70 Weeks

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Decrees Given

Decree Year Ordains Bible reference
Decree of Cyrus 538BC to rebuild the temple 2 Chr 36:22-23, Ezra 1:1-4, 5:13
Decree of Darius 520BC to rebuild the temple (Cyrus’s Decree confirmed) Ezra 4:24, Ezra 6:1, 6-12
1st Decree of Artaxerxes 458BC to rebuild the city of Jersusalem Ezra 7:7, Ezra 7:11-26
2nd Decree of Artaxerxes 444BC to rebuild the city wall Nehemiah 2:1-8

Daniel 9:25 refers to a decree to rebuild Jerusalem, it can only be the first decree of Artaxerxes issued in 458BC.