Isaiah chapters 1 to 5, the kingdom of god

Israel in Babylonian Exile

By mygyro
  • 634 BCE

    Nebuchadnezzar born to Nabopolassar (Babylonian general for Assyria)

    Nebuchadnezzar II was the son of a Babylonian general in Assyrian army, Nabu-apla-usur (Nabopolassar)
  • Period: 626 BCE to 539 BCE

    Neo-Babylonian Empire (626 - 539 B.C.)

    NOTE: The Jews don't get to start coming home until the Neo-Babylonian Empire has been ended.
  • Period: 626 BCE to 605 BCE

    Nabopolassar King of Babylon

  • 612 BCE

    Nineveh falls to Babylonian/Mede coalition

  • 609 BCE

    Neo-Assyrian empire ends (911-609 B.C.)

  • 606 BCE

    Israel conquered by Babylon

    Israel incorporated into Babylon
  • 605 BCE

    Egyptians, Pharaoh Necho II fall to Nebuchadnezzar

  • Period: 605 BCE to 562 BCE

    Nebuchadnezzar II King of Babylon (605 - 562 B.C.)

    Longest ruling monarch of Neo-Babylonian Empire. Nebuchadnezzar spoke to the gods in his inaugural address, saying, “O merciful Marduk, may the house that I have built endure forever, may I be satiated with its splendor, attain old age therein, with abundant offspring, and receive therein tribute of the kings of all regions, from all mankind.” (Kerrigan, 39).
  • 586 BCE

    Babylonians destroy Jerusalem; Jews exiled

    The Babylonians raze Jerusalem and tear down the first (Solomon's) Temple. They take complete control and exile the people of Judah including Daniel, Ezekiel, Jeremiah into captivity in Babylon.
  • Period: 550 BCE to 539 BCE

    Cyrus II King of Achaemenids (550 - 539 B.C.)

    King of Achaemenid Empire before it conquered Babylon
  • Period: 539 BCE to 530 BCE

    Cyrus II (539-530 B.C.)

    King of Babylon in the Achaemedan (Persian) Empire
  • Period: 539 BCE to 331 BCE

    Babylonian-Achaemenidean (Persian) Empire (539-331 B.C.)

    Ended by Alexander pillaging Babylon
  • 538 BCE

    Cyrus II commands rebuilding of Temple

    Cyrus II sends Zerubbabel (grandson of Jeconiah or Pedaiah; lineage of king David) and Joshua (High Priest) back to Jerusalem to lay the foundation for and build the Temple again. (See Is. 45:1-14; Cyrus may have been read this passage and it influenced him to release the Jews to build God's Temple again)
  • Period: 538 BCE to 515 BCE

    Jews Wave I - Temple Rebuild (538 - 515 B.C.)

  • Period: 530 BCE to 522 BCE

    Cambyses II (530 - 522 B.C.)

    King of Babylon in the Achaemedan (Persian) Empire
  • 525 BCE

    Phoenicia (Lebanon) subjugated by Babylon

    Which means, also subjugated into the Persian (Achaemenids)
  • Period: 522 BCE to 486 BCE

    Darius I (522-486 B.C.)

    King of Babylon in the Achaemedan (Persian) Empire
  • 520 BCE

    Haggai prophecy 1: "Your work stoppage is delaying the Temple" 6/1/520BC

    Delivered to Zerubbabel governor of Judah, Joshua the High Priest, and "all the remnant of the people." God confronts all of them for not working on the Temple but instead working on their own needs and accommodations. Says to ask themselves why they are hungry, droughted and poor despite their best efforts. Says this is by God's command because of their misordered priorities. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-zYnOxAuPaTMEvlREMRXFn9bo6UnwNjZO-nHeM84UUo/edit?usp=sharing
  • 520 BCE

    Hag #2: "I am with you" affirmation 7/21/520BC

    4 weeks after they restart work on the Temple, God gives them an another word encouraging on their rebuilding of both this Temple, and God's building of the final Temple. Full description is in Hag 2:1-9, at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1knbEv3EH9WEOQYIouPTpiqfjl2KFWci8drhImTXdXBc/edit?usp=sharing
  • 520 BCE

    Leaders restart Temple work 23 days after Hag #1 6/24/520BC

    Haggai 1:12-15 describes this: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10sH2a3WFQuiFpEFkrbBzsvlg65RhmvMqJ3JaNP6kj-A/edit?usp=sharing
  • 520 BCE

    Hag #3: "offerings unclean but I bless" 9/24/520BC

    Contents in Unlocked Literal Bible translation: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XrgzyCaMO2lYgyOC8vOiXO9AMOUxMgtooK1vEVyox-Q/edit?usp=sharing
  • 520 BCE

    Foundation of Temple finished (9/24/520BC)

    God refers to this accomplishment in Haggai's word# 3: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XrgzyCaMO2lYgyOC8vOiXO9AMOUxMgtooK1vEVyox-Q/edit?usp=sharing
  • 520 BCE

    Hag #4: "Will replace kings w Zerub" 9/24/520BC

    See text of Word 4 in: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kDl-V5gQ-oLfXkP9Ue5Pyvo3WoLX3ARRfC-8RZsBNzU/edit?usp=sharing
  • 515 BCE

    First Passover in Temple, via "Haggai's prophesying"

    "commemorating their forefathers' release from Egyptian bondage" (Ezr. 6:19). On the third day of the eleventh month of the sixth year of Darius' reign (Ezr. 6:14-15)
  • Period: 486 BCE to 465 BCE

    Xerxes I (Ahasuerus 486-465 B.C.)

    King of Babylon in the Achaemedan (Persian) Empire
  • Period: 465 BCE to 424 BCE

    Artaxerxes I (465-424 B.C.)

    King of Babylon in the Achaemedan (Persian) Empire
  • 424 BCE

    Xerxes II, Secydianus murdered

    Artaxerxes dies and is succeeded by his son Xerxes II, who is murdered in a month and succeeded by his half-brother Secydianus
  • Period: 423 BCE to 405 BCE

    Darius II (423-405 B.C.)

    King of Babylon in the Achaemedan (Persian) Empire
  • Period: 405 BCE to 358 BCE

    Artaxerxes II (405-358 B.C.)

    King of Babylon in the Achaemedan (Persian) Empire
  • Period: 358 BCE to 338 BCE

    Artaxerxes III (358-338 B.C.)

    Also called "Ochus." King of Babylon in the Achaemedan (Persian) Empire
  • 338 BCE

    Artaxerxes IV murdered

  • Period: 338 BCE to 331 BCE

    Darius III (338-331 B.C.)

    King of Babylon in the Achaemedan (Persian) Empire
  • 331 BCE

    Alexander conquers Babylon