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Periods of OT History

1. Antediluvian - Creation to the Flood
2. Postdiluvian - Flood to the Call of Abraham
3. Patriarchal - Call of Abraham to the Descent into Egypt
4. Bondage - Descent into Egypt to the Crossing of the Red Sea
5. Wanderings - Crossing the Red Sea to Crossing the Jordan
6. Conquest - Crossing the Jordan to the Death of Joshua
7. Judges - Death of Joshua to Saul’s Anointing as King
8. United Kingdom - Saul’s Anointing as King to Jeroboam as King
9. Divided Kingdom - Jeroboam’s Kingship to the Fall of Samaria
10. Judah Alone - Fall of Samaria to the Fall of Jerusalem
11. Exile - The Fall of Jerusalem to the Return of Zerubbabel
12. Postexilic - Return of Zerubbabel to the Close of the Old Testament