Timeline of the Bible · The Captivity & the Return
Zechariah
Prophet · 520–518 BC
What the Bible Says
- “in the second year of Darius” Zechariah 1:1
- “in the fourth year of king Darius” Zechariah 7:1
Each year here fits these numbers, as the years between the points they count from.
The Years
- Began 520 BC
- Ended 518 BC
- “In the fourth year of Darius, the fourth day of the ninth month, called Chisslu”
Called in the eighth month of the second year of Darius (Zechariah 1:1), the year Ussher dates by Haggai’s first word (Haggai 1:1).
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.
