List of Hebrew Bible events

The Hebrew Bible is the canonical collection of Hebrew scriptures and is the textual source for the Christian Old Testament. In addition to religious instruction, the collection chronicles a series of events that explain the origins and travels of the Hebrew peoples in the ancient Near East. The historicity of the collection of scriptures is a source of ongoing debate.^[1]

The events of the Hebrew Bible can be subdivided into 3 main sections: the Torah (instruction), the Nevi'im (prophets), and the Ketuvim (writings).

The events listed in the Torah start with the creation of the universe and conclude with transfer of authority from Moses to Joshua and the death of Moses.

The Nevi'im is authored by leading Hebrew prophets from the time Joshua leads the Hebrew people into Canaan until some time after the return of Hebrew remnant from Babylonian exile. In addition to recorded significant contemporary military and political events, many future events are predicted.

The Ketuvim recounts events over the same timeline as the Nevi'im, but from the point of view of secular leaders and lesser prophets.

Torah

Genesis

Genesis creation narrative
Adam and Eve
Fall of man
Cain and Abel
Generations of Adam
Nephilim
Genesis flood narrative
Noah's Covenant
Curse of Ham
Generations of Noah
Tower of Babel
Abram's migration
A wife confused for a sister (featuring Abraham, Sarah, and Pharaoh, as characters)
Abraham and Lot's conflict
Chedorlaomer
Abraham and Melchizedek
Covenant of the pieces
Hagar
The first circumcision
Sodom and Gomorrah
Lot's drunkenness
Cave of the Patriarchs
A wife confused for a sister (featuring Abraham, Sarah, and Abimelech, as characters)
Keturah's sons
Isaac and Rebecca
Binding of Isaac
A wife confused for a sister (featuring Isaac, Rebekah, and Abimelech, as characters)
Jacob and Esau
The blessing of Isaac
Jacob's Ladder
Jacob and Rachel/The sheep and the stone
Rachel and Leah
Jacob's children
Jacob's gifts to Esau
Jacob's reconciliation with Esau
Jacob wrestling with the angel
Rape of Dinah
Joseph enslaved
Tamar and Judah
Potiphar's wife
Blessing of Jacob

Exodus

The Finding of Moses
The Burning Bush
Zipporah at the inn
Let my people go
Bricks without straw
With a strong hand and an outstretched arm
Aaron's rod becomes a serpent
The Plagues of Egypt
The Passover
The Exodus
Passage of the Red Sea
The Song of the sea
Massah U-Meribah
Amalek
Jethro
The Ten Commandments (first set)
The Covenant Code
The Golden Calf
The Ten Commandments (second set)
Construction of the Tabernacle (Exodus 35-40)

Leviticus

The Priestly Code
The Holiness Code
The Ordination of Aaron and His Sons
The Death of Nadab and Abihu (Leviticus 10:1-20)
A Blasphemer Stoned (Leviticus 24:10-23)

Numbers

Snow-white Miriam
The report of the spies
Aaron's rod sprouts and bears fruit
Waters of Meribah
Lifting up of the brass serpent (Nehushtan)
Balaam and the Donkey
The Heresy of Peor
The War against the Midianites.
Machir, Reuben, and Gad, in Gilead and Jazeer

Deuteronomy

Moses Begins to Retell Wilderness Stories, Deuteronomy 1-3
The Deuteronomic Code
The Song of Moses, Deuteronomy 32
The Blessing of Moses, Deuteronomy 33
The Death of Moses, Deuteronomy 34

Nevi'im

Joshua

Charge from God to Joshua. Joshua takes charge, Joshua 1:1-18
Rahab and the Spies
The Fall of Jericho
The Sun Stands Still

Judges

Judges 1: Israelite tribes attempt to conquer Canaanite cities
Israel Disobeys God, 2:1-23

Othniel

Othniel's Campaign as Judge, 3:7-11

Ehud

Ehud gains the victory over Moabite King Eglon 3:12-30

Shamgar

Judges 3:31

Deborah

Deborah, 4:1-24
The Song of Deborah, 5:1-31

Gideon

The Lord Appears to Gideon, 6:1-40
The Sign of the Fleece and Gideon's Three Hundred, 7:1-25
Midian Subdued, 8:1-35

Abimelech

Abmilech, son of Gideon (Jerubbaal) made king at Shechem after destroying his own family, 9:1-6
Jotham, the lone survivor and brother, tells The Parable of the Trees. He speaks against Abimelech then flees, 9:7-21
Shechem betrays Abimelech. He attacks and destroys the city.
Abimelech captures the town of Thebez, but he is mortally wounded by a woman. 9:22-57

Tola

Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. He judged Israel for twenty-three years, 10:1,2

Jair

Jephthah

Jephthah and His Vow, 11: 1-40

Ibzah

12:8-10

Elon

12:11, 12

Abdon

12:13-15

Samson

The Birth of Samson, 13:1-25
Samson's Phlistine Wife, 14:1-20
The Philistine's Defeated, 15: 1-20
Samson and Delilah, 16:1-31
The Death of Samson, 17:1-13

Other Stories

Micah's Idolatry, 18:1–31
Levite's concubine, gang rape at Gibeah, 19:1–30
Benjamite War: Battle of Gibeah, 20:1–48
Abduction of the women of Jabesh Gilead and Shiloh, 21:1–25

1 & 2 Samuel

1 & 2 Kings

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Call of Jeremiah, 1:1-10
Jeremiah sees an almond rod then a boiling pot, 1:11-19
Jeremiah's message at the temple gate, 7:1-34
Jeremiah buys a linen waistband and puts it in the crevice of a rock near the Euphrates. 13:1-11
The LORD tells Jeremiah that he can't get married or have children, 16:1-21
Jeremiah stands at the city gate proclaiming the Sabbath's importance 17:19-27
Jeremiah visits the potter, 18:1-23
Jeremiah takes a potter's clay jar and some of the elders to the valley of Ben-hinnon, 19:1-15
Pashur, the chief officer in the house of the LORD, beats Jeremiah and puts him in stocks. Jeremiah's complains to God. 20:1-18
Zedekiah, Pashur, and Zephaniah ask Jeremiah if there is a positive message from the LORD. Jeremiah prophesies doom for them. He predicts the coming of the Branch. 21:1-23:40
Jeremiah summarizes 23 years of prophetic ministry; lists the nations under judgment and predicts 70 years of captivity. 25:1-38
Jeremiah prophesies against the temple and the city. He is accused of a capital crime. His life is spared after discussion of precedence. Thanks to Ahikam the son of Shaphan. 26:1-24
Following the LORD's directive, Jeremiah puts himself in bonds and a yoke. He relates that the LORD has given Nebuchadnezzar the land until his time comes. Hananiah breaks Jeremiah's yoke and prophesies the opposite message. 27:1-22
The Exile

Ezekiel

Hosea

Hosea was a prophet who lived and prophesied just before the destruction of Israel in 722 BC. He preached to the northern kingdom. Throughout the book you will see that he refers to Israel and Ephraim. Ephraim was the largest tribe in Israel and sometimes the whole nation was referred to as Ephraim.

Joel

Amos

Obadiah

Jonah

Jonah and the Fish

Micah

Nahum

Habakkuk

Zephaniah

Haggai

Zechariah

Malachi

Ketuvim

Psalms

Proverbs

Job

Song of Songs

Ruth

Boaz and Ruth

Lamentations

Ecclesiastes

Esther

Esther and Mordechai

Daniel

Ezra/Nehemiah

Chronicles (I & II)

References

^ Davies, Philip (April 2010). "Beyond Labels: What Comes Next?". The Bible and Interpretation. Retrieved 2016-05-31. It has been accepted for decades that the Bible is not in principle either historically reliable or unreliable, but both: it contains both memories of real events and also fictions.