---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Bible Outline by Chapters---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------483 BC -- Esther 1 -- The Banquets of Xerxes -- Queen Vashti Deposed478 BC -- Esther 2 -- Esther Becomes Queen -- Mordecai Thwarts a Conspiracy474 BC -- Esther 3 -- Haman Seeks Revenge on the Jews473 BC -- Esther 4 -- Mordecai Informs Esther of Haman's Plot473 BC -- Esther 5 -- Esther Prepares a Banquet -- Haman's Rage473 BC -- Esther 6 -- The King Honors Mordecai -- Haman Compelled to do so473 BC -- Esther 7 -- Esther Accuses Haman -- Haman Is Hanged473 BC -- Esther 8 -- Mordecai is advanced -- Xerxes allows the Jews to Defend Themselves472 BC -- Esther 9 -- The Jews Slay Their Enemies -- Purim Instituted472 BC -- Esther 10 -- Xerxes' Tribute to Mordecai---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Bible Timeline: All Dates are Approximate---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------586 BC -- Jeremiah's Lamentations586 BC -- Ezekiel Pronounces Judgment on Tyre586 BC -- Ezekiel Prophesies against Egypt586 BC -- Ezekiel the Watchman585 BC -- Ezekiel Foresees Reproof and Restoration585 BC -- Ezekiel Sees Resurrection of Dry Bones585 BC -- Ezekiel Sees Future battle585 BC -- Ezekiel Sees God's judgment upon Gog585 BC -- Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego582 BC -- Nebuchadnezzar's Dream573 BC -- Ezekiel's Second Temple Vision539 BC -- Daniel Interprets Handwriting on the Wall539 BC -- Daniel Survives the Lions' Den539 BC -- Daniel's Vision of Four Beasts539 BC -- Daniel's Vision of the Ram and Goat539 BC -- Daniel's Prayer and Gabriel's Answer539 BC -- Daniel Comforted by the Angel539 BC -- Daniel Prophesies Overthrow of Persia539 BC -- Daniel Prophesies Deliverance for Israel537 BC -- The Proclamation of Cyrus537 BC -- The Exiles Return535 BC -- Temple Work Begins534 BC -- Adversaries Hinder Temple Work520 BC -- Tattenai's Letter to Darius520 BC -- The Word of the LORD by Haggai520 BC -- The Word of the LORD to Zechariah520 BC -- Temple Work Resumed by Darius' Decree483 BC -- Queen Vashti Deposed478 BC -- Esther Becomes Queen474 BC -- Haman Seeks Revenge on the Jews473 BC -- Mordecai Informs Esther of Haman's Plot473 BC -- Esther Prepares a Banquet473 BC -- The King Honors Mordecai473 BC -- Haman Is Hanged473 BC -- Xerxes' Edict on Behalf of Esther and Jews472 BC -- Purim Instituted472 BC -- Xerxes' Tribute to Mordecai458 BC -- Ezra Journeys to Jerusalem457 BC -- Families Return to Jerusalem with Ezra457 BC -- Ezra's reforms456 BC -- Ezra's Prayer About Intermarriage445 BC -- Nehemiah's Prayer for the Exiles444 BC -- Artaxerxes Sends Nehemiah to Jerusalem444 BC -- Builders of the Walls Named444 BC -- Builders Overcome Ridicule444 BC -- Nehemiah Abolishes Debt and Bondage444 BC -- Sanballat's Plot444 BC -- Census of Returned Exiles444 BC -- Ezra Reads the Law444 BC -- Israelites Fast and Repent444 BC -- Israelites Seal the Covenant444 BC -- People Settle in Jerusalem432 BC -- Nehemiah Restores Laws430 BC -- The Word of the LORD by Malachi