Septuagint Biblical Timeline

This Biblical Timeline was created using passages from the Brenton’s 1851 Septuagint (LXX) ^[1]. The timeline is anchored to a date of 586 BC for the destruction of Solomon’s Temple. The Brenton verses are actively linked to the Studybible website.

Note: this timeline yields a total of 391 years between the apostasy of Israel in the 4th year of Rehoboam (977 BC) and the destruction of Jerusalem (586 BC). The prophecy of Ezekiel 4:4-5, 9 as found in the Dead Sea Scrolls implies the time of iniquity to be 390 years. The Brenton Septuagint for Ezekiel 4:4-5 implies the time of iniquity to be only 190 years.

[1] The Brenton Translation was published by Samuel Bagster & Sons, Ltd., London 1851, and has a “begat age” for Lamech that is 20 years earlier than in the Hebrew text (167 vs 187). If Methusala begat Lamech at age 167, he would have 802 years remaining in his life, which means he would still be alive after the flood. But if he begat Lamech at age 187, as indicated by the Hebrew text, he would die 6 or 7 years prior to the flood. Therefore, the 187 year begat date for Lamech is probably the more accurate one.