Bible History Timeline – Part 9. Return from Exile

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Here is Part 9 of our timeline of the history of the Bible. It covers the Return from Exile, going from 538 BC to 167 BC. There are 82 sections.

 

 

BIBLE HISTORY TIMELINE

Part 1. The Early World – from the Creation to 2000 BC

Part 2. The Patriarchs – from 2000 BC to 1700 BC

Part 3. Egypt and the Exodus – from 1700 BC to 1280 BC

Part 4. Desert Wanderings – from 1280 BC to 1240 BC

Part 5. Conquest & Judges – from 1240 BC to 1050 BC

Part 6. The Royal Kingdom – from 1050 BC to 930 BC

Part 7. The Divided Kingdom – from 930 BC to 722 BC

Part 8. The Exile – from 722 BC to 538 BC

Part 9. Return from Exile, from 538 BC to 167 BC

Part 10. The Intertestamental Era, from 400 BC to 6 BC

Part 11. The Messiah, from circa 4 BC to 30 or 33 AD

Part 12. The Christian Movement, from 30 or 33 AD to circa 95 AD

 

 

PART 9. RETURN FROM EXILE

From 538 BC to 167 BC

The Proclamation of Cyrus

537 BC

Ezra 1

Baruch 4:30-37

Baruch 5

1 Chronicles 3:17-19

Ezra 2

Ezra 3

Ezra 4:1-5 and 1 Chronicles 3:20-24

Daniel 10

Daniel 11

Daniel 12

Ezra 4:24 to Ezra 5:1

Haggai

520 BC

Haggai 1

Haggai 2:1-9 and Zechariah 1:1-6

Haggai 2:10-19 and Ezra 5:2 and Haggai 2:20-23

 

Zechariah 1:7-21

Zechariah 2

Zechariah 3

Zechariah 4

Zechariah 5

Zechariah 6

Ezra 5:3-17

Ezra 6:1-14

Zechariah 7

Zechariah 8

Zechariah 9

Zechariah 10

Zechariah 11

Zechariah 12

Zechariah 13

Zechariah 14

Ezra 6:15-22 and Ezra 4:6

Queen Vashti is Deposed

483 BC

Esther [A]

Esther 1

Esther Becomes Queen

478 BC

Esther 2

Esther 3

Esther [B]

Esther 4

Esther [C]

Esther [D]

Esther 5

Esther 6

Esther 7

Esther 8

Esther [E]

Esther 9

Esther 10 and Ezra 4:7-23

Ezra 7

Ezra 8

Ezra 9

Ezra 10

Nehemiah’s Prayer for the Exiles

445 BC

Nehemiah 1

Nehemiah 2

Nehemiah 3

Nehemiah 4

Nehemiah 5:1-13

Nehemiah 6

Nehemiah 7

Nehemiah 8

Nehemiah 9

Nehemiah 10

Nehemiah 11

Nehemiah 12:1-26

1 Chronicles 9:1-34

Nehemiah 12:27 to Nehemiah 13:6

Nehemiah 5:14-19

Nehemiah 13:7-31

The Word of the LORD by Malachi

430 BC

Malachi 1:1 and Malachi 2

Malachi 3

Malachi 4

Joel 1

Joel 2

Joel 3

Malachi 1:2-14

Plato (427 BC)

Death of Socrates in 399 BC

Aristotle (384 BC)

Alexander the Great (336 BC to 323 BC)

The Septuagint written in 283 BC

Antiochus Epiphanes reigned (175 BC to 163 BC)

 

Resources

Bible Reading Project

  • Schedule. Our schedule for the coming weeks and months
  • Introduction. Join us in reading from Genesis to Revelation, about a chapter a day, chronologically.

 

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BIBLE HISTORY TIMELINE

PARTS:

  1. The Early World – from the Creation to 2000 BC
  2. The Patriarchs – from 2000 BC to 1700 BC
  3. Egypt and the Exodus – from 1700 BC to 1280 BC
  4. Desert Wanderings – from 1280 BC to 1240 BC
  5. Conquest & Judges – from 1240 BC to 1050 BC
  6. The Royal Kingdom – from 1050 BC to 930 BC
  7. The Divided Kingdom – from 930 BC to 722 BC
  8. The Exile – from 722 BC to 538 BC
  9. Return from Exile, from 538 BC to 167 BC
  10. The Intertestamental Era, from 400 BC to 6 BC
  11. The Messiah, from circa 4 BC to 30 or 33 AD
  12. The Christian Movement, from 30 or 33 AD to circa 95 AD

RESOURCES: Bible order vs. Chronological order, Deciding the sequence of passages

EXTERNAL REFERENCES: BibleHub, Biblical literalist chronology at Wikipedia, One Year Bible Online

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