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Оглавление| PERSIA | JUDEA | FAMOUS | |||||
| CONTEMPORARIES | |||||||
| B.C.E. | B.C.E. | B.C.E | |||||
| Cyrus conquers | Return of Judah | ||||||
| the Babylonians | 538 | from Exile | 536 | ||||
| Cambyses | 529 | Haggai and | |||||
| Darius | 522 | Zechariah, | |||||
| defeated at | prophets | 520–516 | |||||
| Marathon | 490 | Second Temple | FLOURISHED | ||||
| Xerxes | 485 | rebuilt | 516 | ||||
| Artaxerxes I | Esther and | Gautama Buddha | 500 | ||||
| (Longimanus) | 465 | Mordecai | 485 | Confucius | 500 | ||
| Ezra goes to | |||||||
| Jerusalem with | |||||||
| second group | |||||||
| of exiles | 458 | ||||||
| Nehemiah's first | |||||||
| visit | 444 | ||||||
| Nehemiah Governor | |||||||
| of Judah | 432 | Socrates | 430 | ||||
| Malachi the prophet | |||||||
| about | 430 | ||||||
| Darius II | 424 | Xenophon | 400 | ||||
| Artaxerxes II | |||||||
| Artaxerxes III | Plato d. | 347 | |||||
| (Mnemon) | 404 | ||||||
| (Ochus) | 358 | ||||||
| Alexander, the Greek, overthrows the Persian Empire | 332 |
The story covered by the early dates in this table is not yet post-Biblical. It is already told in the later Books of Ezra, Nehemiah, Haggai and Zechariah i-viii. The history of this volume begins with the close of the life-work of these men.
The restoration of the Jews to Judea did not materialize as gloriously as Isaiah of Babylon had prefigured in his sublime addresses (Isaiah xl-xlvi.) Life's realizations very often disappoint their anticipations. Cyrus, the Persian king, opened the door; but only a poor remnant returned to a poor land. Even then, enemies made their appearance, envious of the royal grant, and plotted against their welfare. So it took many years to rebuild the Temple and many more to rebuild Jerusalem and to reorganize a new community. This service we owe to Nehemiah.
