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Furthermore, this would mean that most of the eclipses dated to certain regnal years in Ptolemy were never observed at all.

He concludes that the Persian Empire actually lasted 123 years.

537 BC The Proclamation of Cyrus 537 BC The Exiles Return 535 BC Temple Work Begins 534 BC Adversaries Hinder Temple Work 534 BC Artaxerxes Orders Work Stopped 520 BC Tattenai's Letter to Darius 520 BC Temple Work Resumed by Darius' Decree 515 BC Completion and Dedication of the Temple 458 BC Ezra Journeys to Jerusalem 458 BC Ezra Commissioned by Artaxerxes 457 BC Families Return to Jerusalem with Ezra 457 BC Ezra's reforms 456 BC Ezra's Prayer About Intermarriage.

The long chronology is the establishment view today among both unbelieving and evangelical commentators.

During those twelve years he probably concerned himself with rebuilding the houses and infrastructure of the city and restoring the rule of the Torah Law of Yahweh in the hearts and minds of the people.

Bibliography As we have stated all along, modern unbelieving and evangelical commentators are agreed on two points that we are calling into dispute.

On the 25th of Elul September 21 in 444 B.

We will soon see that the text in Nehemiah requires us to identify Darius the Persian as Artaxerxes in the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah.

Nehemiah 6:15 - 7:1-4 6.

Malachi: The Pollution of the Priesthood — Malachi 1:1 to 2:17 Cq M.

According to the short chronology, there are only about 34 years between the two events.