Appendix: Restoration Period Timeline
A Chronological Time Line[1]
DATE EVENTS JEWISH FOREIGN JEWISH PROPHETS
WRITING POWER LEADER overlap
722 DEPORTATION OF Isaiah Assyria Hosea (Israel) Isaiah
ISRAEL TO ASSYRIA. Micah, Hezekiah (Judah) Micah,
"Lost tribes of Israel" Hosea Hosea
do not return. Samaritans
live in the land of Israel
605 Battle of Carchemish – Jeremiah Assyria Jeremiah
Egypt & Assyria defeated
& end of Assyrian Empire.
Daniel and group
deported to Babylon
597 Ezekiel and 10,000 Lamentations Babylon Daniel
captives deported
586 FALL OF JERUSALEM Babylon Ezekiel
& TEMPLE BURNED
40,000 deported to Babylon
(II Kings 24:1, 10–16, 18;
II Chron. 36:11–21;
Jer. 52:1–11; Ezek. 1:1–2;
Dan. 1:1–7).
Jeremiah and group
flee to Egypt (Jer. 42:15–22;
44:26–28)
538 Babylon surrenders to Cyrus Medo–Persia
"the Great" RESTORATION
PERIOD BEGINS
537 First group return from Captivity Zerubbabel Zechariah
under ZERUBBABEL (Ezra 1:2–4).
Restore the Altar & worship
535 Second year of Return – Ezra
Foundation of the TEMPLE begun
and stopped by opposition
520 Rebuilding of Temple Resumed Haggai
516 Temple Finished and Dedicated
473 Esther is Queen of Persia Esther
458 Second group returns to Jerusalem Ezra Nehemiah Malachi
Synagogues & Scribes founded
445 Nehemiah Rebuilds the Walls of Nehemiah
Jerusalem
433 Nehemiah returns and institutes Malachi
Reforms
OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY ENDS 400 silent
WITH THE BOOK OF MALACHI years
333 Alexander the Great defeats Greece
Darius III
[1] (c) 1998 Wil Pounds
Source: http://www.abideinchrist.com/messages/eznetime.html
The abideinchrist site states
"Anyone is free to use this material and distribute it, but it may not be sold under any circumstances whatsoever without the author's written consent". I express my appreciation at being able to use such a succinct and informative chronology.
Image source: getty images
A Chronological Time Line[1]
DATE EVENTS JEWISH FOREIGN JEWISH PROPHETS
WRITING POWER LEADER overlap
722 DEPORTATION OF Isaiah Assyria Hosea (Israel) Isaiah
ISRAEL TO ASSYRIA. Micah, Hezekiah (Judah) Micah,
"Lost tribes of Israel" Hosea Hosea
do not return. Samaritans
live in the land of Israel
605 Battle of Carchemish – Jeremiah Assyria Jeremiah
Egypt & Assyria defeated
& end of Assyrian Empire.
Daniel and group
deported to Babylon
597 Ezekiel and 10,000 Lamentations Babylon Daniel
captives deported
586 FALL OF JERUSALEM Babylon Ezekiel
& TEMPLE BURNED
40,000 deported to Babylon
(II Kings 24:1, 10–16, 18;
II Chron. 36:11–21;
Jer. 52:1–11; Ezek. 1:1–2;
Dan. 1:1–7).
Jeremiah and group
flee to Egypt (Jer. 42:15–22;
44:26–28)
538 Babylon surrenders to Cyrus Medo–Persia
"the Great" RESTORATION
PERIOD BEGINS
537 First group return from Captivity Zerubbabel Zechariah
under ZERUBBABEL (Ezra 1:2–4).
Restore the Altar & worship
535 Second year of Return – Ezra
Foundation of the TEMPLE begun
and stopped by opposition
520 Rebuilding of Temple Resumed Haggai
516 Temple Finished and Dedicated
473 Esther is Queen of Persia Esther
458 Second group returns to Jerusalem Ezra Nehemiah Malachi
Synagogues & Scribes founded
445 Nehemiah Rebuilds the Walls of Nehemiah
Jerusalem
433 Nehemiah returns and institutes Malachi
Reforms
OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY ENDS 400 silent
WITH THE BOOK OF MALACHI years
333 Alexander the Great defeats Greece
Darius III
[1] (c) 1998 Wil Pounds
Source: http://www.abideinchrist.com/messages/eznetime.html
The abideinchrist site states
"Anyone is free to use this material and distribute it, but it may not be sold under any circumstances whatsoever without the author's written consent". I express my appreciation at being able to use such a succinct and informative chronology.
Image source: getty images