Death of Joseph to Solomon's Temple completion - (631 yrs.)
(Click link to read the Bible verses that outline those events)
Moses leads his people out of Egypt (the Exodus) - Exodus 12, 13, 14.
Moses presents the 10 Commandments to his people who reject God - Exodus 20.
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Canaan: the Promised Land - Deuteronomy
Joshua prepares the 12 tribes of Jacob to dominate the Levant - Joshua.
Joshua and the Jews defeat 7 nations of people to take back the region east of the Mediteranean Sea.
Those 7 groups are the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites and
Jebusites as stated in Joshua 3:10.
Period of the Judges - Judges
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The United Kingdom
Samuel ordains Saul the first king of the United Kingdom - 1 Samuel.
David succeeds Saul as king, uniting the region under his reign - 2 Samuel,
1 Chronicles 11.
David sets Jerusalem as his capital - 2 Samuel 5,
1 Chronicles 11:4-9.
Solomon, David's son & successor, builds the Temple of God - 1 Kings 6,
2 Chronicles 3.