UNDERSTANDING NEHEMIAH | 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  Nehemiah.

1. Date: 586 B.C. 

a) Jerusalem destroyed; exiles go to Babylon.

2. Date: 538 

a) First exiles return to Jerusalem.

3. Date: 516

a) Temple completed. 

4. Date: 486

a) Ahasuerus becomes king of Persia.

5. Date: 465

a) Artaxerxes I becomes king of Persia.

6. Date: 458

a) Ezra comes to Jerusalem. 

7. Date: 445

a) Nehemiah comes to Jerusalem; wall completed. 

8. Date: 433

a) Nehemiah return to Babylon. 

9. Date: 432

a) Nehemiah goes back to Jerusalem. 

10. Date: 430 (?) 

a) Malachi begins his ministry.