Bible Timeline · Complete reading guide

From Genesis through Acts.

All 174 events and their KJV references. Read in order, choose an era below, or open the interactive timeline for comparisons and connections.

The numbers give reading order, not dates or equal intervals of time. Entries describing periods can overlap. Summaries are local study aids; use the KJV passages and surrounding context to examine each account.

Genesis 1–11

Origins

11. The families of Noah's sons

Genesis names the descendants of Shem, Ham, and Japheth and describes the nations divided after the Flood.

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Abraham to Joseph

Patriarchs

Moses

Exodus & Wilderness

Joshua to Judges

Conquest & Judges

Saul to divided kingdom

Kingdom

102. Jeremiah's prophetic ministry begins

God calls Jeremiah. The book dates his ministry from Josiah's reign through Jerusalem's captivity.

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Captivity and restoration

Exile & Return

105. Daniel interprets the king's dream

God reveals the dream and its interpretation to Daniel, who speaks before Nebuchadnezzar.

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107. Jeremiah's letter to the captives

Jeremiah writes to those carried away to Babylon, giving instruction and speaking of God's promised return.

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111. Belshazzar's feast and Babylon's change of rule

Daniel interprets the writing on the wall. Belshazzar is slain, and Darius the Median takes the kingdom.

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Gospels

Jesus Christ

128. The wise men; flight into Egypt

Wise men come to worship Jesus. Warned in a dream, Joseph takes the child and Mary into Egypt; they later settle in Nazareth.

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Early Church

Acts

156. Philip brings the Word to Samaria

Philip preaches Christ in Samaria. Peter and John come, pray, and lay hands on the believers.

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174. Paul teaches in Rome

Paul arrives in Rome and receives visitors, preaching the kingdom of God and teaching concerning the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Source method: event summaries follow the cited KJV passages. Adams’s 1881 chart informed the expanded visual approach; its historical dates are not assigned to these events. Read the sources and method.

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