Book of Daniel - Dates and Events
Below is a table containing Dates and Events described in the Book of Daniel. Additionally, other dates have been added which will help to establish a time line of events as relates to Israel and the Gentile nations. This initial posting is not complete and will be revised as needed.
| Ten Tribes taken captive by Assyria | 721 BC | II Kings 17:4-6 |
| Nebuchadnezzer besieged Jerusalm | 606 BC | |
| Nebuchadnezzar takes Jerusalem - | 605 BC | |
| Daniel Shadrach,Meshach, and Abednego Tested with food | 605 BC | |
| Nebuchadnezzar has the statue dream | 603 BC | |
| Daniel brought before the king | 602 BC | |
| Daniel and friends give rulership | 602 BC | |
| Nebuchadnessar's second deportation to Babylon | 598 BC | Ii Kings 24:8-16 |
| Final destrcuiton of Jerslaem | 586 BC | |
| Belshazzer - writing on the wall | 538 BC | |
| Babylon taken by Medes and Persians | 538 BC | |
| Cyrus grants right for Judea to return to Jerusalem | 536 BC | |