UNDERSTANDING MALACHI | BIBLE TIMELINE

0. Introduction

a) Timeline. This puts the Bible book into its historical setting. It lists the key events of each book and the date when they occurred.

b) The Book of Malachi.

1. Date: 586 B.C. 

a) Jerusalem is destroyed. 

2. Date: 538

a) First exiles return to Jerusalem. 

3. Date: 536

a) Temple construction begins. 

4. Date: 520

a) Haggai, Zechariah become prophets.

5. Date: 516

a) Temple completed. 

6. Date: 479

a) Esther becomes queen of Persia. 

7. Date: 465

a) Artaxerxes becomes king of Persia. 

8. Date: 458

a) Ezra comes to Jerusalem. 

9. Date: 445 

a) Nehemiah comes to Jerusalem.

10. Date: 430

a) Malachi becomes a prophet. 

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