Appendix: Timeline of the Post-Exilic Period
| KINGS |
Cyrus I (550-530) |
Cambyses II (530-522) |
Darius I (522-486) |
Xerxes I (Ahasuerus) (486-465) |
Artaxerxes I (465-424) |
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| PROPHETS |
Obadiah then Joel, early post-exilic |
Haggai (520) Zechariah (519) | Malachi (430) | |||
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DATES |
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538 Cyrus’ decree |
516 second temple built |
400 close of OT |
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| HISTORICAL BOOKS |
Ezra 1-6 first and second returns |
Esther |
Ezra 7-10 Nehemiah third return |
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