608 B.C. | Jehoiakim becomes king of Judah |
605 B.C. | Nebuchadnezzar defeats Egyptian army at Carchemish; First invasion of Jerusalem; Daniel taken to Babylon; Nabopolassar dies; Nebuchadnezzar becomes king |
603 B.C. | Nebuchadnezzar's dream in Daniel 2 |
597 B.C. | Second Babylonian invasion of Jerusalem; Ezekiel taken to Babylon |
595/594 B.C. | Revolt in Babylon against Nebuchadnezzar |
594/593 B.C. | Probable date of Daniel chapter 3 |
586 B.C. | Jerusalem burned and leveled; most of the Jews taken to Babylon |
562 B.C. | Death of Nebuchadnezzar |
539 B.C. | Fall of Babylon; Daniel chapter 5 |
538 B.C. | Date of Daniel chapters 6 and 9 |
537/536 B.C. | Cyrus' decree to rebuild the temple |
536 B.C. | First Jews return to Judea; End of 70 years of captivity predicted by Jeremiah |
535 B.C. | Vision of Daniel 10-12 |
522 B.C. | Darius becomes king |
520 B.C. | Darius' decree to rebuild the temple |
457 B.C. | Artexerxes' decree to restore Jerusalem; Beginning of 70-week and 2300-day prophecies |
444 B.C. | Artexerxes' commission to Nehemiah |