Chart No. 1 for the Study of Daniel Stephen F. Krstulovich 5/4/2013 A Historical Reconstruction of Events Surrounding the Book of Daniel Continued A Historical Reconstruction of Events Surrounding the Book of Daniel (Continued) 700BC: King Sennacherib mysteriously retreats without takingJerusalem and Assyria never attacks west of the Euphrates River again 562BC: Nebuchadnezzar II predicts the fall of the Babylonian empire Assyrian kings attack to the east thereafter and devastate Babylon Nebuchadnezzar II dies (possibly referenced in Isaiah 14) and his son Evil -Merodach becomes king 668BC: Ashurbanipal becomes the last strong king of Assyria and makes his brother Shamash-Shum-Ukin the king of Babylon Evil-Merodach inherits a bankrupt treasury from his fathers building projects, according to Esther Rabbah Ashurbanipal claimed to read texts from before the Great Flood and the Epic of Gilgamesh was found in his library 561BC: Evil-Merodach favors captive king Jehoichin and has him eat at his own table (Jeremiah 52) 652BC: Shamash-Shum-Ukin of Babylon rebels against his brother Ashurbanipal of Assyria The policies of Evil-Merodach were considered illegal and impure according to Berossus 648BC: Babylon is beseiged and surrenders to Ashurbanipal and Shamash-Shum-Ukin is killed 560BC: Evil-Merodach is murdered by his brother-in-law and high ranking officer, Nergal -Sharezer (Jeremiah 39) Ashurbanipal's son Sin-Shar-Ishkum becomes the last king of Assyria Nergal-Sharezer becomes the next king of Babylon with one of Nebuchadnezzar's daughters as his queen 627BC: A power struggle after Ashurbanipal's death seriously weakened Assyria 162 The Book of 559BC: Cyrus the Great becomes king of Persia but has to recognize Median overlordship Ezekiel (Chap. 29, 32 -48) 556BC: Nergal-Sharezer dies and his young son Labashi-Marduk becomes king for 9 months Many puppet states free themselves from Assyrian rule, like Babylon, the Medes and the Persians 153 The Book of Ezekiel (Chap. 1 -25) In 155 The Book of In the 12th year of 625BC: Nabopolassar takes Babylon from Assyria and is crowned king but fights Assyrian armies trying to recapture it the 5th year of Jehoiachin's exile, by the Labashi-Marduk is murdered by Nabonidus, a son-in-law of Nebuchadnezzar II who becomes the next king Jeremiah (Chap. 17- Jehoiachin's exile, Ezekiel 616BC: Babylonian King Nabopolassar ejects all Assyrian armies from Babylonia Kebar River Priest Ezekiel sees a vision of Nabonidus worships the moon god Sin in Harran, where his mother is a priestess, rather than the god Marduk 24, 32-34, 37-39) gives a lament for Egypt’s 612BC: The Babylonians and Medes beseige and take the Assyrian capital of Ninevah and Sin-Shar-Ishkin is killed Jehovah seated above wheels-in-wheels with The annual celebration of the new year stops for many years, which conflicts with the worship of Marduk Jeremiah tells everyone soon coming fall, just like The Assyrians move their capital to Harran under Assyrian general Ashur-Uballit II 4 creatures. Ezekiel is called a “son -of-man” The policies and practices of Nabonidus cause conflict with Babylonian nobility and priesthood at the city gates to Assyria, Elam, Meshech - and is sent at age 30 to be a prophet to 553BC: Cyrus the Great rebels against the Medes 610BC: Nabopolassar of Babylon takes Harran and the Assyrians move their capital to Carchemish respect the Sabbath.17 Tubal, Edom and Sidon. confront rebellious Israel. In a vision he is 609BC: King Josiah of Judah is killed at Megiddo by Pharoah Neko II as Egypt goes to help Assyria stop the Babylonians Jeremiah says Jehovah Ezekiel was responsible to Nabonidus retreats to the Arabian trade center of Tayma for many years, leaving his son Belshazzar in charge of Ba bylon told to eat a scroll making him responsible to Josiah's son Jehoahaz becomes king in Jerusalem will reform Judah as a warn Judah to repent and Nitocris, the daughter of Nebuchadnezzar, dominated her son Belshazzar, accoring to Herodotus 608BC: Neko II joins Assyrian general Ashur-Uballit II to try to recapture Harran from the Babylonians and fails deliver warnings for their lives .1-3 Ezekiel lays potter does with clay told of Jerusalem's fall 549BC: Cyrus the Great captures the Median capital of Ecbatana Neko II retreats to Egypt, captures Jehoahaz on the way, and makes his older brother Jehoiakim his puppet king on his side for 390 days in front of a model of and then he smashes a even before the survivors 546BC: Cyrus the Great defeats the Lydians and becomes king of the Medes Jerusalem with a siege-skillet for Israel's 605BC: Nebuchadnezzar II and the Medes defeat Neko II at the battle of Charchemish and Egypt is never a world power again pot at Topheth in arrived in Babylon. He Median king Darius is the father-in-Law of Cyrus by his queen Mandane years of sin, and then another 40 days for Jehoiakim pays tribute to Babylon, sends Daniel and other nobility as hostages, and becomes their puppet king Gehenna for its child foretells the doom of the 543BC: Nabonidus returns to Babylon and relieves Belshazzar of command out of concern over Cyrus the Great Judah's.4 Ezekiel chops and burns his shaved sacrifice atrocities. Nebuchadnezzar II takes Syria and Phoenecia away from Egyptian control and puts them under Babylonian control ones still left in Judah, but 540BC: Cyrus the Great takes Elam and its capital city of Susa hairs, representing Judah's people, to picture Judah will be filled Jehovah will bless again in Nebuchadnezzar II become king of Babylon as his father Nabopolassar dies at age 53 of natural causes 539BC: Nabonidus orders god idols from surrounding areas to be brought into Babylon to protect the city Israel's doom for idolatry.5-7 In the 6th year with horror and a covenant through His Nebuchadnezzar marries Amytis, the daughter of the Median king, to ensure peace with the Medes Nabonidus marches his army out to attack Cyrus the Great and is defeated of Jehoiachin's exile, Ezekiel sees a vision cannibalism. Jeremiah Shepherd from David’s 601BC: Nebuchadnezzar attempts to invade Egypt and fails, so some middle east puppet states rebel Cyrus the Great captures Babylon without a battle by diverting the Euphrates River and kills Belshazzar (Daniel 5) during a meeting of exiled leaders, which is put in jail but tells of line.32-34 Ezekiel foretells Cyrus the Great rules Babylon jointly with the 62 year old Median king Darius (Daniel 6) Jehoiakim rebels against Babylon and switches loyalties back to Egypt depicts idolatry in the Temple as Jehovah exile to Babylon.18-20 As doom to Edom for gloating 599BC: Babylon retaliates against Jerusalem above the wheels-in-wheels has the faithful Babylon attacks, over Judah's fall, God will Raiders from surrounding lands are sent to attack Jerusalem marked, and then burns Jerusalem as God's Zedekiah asks Jeremiah restore the exiles to glorify 597BC: Jehoiakim dies in disgrace and his son Jehoiachin reigns for 3 months glory leaves the Temple for Mt Olives . The to pray, but he tells the Himself among the Jerusalem falls to the Babylonians vision kills the leader Pelatiah.8-11 Ezekiel king to surrender and nations, like bringing dry Gabriel's Prophecy of 70 x 7 in Daniel Chapter 9 Jehoichin is taken captive to Babylon with Ezekiel and 30,000 others and much treasure then digs thru a wall with a bundle to foretell do good to continue bones back to life, and that Zedekiah will try to flee but be blinded the dynasty, saying his Israel and Judah will Lunar years ### 48 428 7 483 Key Dates Captive Jews in Babylon still regard Jehoiachin as the true king 7 x 7 = 49 62 x 7 = 434 1 x 7 = 7 70 x 7 = 490 605 BC: Daniel taken captive and sent to Babylon.12 Ezekiel tells the brothers Jehoahaz and become one again, like Solar years Nebuchadnezzar II makes Josiah's 3rd son, Zedekiah, his new puppet king 146 The Book of Daniel (Chap. 1 -3) In Jehoiakim's 3rd year of revolt, King 586 BC: Babylon Sacks Jerusalem leaders that Israel is so doomed for its false Jehoiakim and nephew sticks joined together, 591BC: Pharoah Psamtik II stirs up revolt against the Babylonians in the middle east Nebuchadnezzar takes the youth of Judah's nobility captive to Babylon, including Daniel Jewish 586 BC 537 BC 537 BC 103 BC 103 96 BC 586 BC 96 BC 537 BC: Cyrus ends Jews exile prophets and charms that even Noah, Daniel Jehoiachin will never under Jehovah's Shepherd 589BC: Zedekiah rebels against Babylon and allies with Pharoah Hophra of Egypt and his 3 friends. However, they faithfully obey God's laws, and so God grants them skill 457 BC: Artaxerxes rebuild Jerusalem-Ezra 7 and Job could not save them.13-15 God lifted return.21-22 Jehovah will and King from David’s Nebuchadnezzars crushes the Egyptian forces and beseiges Jerusalem for 18 months and the interpretation of dreams and visions as they enter the king's service .1 Since the Critical 586 BC 537 BC 605 BC 171 BC 171 164 BC na 445 BC: Artaxerxes rebuild Jerusalem-Neh 2 Judah from among the Amorites and Hittites raise up a Shepherd line.35-37 Ezekiel foretells 408-396 BC: Jerusalem's reconstruction 587BC: Jerusalem and the Temple are destroyed by the Babylonians 2nd year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, he has had a fearful dream, which he kept secret, to be pure, but now they are worse than and Ruler, David’s that in the future Gog of Traditional 457 BC 408 BC 408 BC 27 AD 27 AD 445 BC 34 AD 171 BC: High Priest Onias III killed Zedek iah is captured, blinded after seeing his sons killed, and taken to Babylon but which God reveals to Daniel as an image crushed by a stone.