DATING THE DECREE TO RESTORE THE CITY OF JERUSALEM

NOTES: Index - Daniel's 70x7 years charts & files
 Years are from Autumn to Autumn (US. lang. Fall to Fall). E.g. 485/484 is the oriental year from Autumn BC485 to Autumn BC484.
 Light green background indicates data relevant to Daniel's 70 7s.
 Dark green background indicates a Sabbatical year.
 Blue background indicates a Jubilee year.
 References in angle brackets, e.g. <1100>, are to 'The Annals of the World' revised by L.& M. Pierce. ISBN: 089051-360-0.
 We have shown Atrtaxerxes I's co-regency because some include those years in their reckoning. [See note 3 in "THE SIX DECREES ".]

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This Artaxerxes is Artaxerxes I , generally known as 'Longinamus'
 
 
Xerxes accession to the throne October BC 486 and marries Amestris
His first year of rule: October BC 486 to October 485. <1100-1102> Darius is his firstborn
Earliest possible year for the birth of Xerxes' second heir apparent:- Artaxerxes.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Artaxerxes I's first co-regent year BC Autumn 475 to Autumn 474. <1177>
Some reckon Artaxerxes I's reign from this year. Thermistocles flight - Autumn 474 <1177>
Thermistocles had appealed to co-regent Artaxerxes for refuge pre-Winter BC473. <1184 cp.1185>
 
 
 
 
Some believe Artaxerxes' gave a decree to restore the city in his seventh year as co-regent.
 
 
Xerxes died in August 465. Artaxerxes' accession to the throne August BC 465.
Artaxerxes I's first year of sole rule was August BC 465 to August BC 464.
 
 
 
 
Artaxerxes I's seventh year of sole rule was August BC 459 to August BC 458.
Ezra goes to Jerusalem. [Ezra 7:6,7,9 cp Ezra.4:21 and 7:13,14-21-23-25,26-28]
 #1. The first year of the 70x7 years  from receiving the decree [Daniel 9:25]
 
Nisan BC 455 - Some reckon Artaxerxes I gave a decree to restore the city at this time.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nisan BC 444 - Artaxerxes I' Decree to restore the city walls. Nehemiah 2:1, 2:3, 2:8.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Artaxerxes I (Longinamus) died in the summer of BC 425. <1291>

The chart "DANIEL'S 70x7 YEARS" numbers all the years from Xerxes' death (BC 458) to the baptism of the first Gentiles (AD33)