UNDERSTANDING EZRA | BIBLE TIMELINE

0. Introduction

a) Timeline. This puts the Bible book into its historical setting. It lists the key events of each book and the date when they occurred.

b) The Book of  Ezra.

1. Date: 586 B.C. 

a) Jerusalem destroyed; exiles go to Babylon.

2. Date: 539 

a) Babylon overthrown by Cyrus. 

3. Date: 538 

a) Exiles return to Jerusalem. 

4. Date: 536 

a) Temple construction begins. 

5. Date: 530

a) Temple work halted.

6. Date: 522

a) Darius I becomes king of Persia.

7. Date: 520 

a) Temple work resumed / messages of Haggai, Zechariah. 

8. Date: 516 

a) Temple completed. 

9. Date: 458 

a) Ezra comes to Jerusalem. 

10. Date: 445

a) Nehemiah comes to Jerusalem.