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Daniel Chronology

610 - 516 BC

Babylonian Empire

Nebuchadnezzar

606

Medo-Persian Empire

Nabonidus

Belshazzar

Cyrus

Darius the Mede

Cambyses

Darius I

562

556 553

539

525

531

522

Book of Daniel

Ch. 1

Ch. 2

Nebzr’s 

dream

Ch. 3

Fiery 

furnace

Ch. 4

Nebzr’s 

insanity

Ch. 5

Feast

Ch. 6

Lion’s den

Ch. 9

3rd vision

538

Ch. 10-12

4th vision

536

Ch. 8

2nd vision

551

Ch. 7

1st vision

553

Book of Ezekiel

Book of Ezra

Book of Jeremiah

70-Year Jewish Captivity

606

Daniel & 

friends

597

Ezekiel & 

10,000 

captives

586

Jerusalem 

destroyed

Zerubbabel

538

Decree of 

Cyrus

520

Temple 

resumed

516

Temple 

finished

3 stages of captivity

536

Temple 

started