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Original Timeline · chronological continuation

The Persian Restoration

From Cyrus through Ezra, Nehemiah, and the later Persian kings

KJV Scripture governs biblical eventsHistorical chronology is separately labeled
Creation yearTishriSept./Oct.BC / ADDec./Jan.Nisan yearNisanMarch/AprilJubileeTishri 10Trumpet SoundsPeople, rulers, and historical settingEvent and source
3385538/537 BC939Cyrus · Persia539–530 BC

Cyrus decrees the return and restoration of the house at Jerusalem

Ezra 1:1–4 · KJV
3386537/536 BC940Cyrus · Persia539–530 BC

The altar is rebuilt and the second-temple foundation is laid

Ezra 3:1–13 · KJV

Opposition hinders the work

Ezra 4:4–5, 24 · KJV
3387536/535 BC941Cyrus · Persia539–530 BC
3388535/534 BC942Cyrus · Persia539–530 BC
3389534/533 BC943Cyrus · Persia539–530 BC
3390533/532 BC944Cyrus · Persia539–530 BC
3391532/531 BC945Cyrus · Persia539–530 BC
3392531/530 BC946Cyrus · Persia539–530 BC
3393530/529 BC947Cyrus · Persia539–530 BCCambyses II · Persia530–522 BC
3394529/528 BC948Cambyses II · Persia530–522 BC
3395528/527 BC949Cambyses II · Persia530–522 BC
3396527/526 BC950Cambyses II · Persia530–522 BC
3397526/525 BC951Cambyses II · Persia530–522 BC
3398525/524 BC952Cambyses II · Persia530–522 BC
3399524/523 BC953Cambyses II · Persia530–522 BC
3400523/522 BC95418th JubileeNisan 954Cambyses II · Persia530–522 BC
3401522/521 BC955Cambyses II · Persia530–522 BCDarius I · Persia522–486 BC
3402521/520 BC956Darius I · Persia522–486 BC

Haggai calls Judah back to the work

Haggai 1:1, 14–15 · KJV
3403520/519 BC957Darius I · Persia522–486 BC

Zechariah begins his dated prophecy

Zechariah 1:1–3 · KJV
3404519/518 BC958Darius I · Persia522–486 BC
3405518/517 BC959Darius I · Persia522–486 BC
3406517/516 BC960Darius I · Persia522–486 BC
3407516/515 BC961Darius I · Persia522–486 BC

The second temple is completed under Darius

Ezra 6:14–16 · KJV
3408515/514 BC962Darius I · Persia522–486 BC
3409514/513 BC963Darius I · Persia522–486 BC
3410513/512 BC964Darius I · Persia522–486 BC
3411512/511 BC965Darius I · Persia522–486 BC
3412511/510 BC966Darius I · Persia522–486 BC
3413510/509 BC967Darius I · Persia522–486 BC
3414509/508 BC968Darius I · Persia522–486 BC
3415508/507 BC969Darius I · Persia522–486 BC
3416507/506 BC970Darius I · Persia522–486 BC
3417506/505 BC971Darius I · Persia522–486 BC
3418505/504 BC972Darius I · Persia522–486 BC
3419504/503 BC973Darius I · Persia522–486 BC
3420503/502 BC974Darius I · Persia522–486 BC
3421502/501 BC975Darius I · Persia522–486 BC
3422501/500 BC976Darius I · Persia522–486 BC
3423500/499 BC977Darius I · Persia522–486 BC
3424499/498 BC978Darius I · Persia522–486 BC
3425498/497 BC979Darius I · Persia522–486 BC
3426497/496 BC980Darius I · Persia522–486 BC
3427496/495 BC981Darius I · Persia522–486 BC
3428495/494 BC982Darius I · Persia522–486 BC
3429494/493 BC983Darius I · Persia522–486 BC
3430493/492 BC984Darius I · Persia522–486 BC
3431492/491 BC985Darius I · Persia522–486 BC
3432491/490 BC986Darius I · Persia522–486 BC
3433490/489 BC987Darius I · Persia522–486 BC
3434489/488 BC988Darius I · Persia522–486 BC
3435488/487 BC989Darius I · Persia522–486 BC
3436487/486 BC990Darius I · Persia522–486 BC
The established chronology of Living Bible Timeline

This continuation begins with the same Cyrus rows already visible at the end of the Babylonian Captivity timeline. It follows the Temple’s completion, Esther’s Persian setting, Artaxerxes I’s accession in CY 3458, Ezra’s seventh-year arrival, and Nehemiah’s twentieth-year work without treating those later acts as the first existence of the restoration command.

The Jubilee count remains continuous

The Nisan count begins at the Exodus while Creation years continue beside it. Each separate fiftieth-year Jubilee appears once, on its exact Nisan-year row.

Sources remain visibly separate

KJV references identify biblical statements. Persian, Greek, Roman, Josephus, and Maccabean records are historical witnesses. A historical date or working identification is never presented as though Scripture supplied it.