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STUDY OF BOOK DANIEL
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Introduction The following brief notes were prepared for a Bible study on the Book of Daniel. The notes are not exhaustive; the twelve lessons are merely designed to lay out the basic message of each of the twelve chapters of the book, providing some of the technical details and names that are important to the interpretation. Chronology, 605 B.C–33 A.D. BABYLONIAN PERIOD 605 Nebuchadnezzar invaded; Jehoiakim deposed; first wave of exiles. Daniel goes as a teenager to the court of Nebuchadnezzar 598 Jerusalem looted; 10,000 deported, including Ezekiel and Jehoiachin. 586 Zedekiah exiled and blinded; third exile, city burned (Book of Lamentations) PERSIAN PERIOD 539 Persia under Cyrus (553-530) II conquered Babylon . Daniel interprets the writing on the wall for Belshazzar . Daniel serves in the court of Cyrus 536 Jews returned to the land under Zerubbabel, with Haggai and Zechariah, to build the temple again 530 Cambyses (530-522); work stopped 522 Darius I (522-486); work resumed on the temple 515 Temple was finished 490 Battle of Marathon 486 Xerxes I (486-464); lost the battle of Thermopylae and the battle of Salamis 4 480 Esther married Xerxes 464 Artaxerxes I (464-423) 454 Ezra returned to the land 444 Nehemiah returned as governor 429-404 Pelopponesian Wars 423 Darius II (423-404); time of Malachi and of the writing of Chronicles 404 Artaxerxes II (404-358) 358 Artaxerxes III (358-335); time of Philip of Macedon; Alexander born 356 335 Darius III; wars with the Greeks 334 Alexander crosses the Hellespont 333 Alexander defeats Darius; Greek period begins GREEK PERIOD 327 Alexander conquers India; then after his death his empire divided up; two of the areas of importance for the history of Israel are: Ptolemy rules Egypt, and Seleucid rules Syria 283 Under the reign of Ptolemy II, the translation of the Bible into Greek is begun in Alexandria, Egypt (Septuagint) 272 Antiochus I (272-255) reigned in Syria, in Antioch 255 Antiochus II (255-240) 240 Seleucus II (240-226) 226 Antiochus III (226-187) 187 Seleucus III (187-175) 175 Antiochus IV (175-164), called “Epiphanes”; tried to Hellenize the Jews, sacrificed a sow on the altar, caused the rebellion 168 Mattathias (168-166) led the revolt (they were priests, called Hasmoneans, or Maccabeans) 166 Judas Maccabeas (166-161) took the leadership 165 Temple was cleansed, 15th of Kislev; Hanukkah commemorates this. 160 Jonathan (160-143) took over; 146 Battle of Carthage, ending the Canaanite civilization and the curse |
HASMONEAN PERIOD 143
Simon Maccabeas (143-135) 135 John Hyrcanus (135-104) 104
Aristobulus (104) 103 Alexander Jannaeus (103-76) 76
Salome (76-67) 67 Hyrcanus II and Aristobulus II conflict for power; Rome stepped
in. 5 ROMAN PERIOD 66
Pompey conquered the land and put it under Rome, but set up client kings 37 Herod the Great (an Edomite), made king over Galilee, Judea, and other areas 31 Battle of Actium; Herod had supported Antony and Cleopatra; but the new Caesar
Augustus left him in power
5 Jesus born, December
5, or January 4 B.C. 4
Herod the Great died in March, 4 B.C. Empire divided up between three of his sons: B.C. ---------A.D.
8 A.D. Jesus in the temple as a boy 29
Ministry of John began (14th year of Tiberius);
Jesus baptism and three year ministry began that fall 33 Death of Jesus,
Friday, April 3rd 33 A.D. 6
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