Timeline of the Bible · The Divided Kingdom
Daniel
Prophet · 607–534 BC
What the Bible Says
- “In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim” Daniel 1:1
- “In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia” Daniel 10:1
Each year here fits these numbers, as the years between the points they count from.
The Years
- Began 607 BC
- “When Nebuchadnesar was associated with his father in the kingdom”
- Ended 534 BC
- “was the last vision that ever he had”
In Babylon from his youth (Daniel 1:3-6); the last vision he dates is in the third year of Cyrus (Daniel 10:1).
Dated by Archbishop James Ussher’s Annals of the World (1658), quoted as printed, whose dates were printed in the margins of King James Bibles for two centuries.
