Cooper chronology

Biblical chronology according to David Cooper

From creation to Salomon (4042-899 BC)

AM	BC	Event	Bible verse
0	4042	Adam and Eve created	Gen. 1-2
130	3912	Seth born to Adam	Gen. 5:3
235	3807	Enosh born to Seth	Gen. 5:6
325	3717	Kenan born to Enosh	Gen. 5:9
395	3647	Mahalalel born to Kenan	Gen. 5:12
460	3582	Jared born to Mahalalel	Gen. 5:15
622	3420	Enoch born to Jared	Gen. 5:18
687	3355	Methuselah born to Enoch	Gen. 5:21
874	3168	Lamech born to Methuselah	Gen. 5:25
930	3112	Adam's death	Gen. 5:5
1042	3000	Seth's death	Gen. 5:8
1056	2986	Noah born to Lamech	Gen. 5:28-29
1140	2902	Enosh's death	Gen. 5:10-11
1290	2752	Mahalalel's death	Gen. 5:16-17
1422	2620	Jared's death	Gen. 5:20
1556	1556	Japheth born to Noah	Gen. 5:32; 10:21
1558	1558	Shem born to Noah	Gen. 11:10; 10:21
1651	2391	Lamech's death	Gen. 5:31
1656	2386	The Great Flood	Gen. 5:28-29; 7:6
1657	2385	Noah and family leave the ark	Gen. 8:13
1658	2384	Arpachshad born to Shem	Gen. 11:10
1693	2349	Shelah born to Arpachshad	Gen. 11:12
1723	2319	Eber born to Shelah	Gen. 11:14
1757	2285	Peleg born to Eber	Gen. 11:16
1787	2255	Reu born to Peleg	Gen. 11:18
1819	2223	Serug born to Reu	Gen. 11:20
1849	2193	Nahor born to Serug	Gen. 11:22
1878	2164	Terah born to Nahor	Gen. 11:24
1948	2094	Nahor born to Terah	Gen. 11:26
1996	2046	Peleg's death	Gen. 11:19
1997	2045	Nahor's death	Gen. 11:25
2006	2036	Noah's death	Gen. 9:28-29
2008	2034	Abram born to Terah	Gen. 11:31-32; 12:4; Acts 7:4
2018	2024	Birth of Sarai	Gen. 11:29; 17:17; 20:12
2026	2016	Reu's death	Gen. 11:21
2049	1993	Serug's death	Gen. 11:23
2083	1959	Terah's death	Gen. 11:31-32
2083	1959	Abram called to Canaan	Gen. 11:32-12:5; Acts 7:4
2084	1958	Abram returns to Canaan	Gen. 16:3,16
2094	1948	Ishmael born to Abram	Gen. 16:16
2096	1946	Arpachshad's death	Gen. 11:13
2107	1935	Abram's Covenant re-affirmed. Sodom & Gomorrah destroyed.	Gen. 17:1-5,15; 19:1-19
2108	1934	Isaac born to Abraham and Sarah	Gen. 21:5
2126	1916	Death of Shelah	Gen. 11:12-15
2145	1897	Death of Sarah	Gen. 23:1
2148	1894	Isaac marries Rebekah	Gen. 25:20
2158	1884	Death of Shem	Gen. 11:11
2168	1874	Esau and Jacob born to Isaac	Gen. 25:26
2183	1859	Abraham's death	Gen. 25:7
2187	1855	Eber's death	Gen. 11:14-17
2231	1811	Ishmael's death	Gen. 25:17
2245	1797	Jacob flees Esau and begins serving Laban	Gen. 28
2252	1790	Jacob marries Leah and Rachel	Gen. 29:21-28
2253	1789	Reuben born to Jacob by Leah	Gen. 29:32
2255	1787	Levi born to Jacob by Leah	Gen 29:34
2259	1783	Joseph born to Jacob by Rachel	Gen. 30:24; 41:46; 45:6; 47:28
2265	1777	Jacob returns to Canaan and re-named Israel	Gen. 30:25; 31:41; 32:28
2265/6	1777/6	Benjamin born to Jacob by Rachel	Gen. 31:35,41
2276	1766	Joseph sold into slavery	Gen. 37:2
2287	1755	Joseph interprets dreams for pharaoh's cup-bearer and baker	Gen. 41:1; 14-46
2288	1754	Isaac's death	Gen. 35:28
2289	1753	Joseph made ruler in Egypt	Gen. 41:46
2297	1745	Seven year famine begins	Gen. 41:29-30,46
2298	1744	Jacob goes into Egypt	Gen. 45:6
2315	1727	Jacob's death	Gen. 47:28
2369	1673	Joseph's death	Gen. 50:26
2429	1613	Aaron's birth	Num. 33:38-39
2432	1610	Moses born to Amram by Jochebed	Num. 26:58-59; Ex. 6:16-20
2472	1570	Moses kills an Egyptian and flees to wilderness	Acts 7:23; Gen. 15:13-16
2513	1529	Exodus of Israel from Egypt	Ex. 12:41; Gal. 3:15-19; Ex. 12:40
2514	1528	Tabernacle erected, census taken, Israel leaves Sinai and send spies to Canaan	Ex. 40:2,17; Num. 1:1, 10:11-12,33
2552	1490	Israel arrives in Zin, Aaron's death at Mt. Hor, Moses' death at Mt. Pisgah	Num. 20:1; 33:1-39; Deut. 34:7-17
2553	1489	Joshua leads Israel into Canaan, Jericho falls to Israel	Josh. 3:2; 4:19
2559	1483	Caleb given land promised, land apportioned	Josh. 14:10
2573	1469	Mesopotamia's oppression over Israel begins	Jg. 3:8
2581	1461	Mesopotamia's oppression ends. Othniel's judgeship begins	Jg. 3:8-11
2621	1421	Moabite oppression begins	Jg. 3:11,14
2639	1403	Moabite oppression ends. Ehud's judgeship begins	Jg. 3:14,30
2719	1323	Canaanite oppression begins	Jg. 3:30; 4:3
2739	1303	Canaanite oppression ends. Barak's begins judgeship	Jg. 4:3; 5:31
2779	1263	Midianite rule over Israel begins	Jg. 6:1; 5:31
2786	1256	Midianite rule ended by Gideon	Jg.6:1; 8:28
2826	1216	Abimelech usurps judgeship for 3 years	Jg. 8:28; 9:22
2829	1213	Tola's judgeship begins	Jg. 9:22; 10:1-2
2852	1190	Ammonites conquer Gilead, Jair's judgeship begins	Jg. 10:8; 12:7
2874	1168	Jair's death, Ammonites conquer remainder of Israel
2892	1150	Ammonite rule ends, Jephthah's judgeship begins	Jg. 10:8; 12:7
2898	1144	Jephthah's judgeship ends, Ibzan's judgeship begins	Jg. 12:7-8
2905	1137	Ibzan's judgeship ends, Elon's judgeship begins, Eli's birth	Jg. 12:8-11; I Sam. 4:15-18
2915	1127	Elon's judgeship ends, Abdon's judgeship begins	Jg. 12:11-13
2923	1119	Abdon's judgeship ends, Samson judges 23 years during Philistine oppression	Jg. 12:14; 13:1; 15:20-16:31
2963	1079	Philistine oppression ends, Eli's judgeship begins	Jg. 13:1; I Sam.4:18
3003	1039	Eli's judgeship ends, Samuel's judgeship begins	I Sam. 4:15-18
3023	1019	Samuel's sole judgeship ends, Saul's reign as king of Israel	Acts 13:19-21
3033	1009	David born to Jesse	II Sam. 5:4; Acts 13:21
3063	979	Saul's death, David's reign at Hebron	II Sam. 5:4; Acts 13:21
3070	972	King David's reign over all Israel from Jerusalem	I Chr. 29:27
3103	939	King David's reign ends, Solomon's reign begins	I Chr. 29:27; II Sam. 5:4-5
3107	935	Temple construction begun	I Ki. 6:1,38
3114	928	Temple construction completed	I Ki. 6:1,38
3127	915	Solomon's palace completed	I Ki. 7:1; 9:10; II Chr. 8:1
3143	899	Solomon's death	I Ki. 11:42

From Salomon to exile (899-503 BC)

AM	BC	Kingdom of Judah	Kingdom of Israel	Bible verse
3143	899	Rehoboam begins reign	Jeroboam begins reign	I Ki. 12:1,21; 14:21-22; 15:1
3160	882	Rehoboam's reign ends, Abijam begins reign		I Ki. 14:21,31; 15:1-2
3162	880	Abijam's reign ends, Asa begins reign		I Ki. 15:1-2, 8-10
3164	878		Jeroboam's reign ends, Nadab begins reign	I Ki. 15:25
3165	877		Nadab's reign ends, Baasha begins reign	I Ki. 15:25-31
3188	854		Baasha's reign ends, Elah begins reign	I Ki. 15:33; 16:6-8
3189	853		Elah's reign ends, Zimri begins reign	I Ki. 16:7-10,15-18
3193	850	Jehoram born	Omri begins reign	I Ki. 16:16,23
3200	842		Omri's reign ends, Ahab begins reign	I Ki. 16:29
3204	838	Asa's reign ends, Jehoshaphat begins reign		I Ki. 15:10; 22:41-42
3210	832	Ahaziah born
3220	822	Jehoram begins co-reign with Jehoshaphat	Ahaziah begins co-reign with Ahab	I Ki. 22:51
3221	821		Ahab killed in battle, Ahaziah dies in accident, Jehoram begins reign	I Ki. 22:34-40, II Ki. 1:2-17, II Ki. 3:1
3225	817	Jehoram again co-reigns with Jehoshaphat		II Ki. 8:16
3229	813	Jehoshaphat's death, Jehoram becomes sole king		I Ki. 22:42,50
3231	811	Ahaziah begins co-reign
3232	810	Ahaziah becomes sole king, Joash born		II Ki. 8:25-29
3233	809	Ahaziah assassinated, Athaliah begins reign	Jehoram assassinated, Jehu begins reign	II Ki. 9:14-27; II Ki. 10:30,35-36; II Ki. 11:1-20
3239	803	Athaliah assassinated, Joash begins reign		II Ki. 11:3,13-21; II Ki. 11:2,21; II Ki.12:1
3254	788	Amaziah born
3261	781	Temple repairs begun	Jehu's reign ends, Jehoahaz begins reign	II Ki. 12:6-8; II Ki. 10:35-36
3275	767		Joash begins co-reign with Jehoahaz	II Ki. 13:9-10
3278	764		Joash begins sole reign	II Ki. 13:1
3279	763	Joash's reign ends, Amaziah begins reign		II Ki. 12:1; 14:1-2
3293	749		Joash's reign ends, Jeroboam begins reign	II Ki. 13:10; II Ki. 14:15-16,23
3308	734	No king		II Ki. 14:12
3319	723	Uzziah begins reign		II Ki. 15:1; II Chr. 26:1-3
3334	708		Jeroboam reign ends, no king
3356	686		Zechariah begins reign	II Ki. 14:23-29; 15:8-9
3357	685		Zechariah's reign ends, Shallum begins reign and is assasinated by Menahem who begins reign	II Ki. 15:8-17
3368	674		Menahem's reign ends, Pekahia begins reign	II Ki. 15:8,17,23
3370	672		Pekahia's assassinated, Pekah begins reign	II Ki. 15:23-27
3371	671	Uzziah's reign ends, Jotham begins reign		II Ki. 15:1-2; 32-33
3386	656	Jotham's reign ends, Ahaz begins reign		II Ki. 15:38-16:20
3390	652		Pekah's reign ends, no king
3398	644		Hoshea begins reign	II Ki. 17:10
3400	642	Hezekiah begins co-reign with Ahaz		II Ki. 16:2,20; 18:1-2
3402	640	Hezekiah becomes sole king		II KI. 16:2
3406	636		Assyria captures Kingdom of Israel	II Ki. 17:6; 18:10
3430	612	Manasseh begins reign		II Ki. 18:2; II Ki. 20:21-21:1
3485	557	Manasseh's reign ends, Amon begins reign		II Ki. 21:1,18-19
3487	555	Amon assassinated, Josiah begins reign		II Ki. 21:19-22:1
3504	538	Great Revival begun when book of the Law is found		II Ki. 22:3-8; 23:22-23; II Chr.34:8-15; 35:1,18-19
3517	525	Josiah's reign ends, Jehoahaz begins reign and is carried into Egypt		II Ki. 23:28-30; II Chr. 35
3518	524	Jehoiakim begins reign under the taxation of Egypt		II Ki. 23:34-36; II Chr. 36:5
3520	522	Exile to Babylon begins, Daniel interprets the dream of Nebuchadnezzar's		II Ki. 24:1; Dan. 2:1; II Chr. 36:5-11
3528	514	Jehoiachin reigns for 3 months		II Chr. 36:9-10
3529	513	Nebuchadnezzar makes Zedekiah king		II Chr. 36:10-11
3538	504	Nebuchadnezzar takes more captives
3539	503	Zedekiah's rebellion, destruction of Jerusalem		II Ki. 25:1-4,8; 24:3-9; Jer. 39:1-2; 52:2-7

From exile to the destruction of Second Temple (459 BC-70 AD)

AM	BC	Event	Bible verse
3583	459	Restoration of captives to land under Zerubbabel	Neh. 2-12
3584	458	Belshazzar co-reigns with Nabonidus over Babylon	Dan. 7:1
3586	456	Daniel's vision of ram and goat	Dan. 8:1
3587	455	Belshazzar slain, Medo-Persian Empire begins over Babylon under co-reign of Darius & Cyrus	Dan. 9:1-2
3589	453	Darius's death, Cyrus sole king over Babylon and ends captivity by issuing a decree, Zerubbabel named governor and Joshua becomes High Priest for returning captives	Dan. 9:24-26; II Chr. 36:22-23; Ezra 1:1-4; Ezra 1:1-4; 5:13-15; 6:1-5; Is. 44:28; Jer. 25:12; Zech. 1:12
3590	452	Temple reconstruction begun	Ezra 3:8-9; 4:4-5
3591	451	Daniel's last vision	Dan. 10:1
3596	446	Ahasuerus ruler of Persian Empire	Ezra 4:6
3603	439	Esther becomes queen	Est. 2:16
3604	438	Darius Hystaspes begins reign over Persia
3605	437	Work on temple resumed	Ezra 4-6; Hag. 1:1-2:18; Zech. 1:1
3609	433	Temple completed	Ezra 6:15; Est. 3:7-13
3623	419	Nehemiah comes to Jerusalem
3635	407	Nehemiah returns to Babylon and back to Jerusalem
3711	331	Alexander the Great begins reign
3719	323	Alexander the Great's death, Grecian Empire splits
3874	168	Maccabean revolt
3979	63 BC	Roman occupation of the Land of Israel
4038	4 BC ?	Birth of Jesus
4071	30 AD	Crucifixion of Jesus
4112	70 AD	Second Temple destroyed

See also

• Biblical genealogy

External links

• Cooper chronology in PDF
• Brief Cooper chronology in PDF