . . . . . . . 614 Sites of the Transfiguration . . . . . . . . . .1389
Assyrian Campaign Against The Seven Churches of Revelation . . . . . .1409
Israel and Judah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629
The Neo-Assyrian Empire . . . . . . . . . . . . 702
The Neo-Babylonian Empire. . . . . . . . . . . 750
Nebuchadnezzar’s Campaigns Against Judah. 799
Jeremiah’s Journey to Egypt . . . . . . . . . . . 821