As we study Ezra in BSF, we find that Ezra is not in chronological order. How do we know this? It’s because of the dates of the reigns of the Persian kings involved. Here’s a list of those kings and dates.
Alphabetic and chronological lists of the kings of Babylon and Persia during and after the Jewish exile. (Click on underlined blue names in the list to go to the Wikipedia article on the respective king.)
Additionally, just FYI, here is a brief timeline of the Bible. Did you know that Genesis records over half of the time in the whole Bible but less than 5% of its verses? Check out the timeline here.
Updated 20.Nov.2025 — Cleaned up and new timeline added to Persian kings doc.