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Addendum To The Study In The Torah:
The Instruction Of God

Mordekahy and The Kings Time Line
With Empahsis on the Events
of the Book of Ester

Carrying Away To Babylon By Nebuchadnezzar	Mordekhay Carried Away to Babylon	Conquest Of Babylon By Medes/Persians
Scripture Reference: 2 Kings 25:8 ["And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, …came Nebuzaradan …and he burned the house of the Lord…"] Jer. 52:13 ["…In the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, ..the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar…….."]	Scripture Reference: Ester 2:5-6 ["…In Shushan there was a Jew…Mordekhay…who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captives who had been carried away with Jeconiah, king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had carried away."]	Scripture Reference: Daniel 5:31 ["And Darius, the Mede, took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old."]
Contemporary Reference: 586 BCE [7th, l0th Av]³588 BCE [7th, l0th Av]⁴	Contemporary Reference: 586 BCE ⁹587 BCE ¹⁰597 BCE ¹¹	Contemporary Reference: 538 BCE ¹⁵ 539 BCE ¹⁶ 539BCE ¹⁷
Jewish Reference: 423 BCE [7th, l0th Av]⁵434 BCE [7th, l0th Av] 6 586 BCE [7th, l0th Av] ⁷	Jewish Reference: 434 & 423 & 335 BCE ¹² 589 BCE ¹³597 BCE ¹⁴	Jewish Reference: 372 BCE ¹⁸ 538 BCE ¹⁹
Hebrew Calendar Reference:	Hebrew Calendar Reference:	Hebrew Calendar Reference:
KPE Chron Yr⁸: 586 BCE Ruling King: Nebuchadnezzar 11	KPE Chron Yr.: 586 BCE Ruling King: Nebuchadnezzar II	KPE Chron Yr.: 539 BCE Ruling King: Darius, the Mede
Age of Mordekhay: 0	Age of Mordekhay: 0	Age of Mordekhay: 47

Footnotes for Previous Chart:
³ Jewish People, The, Max Wurmbrand, pg. 41
⁴CIarke's Commentary, Adam Clarke, pg. 569, Vol. 1 [2 Kings 25:8-9 notes:]
⁵Megillah Esther, ArtScroll, pg. xxiv
⁶ Jewish Timeline Encyclopedia, Mattis Kantor pg. 55-6
⁷Encyclopedia of Judaism, Geoffrey Wigoder, pg. 248; Standard Jewish Encyclopedia, The, Cecil Roth, pg. 653
⁸ Kings of the Persian Empire [Chronology Year as deduced by that study]
⁹Jewish People, The, Max Wurmbrand, pg. 41
¹⁰"Menorah Light, The," 12/94 ['The Biblical Roots of Christianity']
¹¹Biblical and Historical Background of the Jewish Holy Days, The, Rabbi Abraham. P. Bloch, pg. 81
¹²Jewish Timeline Encyclopedia, Mattis Kantor pg.70 [under 362 &335 BCE; he was a member of the 120 member Anshei Knesset Hagdola/the Sanhedrin]
¹³Encyclopedia Judaica, Geoffrey Wigoder, Vol.14, pg. 1051, 'Scroll of Esther'
¹⁴Encyclopedia Judaica, Geoffrey Wigoder, Vol. 12, pg.307
¹⁵Jewish People, The, Max Wurmbrand, pg. 45
¹⁶Unger's Bible Dictionary, Merril F. Unger, pg. 846
¹⁷Bible As History, Werner Keller, Pg. 206
¹⁸Jewish Timeline Encyclopedia, Mattis Kantor pg. 68-9
¹⁹Biblical and Historical Background of the Jewish Holy Days, The, Rabbi Abraham P. Bloch, pg.79; Encyclopedia Judaica, Geoffrey Wigoder, Vol. 4, pg.34

**Next Chart...**
Cyrus Becomes Ruler Over Medo-Persian Empire	Cyrus Authorizes Rebuilding of the Jerusalem Temple (Zerubbabel)	Mordekhay Goes Back to Jerusalem With Zerubbabel
Scripture Reference:	Scripture Reference: Ezra 1:1-3 ["In the first year of Cyrus, King of Persia"]	Scripture Reference: Ezra 2:1-2 ["Now these are the children of the province who went up out of the captivity, of those…whom Nebuchadnezzar …had carried away…Who came with Zerubbabel:….Mordekhay…"]
Contemporary Ref.: 536 BCE²⁰ 538 BCE²¹	Contemporary Ref.: 536 BCE²⁴ 538 BCE²⁵	Contemporary Ref.: 536 BCE²⁹
Jewish Reference: 371 BCE²²550 BCE²³	Jewish Reference: 370 BCE²⁶371 BCE²⁷538 BCE²⁸	Jewish Reference: 371 BCE³⁰538 BCE³¹
Hebrew Calendar Reference:	Hebrew Calendar Ref.:	Hebrew Calendar Ref.:
KPE Chron Yr: 538BCE	KPE Chron Yr.: 538/7 BCE	KPE Chron Yr: 538/7 BCE
Ruling King: Cyrus II	Ruling King: Cyrus II	Ruling King: Cyrus II
Age of Mordekhay: 48	Age of Mordekhay: 48-9	Age of Mordekhay: 48-9

Footnotes to Previous Chart:

²⁰Clarke's Commentary, Adam Clarke, pg. 708, Vol. 1 [2Chr.36:22]
²¹New Scofield Reference Bible, KJV, Pg. 536, note (1) 4:3
²²Jewish Timeline Encyclopedia, Mattis Kantor pg.69
²³Encyclopedia Judaica, Geoffrey Wigoder, Vol. 5, pg. 1184
²⁴Clarke's Commentary, Adam Clarke, pg. 742, Vol. 1 [Ezra 6:14 notes]
²⁵New Scofield Reference Bible, KJV, pg.536 note (1) 4:3
²⁶Megillah Ester, ArtScroll, pg. xxiv; Standard Jewish Encyclopedia, The, Cecil Roth, pg. 653, 654, 1490; Encyclopedia Judaica, Geoffrey Wigoder, Vol. 15, pg. 955
²⁷Jewish Timeline Encyclopedia, Mattis Kantor pg. 69
²⁸Encyclopedia of Judaism, Geoffrey Wigoder, pg. 248
²⁹Clarke's Commentary, Adam Clarke, pg. 732, Vol. 1 [Ezra 1:2 date]
³⁰Jewish Timeline Encyclopedia, Mattis Kantor pg. 69
³¹Biblical And Historical Background Of The Jewish Holy Days, The, Rabbi Abraham P. Block, pg. 83

And the beat goes on....

Sacrifice Offered Before Foundation of Temple Was Laid	The Foundation of The Second Temple Laid	Ahashverosh Becomes King of Persian Empire
Scripture Reference: Ezra 3:6 ["From the first of the seventh month, began they to offer burnt offerings unto the Lord. But the foundation of the temple of the Lord was not yet laid."]	Scripture Reference: Ezra 3:8-10 ["now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month… to set for-ward the work of the house of the Lord …and…the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord…"] Zech. 4:9 ["The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you."]	Scripture Reference:
Contemporary Ref.: 536 BCE [Tishri 1]³²	Contemporary Ref.: 536 BCE [Iyar]³⁴	Contemporary Ref.: 464 BCE ³⁷
Jewish Reference: 370 BCE³³	Jewish Reference: 520 BCE [Kislev 24]³⁵537 BCE³⁶	Jewish Reference: 368 BCE³⁸369 BCE³⁹485 BCE⁴⁰486 BCE⁴¹
Hebrew Calendar Ref.: Rosh haShanah	Hebrew Calendar Ref.:	Hebrew Calendar Ref.:
KPE Chron Yr:	KPE Chron Yr:	KPE Chron Yr: 530/29 BCE
Ruling King: Cyrus II	Ruling King: Cyrus II	Ruling King: Cyrus II
Age of Mordekhay:	Age of Mordekhay:	Age of Mordekhay: 56-57

Footnotes for Previous Chart:

³²Clarke's Commentary, Adam Clarke, pg. 735, Vol. 1 [Ezra 3:1]
³³Jewish Timeline Encyclopedia, Mattis Kantor pg. 69
³⁴A Commentary, Jamieson, Fausset, Brown, pg. 595, Vol. 1 {Ezra 6:13]
³⁵[Hag.2:18 "Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth [month, even] from the day that the foundation of the L-RD"S temple was laid, consider [it]."] Encyclopedia Judaica, Geoffrey Wigoder, Vol. 15, pg. 936, Vol. 16, pg. 1000-10001
³⁶Biblical And Historical Background Of The Jewish Holy Days, The, Rabbi Abraham P. Bloch, pg. 86
³⁷Clarke's Commentary, Adam Clarke, pg. 805, Vol. 1 [Ester: intro. & 1:1]
³⁸Magillah Esther, ArtScroll, pg xxii
³⁹Jewish Timeline Encyclopedia, Mattis Kantor pg. 70 [mathematical deduction]
⁴⁰ Biblical And Historical Background Of The Jewish Holy Days, The, Rabbi Abraham P. Bloch, pg. 80 [Megillah 11a]
⁴¹Encyclopedia Judaica, Geoffrey Wigoder, Vol. 14, pg. 1051, 'Scroll of Esther'

and on!
Cessation of Construction of the Second Temple	Darius King of Persian Empire	Darius Recommnces Construction of Second Temple
Scripture Reference: Ezra 4:6, 21 ["And in the reign of Ahashverosh, in the beginning of his reign…give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease…"] Ezra 4:24 ["Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius, king of Persia."]	Scripture Reference:	Scripture Reference: Ezra 4:24 ["Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem . So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius, king of Persia."]
Contemporary Ref.: 486 BCE⁴²522 BCE	Contemporary Ref.:	Contemporary Ref.: 519 BCE ⁴⁸24th day, 9th mo/Kislev⁴⁹
Jewish Reference: 368 BCE ⁴³370 BCE⁴⁴486 BCE⁴⁵537 BCE⁴⁶	Jewish Reference: 353 BCE [Son of Ester and Ahashverosh ???: does not compute]⁴⁷	Jewish Reference: 351 BCE ⁴⁸353 BCE⁵¹522 BCE⁵²
Hebrew Calendar Ref.:	Hebrew Calendar Ref.:	Hebrew Calendar Ref.:
KPE Chron Yr: 530-29 BCE	KPE Chron Yr: 521-486 BCE	KPE Chron Yr: 520 BCE
Ruling King: Cambyses II	Ruling King: Darius I	Ruling King: Darius I
Age of Mordekhay: 56-57	Age of Mordekhay: 65	Age of Mordekhay: 66

Foot Notes for This Chart:

⁴²New Scofield Reference Bible, KJV, pg. 536, note (4) 4:3
⁴³Megillah Esther, ArtScroll, pg. xxiv
⁴⁴Jewish Timeline Encyclopedia, Mattis Kantor pg. 69
⁴⁵Encyclopedia Juaica, Geoffrey Wigoder, Vol. 2, pg. 454
⁴⁶Biblical And Historical Background Of The Jewish Holy Days, The, Rabbi Abraham P. Bloch, pg. 86
⁴⁷Megillah Esther, ArtScroll, pg. xxiv
⁴⁸ Clarke's Commentary, Adam Clarke, pg. 742, Vol. 1 [Ezra 6:14 notes]
⁴⁹A Commentary, Jamieson, Fausset, Brown, pg. 595, Vol.1 [Ezra 6:13]
⁵⁰Megillah Esther, ArtScroll, pg. xxiv
⁵¹Jewish Timeline Encyclopedia, Mattis Kantor pg. 71
⁵²Biblical And Historical Background Of The Jewish Holy Days, The, Rabbi Abraham P. Bloch, pg. 86

And the Beat Goes On...
Second Temple Finished	Ahashverosh's 180 Day Feast	Ahashverosh's 7 Day Shushan Feast
Scripture Reference: Ezra 6:15 ["And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius, the king."]	Scripture Reference: Ester 1:3-4 ["In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants…even an hundred and fourscore days."]	Scripture Reference: Ester 1:3,5 ["In the third year…… the king made a feast, …seven days in the court of the garden…"]
Contemporary Ref.: 515 BCE⁵³515 BCE [21st Feb.]⁵⁴	Contemporary Ref.: 483 BCE⁵⁶462 BCE⁵⁷	Contemporary Ref.: 462 BCE⁶⁵
Jewish Reference: 349 BCE [3rd Adar]⁵⁵	Jewish Reference: 365 BCE⁵⁸366 BCE⁵⁹527 BCE⁶⁰534 BCE⁶¹ 8th Tishri - 8th Nisan⁶² 3 years after suspension of rebuilding of the 2nd Temple⁶³	Jewish Reference: 366 BCE⁶⁶9th-15th Nisan⁶⁷
Hebrew Calendar Ref.:	Hebrew Calendar Ref.: Solomon's Dedication Of Temple⁶⁴8th Tishri - 8th Nisan⁶²	Hebrew Calendar Ref.: 10th - 14th Nisan = Days of Preparation for Pesach 15th Nisan = Pesach
KPE Chron Yr: 516 BCE	KPE Chron. Yr: 483/2 BCE	KPE Chron Yr: 483/2 BCE
Ruling King: Darius I	Ruling King: Xerxes I	Ruling King: Xerxes I
Age of Mordekhay: 70	Age of Mordekhay: 103-4	Age of Mordekhay: 103-4

Footnotes for The Previous Chart:

⁵³Clarke's Commentary, Adam Clarke, pg. 742, Vol.1 [Ezra 6:14 notes]
⁵⁴A Commentary, Jamieson, Fausset, Brown, pg. 595, Vol. 1 [Ezra 6:13]
⁵⁵Jewish Timeline Encyclopedia, Mattis Kantor pg. 71 [NOTE: The king of Persia insisted that an engraving of the city of Shushan be placed in the Beit haMikdash as a clear indication of who had authorized the rubuilding; it was placed on the eastern gate, which was consequently called Sha'ar Shushan.]
⁵⁶New Scofield Reference Bible, KJV, pg. 562 [intro. to book of Esther]
⁵⁷Clarke's Commentary, Adam Clarke, pg.806 Vol. 1 [Esther 1:3 dates]
⁵⁸Megillah Esther, ArtScroll, pg.xxiv
⁵⁹Jewish Timeline Encyclopedia, Mattis Kantor pg. 70
⁶⁰Biblical And Historical Background Of The Jewish Holy Days, The, Rabbi Abraham P. Bloch, pg. 87 [Rava]
⁶¹[8th of Tishri] Biblical And Historical Background of the Jewish Holy Days, The, Rabbi Abraham P. Bloch, pg. 86
⁶²Blibical And Historical Background Of The Jewish Holy Days, The, Rabbi Abraham P. Bloch, pg. 88 [Rabbi Solomon Alkabez, 16th cty.]
⁶³Biblical And Historical Background Of The Jewish Holy Days, The, Rabbi Abraham P. Bloch, pg. 88 [Esther Rabba 2:3]
⁶⁴Biblical And Historical Background Of The Jewish Holy Days, The, Rabbi Abraham P. Bloch, pg. 88
⁶⁵Clarke's Commentary, Adam Clarke, pg. 807, Vol. 1 [Esther 1:5 date]
⁶⁶Jewish Timeline Encyclopedia, Mattis Kantor pg. 70 [deductive information based on date of 180 day banquet]
⁶⁷Biblical And Historical Background Of The Jewish Holy Days, The Rabbi Abraham P. Bloch, pg. 88

More to Study...
Vashti Banished From Kingdom	Fair Young Virgins Gathered (Spent One Year. In Beautification)	Ester Presented To Ahashverosh And Made Queen
Scripture Reference: Ester 1:3,5,10,13-21 ["In the third year...the king made a feast,...seven days...On the seventh day...Then the king said...What shall we do unto the queen, Vashti?...let Vashti come no more before king Ahashverosh; and let the king give her royal estate unto another who is better than she...]	Scripture Reference: Ester 2:8 ["...and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegay,...Ester was brought also unto the king’s house"] Ester 2:12 ["Now when every maid’s turn was come to go in to king Ahashverosh, after she had been twelve months,...the days of their beautification accomplished..."]	Scripture Reference: Ester 2:16 ["So Ester was taken unto King Ahashverosh into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tevet, in the seventh year of his reign."]
Contemporary Reference: 462 BCE⁶⁹	Contempory Reference: 458 BCE⁷⁰	Contempory Reference: 458 BCE {Tevet]⁷²
Jewish Reference: 366 BCE⁷⁰	Jewish Reference:362 BCE⁷¹	Jewish Reference:
Hebrew Calendar Reference:	Hebrew Calendar Reference:	Hebrew Calendar Reference: 1st, 2nd Tevet= 7th & 8th days of Chanukah
KPE Chron Yr: 483/2 BCE	KPE Chron Yr.:	KPE Chron Yr: 479/8 BCE
Ruling King: Xerxes I	Ruling King:Xerxes I	Ruling King:Xerxes I
Age of Mordekhay: 103-4	Age of Mordekhay:	Age of Mordekhay: 107-8

^{Footnotes for the
Previous Chart:}⁶⁸Clark’s Commentary, Adam Clarke, pg. 809, Vol 1 [Ester 2:22 cate}
⁶⁹Jewish Timeline Encyclopedia, Mattis Kantor pg. 70
⁷⁰Clarke’s Commentary, Adam Clarke, pg. 809, Vol.1, [Ester 2:3 date]
⁷¹Jewish Timeline Encyclopedia, Mattis Kantor pg. 70
⁷²Clarke’s Commentary, Adam Clarke, pg. 811, Vol 1 [Ester 2:12]

**More and More..**.
Mordekhay Promoted To King’s Gate	Lots Cast Before Haman For A Date To Annihilate The Jews	Ester’s Last Visit With Ahashverosh Prior To Haman’s Decree
Scripture Reference: Ester 2:19 ["And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordekhay sat in the king’s gate."]	Scripture Reference: Ester 3:7 ["In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahashverosh, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar."]	Scripture Reference: Ester 4:8-11 ["..but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days."]
Contemporary Reference:	Contemporary Reference: 453 BCE [Nisan]⁷³ 510 BCE [Nisan]⁷⁴	Contemporary Reference:
Jewish Reference:	Jewish Reference:	Jewish Reference:
Hebrew Calendar Yr.	Hebrew Calendar Reference:	Hebrew Calendar Reference: Adar 13 [two years later became Erev Purim]
KPE Chron Yr.:	KPE Chron Yr.: 474/3 BCE	KPE Chron Yr.: 474/3 BCE
Ruling King: Xerxes I	Ruling King: Xerxes I	Ruling King: Xerxes I
Age of Mordekhay:	Age of Mordekhay: 112-13	Age of Mordekhay: 112-13

Footnotes for Previous Chart:
⁷³ Clarke’s Commentary, Adam Clarke, pg. 814, Vol. 1 [Ester 3:7 date]
⁷⁴ Clarke’s Commentary, Adam Clarke, pg. 813, Vol. 1 [Ester 3:7 notes]

More Good Stuff!
Proclaimation Of Haman’s Decree To Annihilate The Jews	Ester’s 3 Day / 3 Night Fast	Ester’s 1st Banquet Of Wine For Haman And Ahashverosh
Scripture Reference: Ester 3:12 ["Then were the king’s scribes called on the thireenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king’s lieutenants...]	Scripture Reference: Ester 4:15 ["Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise;...]	Scripture Reference: Ester 5:1 ["Now...on the third day,...Ester put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king’s house...] Ester 5:3-4 ["...let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him...so the king and Haman came to the banquet..."]
Contemporary Reference: 453 BCE [13 Nisan]⁷⁵	Contemptorary Reference: 453 BCE⁷⁶	Contemporary Reference: 453 BCE⁸¹
Jewish Reference:	Jewish Reference: 13, 14 & 15th Nisan⁷⁷ 13, 14 & 15th Nisan⁷⁸ 14, 15 & 16th Nisan⁷⁹	Jewish Reference: Ester still fasting⁸² Feast held 2 hrs. before advent of night⁸³ 15th Nisan⁸⁴
Hebrew Calendar Reference:	Hebrew Calendar Reference: Fast ended on last day of anniversary of Ahashverosh’s Shushan banquet⁸⁰	Hebrew Calendar Reference: Anniversary of death of Vashti⁸⁵
KPE Chron Yr.: 474/3 BCE	KPE Chron Yr.: 474/3 BCE	KPE Chron Yr: 474/3 BCE or 473/2 BCE
Ruling King: Xerxes I	Ruling King: Xerxes I	Ruling King: Xerxes I
Age of Mordekhay: 112-14	Age of Mordekhay: 112-14	Age of Mordekhay: 112-14

^{Footnotes for Previous Chart:}

⁷⁵ Clarke’s Commentary, Adam Clarke, pg. 815, Vol. 1[Ester 3:12 date]
⁷⁶ Clarke’s Commentary, Adam Clarke, pg. 817, Vol.1 [Ester 4:16 date]
⁷⁷ Encyclopedia Judaica, Geoffrey Wigoder, Vol. 6 pg.908, ‘Ester’
⁷⁸ Biblical And Historical Background Of The Jewish Holy Days, The, Tabbi Abraham Pl Bloch, pg.89
⁷⁹ Book Of Our Heritage, The, Eliyahy Kitov, pg. 54
⁸⁰ Biblical And Historical Background Of The Jewish Holy Days, The, Rabbi Abraham P. Bloch, pg. 89
⁸¹ Clarke’s Commentary, Adam Clarke, pg. 818, Vol. 1 [Ester 5:1 date]
⁸² Biblical And Historial Background Of The Jewish Holy Days, The, Rabbi Abraham P. Bloch, pg. 90
⁸³ Book Of Our Heritage, The, Eliyahu Kitov, pg. 86 [Gaon of Vilna]
⁸⁴ Bibcial And Historical Background Of The Jewish Holy Days, The, Rabbi Abraham P. Bloch, pg. 90
⁸⁵ Bibical And Historical Background Of The Jewish Holy Days, The, Rabbi Abraham P. Bloch, pg. 89

Still Hanging in There, HUH?
Ahashverosh Cannot Sleep, Reads Chronicles	Haman Parades Mordekhay Through Shushan	Ester’s 2nd Banquet Of Wine For Haman And Ahashverosh
Scripture Reference: Ester 6:1 ["On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king."]	Scripture Reference: Ester 6:10-11 ["Then the king said to Haman,...and do even so to Mordekhay...of all that thou hast spoken...Then took Haman ...and arrayed Mordekhay, and brought him...through the street of the city..."]	Scripture Reference: Ester 7:1 ["So the king and Haman came to banqwuet with Ester the queen. And the king said again unto Ester on the second day at the banquet of wine..."]
Contemporary Reference: 453 BCE⁸⁶	Contemporary Reference: 453 BCE⁸⁸	Contemporary Ref.: 453 BCE89
Jewish Reference: 16th Nisan⁸⁷	Jewish Reference:	Jewish Reference: 16th Nisan⁹⁰
Hebrew Calendar Reference: 16th Nisan⁸⁷	Hebrew Calendar Reference:	Hebrew Calendar Reference:
KPE Chron Yr.: 474/3 BCE or 473/2 BCE	KPE Chron Yr.: 474/3 BCE or 473/2 BCE	KPE Chron Yr.: 474/3 BCE or 473/2
Ruling King: Xerxes I	Ruling King: Xerxes I	Ruling King: Xerxes I
Age of Mordekhay 112-14	Age of Mordekhay 112-14	Age of Mordekhay 112-14

Footnotes for Previous Chart:

⁸⁶ Clarke’s Commentary, Adam Clarke, pg. 819, Vol.1 [Ester 6:1 date]
⁸⁷ Biblical And Historical Background Of The Jewish Holy Days, The, Rabbi Abraham P. Bloch, pg. 90
⁸⁸ Clarke’s Commentary, Adam Clarke, pg. 819, Vol. 1 [Ester 6:9-12 date]
⁸⁹ Clarke’s Commentary, Adam Clarke, pg. 821, Vol. 1 [Ester 7:1-2 date]
⁹⁰ Biblical And Historical Background Of The Jewish Holy Days, The, Rabbi Abraham P. Bloch, pg. 90

Almost Finished...
Haman Is Hung	Mordekhay Placed Second in Command Of Empire	Mordekhay Issues Jews Defense Proclamation
Scripture Reference: Ester 7:10 ["So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordekhay."]	Scripture Reference: Ester 8:1-2 ["On that day did the king Ahashverosh give the house of Haman the Jews’ enemy unto Ester...And the king took off his ring which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordekhay."]	Scripture Reference: Ester 8:7-9 ["And the king Ahashverosh said unto Ester...and... Mordekhay...Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you...Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written..."]
Contemporary Reference: 453 BCE⁹¹	Contemporary Reference: 453 BCE⁹³	Contemporary Reference: 453 BCE [23rd Sivan]⁹⁶
Jewish Reference: 16th Nisan⁹²	Jewish Reference: 17th Nisan⁹⁴	Jewish Reference: 356 BCE [23rd Sivan]⁹⁷
Hebrew Calendar Reference:	Hebrew Calendar Reference: Hezekiah’s rededication of Solomon’s Temple⁹⁵	Hebrew Calendar Reference:
KPE Chron Yr.: 474/3 BCE or 473/2	KPE Chron Yr. 474/3 BCE or 473/2 BCE	KPE Chron Yr.: 474/3 BCE or 473/2
Ruling King: Xerxes I	Ruling King: Xerxes I	Ruling King: Xerxes I
Age of Mordekhay: 112-14	Age of Mordekhay: 112-14	Age of Modekhay: 112-14

Footnotes for Previous Chart:
⁹¹ Clarke’s Commentary, Adam Clarke, pg. 822, Vol. 1 [Ester 7:9 date]
⁹² Biblical And Historical Background Of The Jewish Holy Days, The, Rabbi Abraham P. Bloch, pg. 90
⁹³ Clarke’s Commentary, Adam Clarke, pg. 823, Vol. 1 [Ester 8:1-2 date]
⁹⁴ Biblical And Historical Background Of The Jewish Holy Days, The, Rabbi Abraham P. Bloch, pg. 90 [2 Chr. 29:17]
⁹⁵ Biblical And Historical Background Of The Jewish Holy Days, The, Rabbi Abraham P. Bloch, pg. 90 [2 Chr. 29:17]
⁹⁶ Clarke’s Commentary, Adam Clarke, pg. 823-4, Vol. 1 [Ester 8:7-9 date]
⁹⁷ Jewish Timeline Encyclopedia, Mattis Kantor pg.70

The Last Chart of This Section!
Battles Between Jews And Their Opposers	Ahashverosh Dies	Mordekhay Dies
Scripture Reference: Ester 9:1-5 ["Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same,...the Jews smote all their enemies...] Ester 9:13-14 ["Then said Ester...let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do tomorrow also according unto this day’s decree...And the king commanded it..."]	Scripture Reference:	Scripture Reference:
Contemporary Reference: 453 BCE [13 & 14 Adar]⁹⁸	Contemporary Reference:	Contemporary Reference:
Jewish Reference:	Jewish Reference: 353 BCE¹⁰⁰ 465 BCE¹⁰¹	Jewish Reference:
Hebrew Calendar Reference: Yom Nikanor⁹⁹	Hebrew Calendar Reference:	Hebrew Calendar Reference:
KPE Chron Yr.: 473/2 BCE or 472/1 BCE	KPE Chron Yr.: 465 BCE	Yr. Per KPE Chron:
Ruling King: Xerxes I	Ruling King: Xerxes I
Age of Mordekhay: 113-15	Age of Mordekhay: 121	Age of Mordekhay:

Footnotes of This Final Chart (There is More To Come on the Next Page!)

⁹⁸ Clarke’s Commentary, Adam Clarke, pg. 825-6, Vol. 1 [Ester 9:5-14 date]
⁹⁹ Jewish Holidays, The, Michael Strassfeld, pg. 189 [celebration of victory of Judah the Maccabee over the Syrian army led by Nicanor]
¹⁰⁰ Megillah Ester, ArtScroll, pg. XXIV
¹⁰¹ Encyclopedia Judaica, Geoffrey Wigoder, Vol. 14, pg. 1051, ‘Scroll of Ester’

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