627-586 B.C. Jeremiah Prophesies

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586

Habakkuk begins prophesying;
Assyrian capital of Nineveh falls.

King Josiah dies
in battle.

Nebuchadnezzar defeats Pharaoh Neco at Carchemish,
then becomes king.
Daniel and friends
taken to Babylon
in first deportation.

King Jehoiakim becomes Babylonian vassal.

Prophet Ezekiel taken to Babylon in 2nd deportation.

Ezekiel begins prophesying to exiles by River Chebar.

Jerusalem sacked;
Temple destroyed;
3rd deportation.
Jeremiah taken
to Egypt.
Times of the
Gentiles begin.

The Times Of The Gentiles-586 Until 2nd Coming Of Christ

586-539 B.C. Daniel Continues
580	563	562	560	559 - 530	553	551	539
Nebuchadnezzar builds the famous hanging gardens.	Prince Siddhartha Gautama, known as Buddah, is born.	Nebuchadnezzar dies.	Aesop's fables are written.	Cyrus subdues Medes and forms Persian Empire.	Daniel has vision of 4 beast; Belshazzar reigns in Babylon.	K'ung Fu-tzu known as Confucius, is born.	Greeks defeat Carthaginians; Babylon falls to Media-Persia; Daniel has 70 weeks vision.

539-515 B.C. The Returns Begin
539	538	536	530 - 522	522 - 486	520	520 - 518	515
Daniel in the lions' den.	Cyrus's edict allows the Jews to return to Jerusalem.	First exiles return with Zerubbabel; altar and Temple foundations built; Daniel dies.	Cambyses rules Media-Persia; conquers Egypt.	Darius rules Media-Persia.	Haggai prophesies.	Zechariah prophesies.	Temple reconstruction completed.

515-430 B.C. Esther To Malachi
490	486 - 465	479	474	458	447	445	430
Darius loses to Greeks in Battle of Marathon.	Reign of Persian Xerxes 1, known as Ahasuerus.	Xerxes crowns Esther queen.	Haman plots to destroy the Jews; first Purim celebration.	Ezra leads 2nd return during reign of Artaxerxes 1.	Parthenon built in Athens.	3rd return; Nehemiah rebuilds Jerusalem's walls.	Herodotus completes his Histories; Malachi begins prophesying.

Thomas C. Simcox, Northeastern States director for The Friends of Israel. From Israel My Glory Magazine Sept/Oct. 2004