It must have been Cambyses, however if so, she must have been a widow very shortly after.

Also see Dan 8:3 referring to the medes and Pesians. I would reject that as during the reign of the Medes we read of the law of the Medes and Persians, but in Esther after the Persians were in power, we read of the law of the Persians and Medes. Josephus said that the king who married Esther was called Cyrus but that the Greeks called him Artaxexes.Įzra mentions Ahasuerus in Chap 4 who some say was the king who married Esther and that he was Cambyses the son of Cyrus.Īnother article says that Darius the Mede, Dan 9:1 was the son of Ahasuerus and Esther. Esther would have been about 16 and she was his brother’s daughter.

3:16 (You have 13 years.) Add that all together and yo u get an age for mordecai of at least 108 and possibly more. addġ year for the reign of the magi imposter. addĨ years for the reign of Cambyses son of Cyrus. Jews return including Nehemiah and Mordecai and Joshua, the high priest.Ĩ years for the rest of the reign of Cyrus. Another was Nehemiah so the same remarks will apply to him. I have assumed that he returned when he was about 20, but he may well have been older that as he was a prominent Jew, only one of about 10 named. Mordecai returned with Zerubabbel, Ezra 2:2. OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY ENDS WITH THE BOOK OF MalachiĤ00 Inter-testamental period begins ( intertestamental period )Įsther could not have been married to Xerxes as Mordecai would have been too old. Nehemiah Rebuilds the Walls of Jerusalem NehemiahĤ33 Nehemiah returns and institutes Reforms Malachi did, Zechariah and Haggia just preceded NehemiahĦ07 Captivity begins time of Jehoiakim (Daniel 1:1-6 2 Chronicles 36:6-7)ĥ97 deportation, Time of Jehoiachin (Jeremiah 52:28-30)ĥ86 Babylon invasion, FALL OF JERUSALEM, TEMPLE Destroyedĥ38 Babylon surrenders to Persian King Cyrusĥ37 Daniel prospers under King Cyrus, Daniel 6:28ĥ37 First exiles return from 70 years Captivity.ĥ35 Altar and Foundation of the TEMPLE begun, Zerubbabelĥ22 Temple construction stopped by oppositionĤ58 Second exile group returns to Jerusalem, 90 years since 1 st groupĮzra in this return, He reforms Synagogues & Scribes founded What Bible Prophets ministered during Nehemiah’s leadership? What is the time overlap of Ezra and Nehemiah?Įzra was prominent about 12 years before Nehemiah then they worked together. Here were some questions I had and my answers after constructing a timeline: As I began a study of Nehemiah I realized an overview of the period of the Persion Kings was going to help me put Nehemiah in context.

Bible kings timeline