Judah and Babylon
Jerusalem falls,
and Persia takes Babylon.
Follow Judah’s final kings, the captivity, Babylonian rulers, Cyrus, and the first return without crowded labels.
Creation year
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Dated events
CY 3352 · Nisan 906 · about 572/571 BCEzekiel gives his final dated prophecyCY 3362 · Nisan 915 · 561 BCJehoiachin is released from prisonCY 3384 · Nisan 937 · 539 BCBelshazzar’s feast; Babylon fallsCY 3384 · Nisan 937 · 539 BCCyrus takes BabylonCY 3385 · Nisan 938/939 · 538 BC · provisional placementCyrus decrees the returnCY 3385 · Nisan 938/939 · about 538 BC · under reviewThe first return is preparedCY 3385 · Nisan 938/939 · about 538 BC · under reviewThe first return travels to JudahCY 3385 · Nisan 938/939 · about 538 BC · under reviewThe returnees settle in their citiesCY 3386 · Nisan 939 · 538 BCThe altar is rebuiltCY 3386 · Nisan 940 · 537 BCThe second temple foundation is laidCY 3386 · Nisan 939/940 · begins about 537 BCOpposition hinders the temple work
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Chronology notes