Bethlehem
Open the place on the mapRachel was buried on the road here, Ruth gleaned in its fields, and David was born and anointed here. The prophet Micah foretold that the future ruler of Israel would come from this small town.
What happened here
Melchizedek (Salem)−1943
The Binding of Isaac (Akedah)−1881
Rachel−1800 – −1751
Abdi-Heba (Urusalim Canaan)−1350
Boaz−1200 – −1118
Judge Ibzan−1161 – −1154
Book of Ruth−1120 – −1080
Ahijah / Ahimelech (High Priest)−1085 – −1012
Abiathar (High Priest)−1012 – −969
King David−1010 – −970
Prophet Gad−1010 – −970
David captures Jerusalem−1003
Ophel Inscription−1000
Large Stone Structure−1000
Prophet Nathan−1000 – −960
King Solomon−970 – −930
Zadok (High Priest)−969 – −940
First Temple built−960- Prophet Iddo (Judah)−935 – −920
Prophet Shemaiah (Judah)−930 – −920
King Rehoboam (Judah)−930 – −913
King Abijah (Judah)−913 – −911
King Asa (Judah)−911 – −870
Prophet Azariah−910 – −890
King Jehoshaphat (Judah)−870 – −848
King Jehoram (Judah)−848 – −841
King Ahaziah (Judah)−841
Jehoiada (High Priest)−841 – −810
Queen Athaliah (Judah)−841 – −835
King Joash (Judah)−835 – −795
Prophet Joel (Judah)−830 – −800
King Amaziah (Judah)−795 – −767
King Uzziah (Judah)−767 – −740
King Jotham (Judah)−740 – −732
Prophet Isaiah (Judah)−740 – −680
Syro-Ephraimite War−734
King Ahaz (Judah)−732 – −716
King Hezekiah (Judah)−716 – −687
Hezekiah's Tunnel−705
Siloam Inscription−701
Sennacherib's siege of Jerusalem−701
Bullae of Hezekiah−700
Bullae of Isaiah−700
King Manasseh (Judah)−687 – −642
Prophet Nahum (Judah)−660 – −630
King Amon (Judah)−642 – −640
Prophet Zephaniah (Judah)−640 – −620
King Josiah (Judah)−640 – −609
Hilkiah (High Priest)−640 – −609
Prophetess Huldah−625 – −620
Josiah's Reforms−622
Prophet Habakkuk (Judah)−610 – −600
King Jehoahaz (Judah)−609
King Jehoiakim (Judah)−608 – −598
Baruch ben Neriah−605 – −570
Ketef Hinnom Scrolls−600
Bulla of Baruch son of Neriah−600
Babylonian Capture of Jerusalem−597
King Zedekiah (Judah)−597 – −586
Prophet Obadiah (Judah)−590 – −570
Fall of Judah (Babylon)−586
First Temple Destroyed−586
Return to Zion−538
Joshua (High Priest)−538 – −516
Governor Zerubbabel−538 – −510
Prophet Haggai (Return Era)−520 – −515
Prophet Zechariah (Return Era)−520 – −480
Second Temple Completed−516
Ezra (Priest & Scribe)−458 – −440- Knesset HaGdolah−450
Prophet Malachi (Return Era)−450 – −430
Rebuilding of Jerusalem Walls−445
Governor Nehemiah−445 – −430
Yehud Coins−400
Governor Yeho'ezer−375 – −350
Governor Ahzai−350 – −330
Jaddua (High Priest)−350 – −323
Shimon HaTzadik (High Priest)−300 – −200- Yose ben Yoezer & Yose ben Yochanan−200 – −150
Book of Ben Sira−190
Zugot Period−170
Hanukkah−164
Battle of Beth Zechariah−162
Jonathan Apphus (High Priest)−160 – −142
Yehoshua ben Perachyah & Nittai of Arbela−150 – −100
Pharisees, Sadducees and Essenes−145
Jewish Independence−142
Simon Thassi (High Priest & Ruler)−142 – −134
John Hyrcanus (High Priest & Ruler)−134 – −104
Hasmonean Coins−110
Hillel the Elder−110 – 10
King Aristobulus I (High Priest & King)−104 – −103
King Alexander Jannaeus (High Priest & King)−103 – −76
Honi HaMe'agel (the Circle-Drawer)−100 – −63- Yehudah ben Tabbai & Shimon ben Shetach−100 – −60
Queen Salome Alexandra−76 – −67
Jewish Civil War−67
King Aristobulus II (High Priest & King)−67 – −63
Hyrcanus II (High Priest & King)−67 – −40
Roman Takeover−63
Shemayah & Avtalyon−60 – −30
Shammai the Elder−50 – 30
Parthian Invasion of Judea−40
King Antigonus II (High Priest & King)−40 – −37
Herodian Dynasty−37
King Herod the Great−37 – −4
Herodian Coins−36
Herod Renovates the Second Temple−20
Temple Warning Inscription−20
Trumpeting Place Inscription−20
The Western Wall (Kotel)−19
Rabban Gamliel HaZaken−10 – 50
Herodian Kingdom Split−4
Tomb of Herod at Herodium−4
Herod Archelaus (Judea)−4 – 6
Theodotus Inscription1
Joseph ben Caiaphas (High Priest)18 – 36
Caiaphas ossuary30
Eleazar ben Simon30 – 70
Simon bar Giora35 – 70
Herodian Kingdom Restored41
King Herod Agrippa I41 – 44
First Jewish–Roman War66
Great Revolt Coins67
Second Temple Destroyed70
Shimon Bar Kokhba95 – 135
Bar Kokhba Revolt132
Hadrianic expulsion135
Julian's Temple Rebuilding Attempt363
Nehemiah ben Hushiel585 – 617
Jewish–Persian Capture of Jerusalem614
Crusaders Period1099
Godfrey of Bouillon (Crusade)1099
Moses Montefiore1784 – 1885
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda1858 – 1922
Mishkenot Sha'ananim1860
Henrietta Szold1860 – 1945
Rav Kook1865 – 1935
S. Y. Agnon1888 – 1970
World War I1914
Edmund Allenby (British)1917
British Mandate1920
Herbert Samuel (British)1920
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef1920 – 2013
Hebrew University of JerusalemApr 1925
Peel Commission1937
War of Independence14 May 1948
First Knesset14 Feb 1949
Law of Return5 Jul 1950
President Yitzhak Ben-Zvi16 Dec 1952 – 23 Apr 1963
Moshe Sharett1954 – 1955
David Ben-Gurion1955 – 1963
Eichmann Trial11 Apr 1961
Levi Eshkol1963 – 1969
President Zalman Shazar21 May 1963 – 24 May 1973
Six-Day War5 Jun 1967
Reunification of Jerusalem7 Jun 1967
Golda Meir1969 – 1974
President Ephraim Katzir24 May 1973 – 29 May 1978
Yitzhak Rabin1974 – 1977
Menachem Begin1977 – 1983
Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem19 Nov 1977
President Yitzhak Navon29 May 1978 – 5 May 1983
Yitzhak Shamir1983 – 1984
President Chaim Herzog5 May 1983 – 13 May 1993
Shimon Peres1984 – 1986
Yitzhak Shamir1986 – 1992
Yitzhak Rabin1992 – 1995
President Ezer Weizman13 May 1993 – 13 Jul 2000
Shimon Peres1995 – 1996
Benjamin Netanyahu1996 – 1999
Mobileye1999
Ehud Barak1999 – 2001
President Moshe Katsav1 Aug 2000 – 1 Jul 2007
Ariel Sharon2001 – 2006
Ehud Olmert2006 – 2009
President Shimon Peres15 Jul 2007 – 24 Jul 2014
Benjamin Netanyahu2009 – 2021
President Reuven Rivlin24 Jul 2014 – 7 Jul 2021
Naftali Bennett2021 – Jul 2022
President Isaac Herzog7 Jul 2021 – present
Yair LapidJul 2022 – 29 Dec 2022
Benjamin Netanyahu29 Dec 2022 – present