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1080 BCE: Rise of the kingdom of Israel.
1000 BCE: David captures Jerusalem.
965 BCE - 931 BCE: Solomon is king of Israel.
950 BCE: Solomon builds the first Temple of Jerusalem.
750 BCE: Approximate date of the composition of the Bible's Book of Amos.
597 BCE: Babylonian king Nebuchadnezar captures Jerusalem.
597 BCE - 587 BCE: Jews are deported to Babylonia.
587 BCE - 539 BCE: Jewish exile in Babylonia.
37 BCE: Herod the Great is installed as King of Judaea. Rebuilding of the Temple of Jerusalem.
6 BCE - 30 CE: Life of Jesus Christ.
69 CE - 70 CE: The Gospel of Mark.
85 CE: The Gospel of Matthew.
95 CE: The Gospel of Luke and Acts of the Apostles.
100 CE: The Gospel of John.
132 CE: Septuagint (Greek translation of the Bible) composed at Alexandria.
1611 CE: The King James Bible, a new version produced by a team of nearly 50 scholars, is published.