---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Bible Outline by Chapters---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------537 BC -- Ezra 1 -- Cyrus Returns the Exiles -- Restores the Vessels of the Temple537 BC -- Ezra 2 -- Listing of the Exiles who Returned535 BC -- Ezra 3 -- Altar and Sacrifices Restored -- Temple Work Begun534 BC -- Ezra 4 -- Adversaries Hinder Work -- Artaxerxes Orders Work Stopped520 BC -- Ezra 5 -- Tattenai's Letter to Darius520 BC -- Ezra 6 -- Decree of Darius -- Work Resumed -- Temple Dedication -- Passover Observed458 BC -- Ezra 7 -- Ezra Journeys to Jerusalem -- Commissioned by Artaxerxes457 BC -- Ezra 8 -- The Companions of Ezra -- Treasure Delivered to the Temple457 BC -- Ezra 9 -- Ezra's Prayer About Intermarriage456 BC -- Ezra 10 -- The People Confess -- Listing of Those Guilty of Intermarriage---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Bible Timeline: All Dates are Approximate---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------588 BC -- Siege of Jerusalem Begins587 BC -- God's Vengeance on Ammon and Edom586 BC -- Psalms of Desolation586 BC -- Jeremiah Prophesies against Babylon586 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