Overview of Sources

The Jewish Bible (Hebrew: books of Genesis to Daniel)
Kings, Chronicles I and II : Time of Saul and David to
the end of captivity in Babylon under the Persian king Cyrus 539 BC
Ezra, Nehemiah, up to restoration of the Jerusalem
temple
Esther. Achaemenid Persian rule over the Jews
Daniel. Pseudo-prophetic narrative of Jewish history
from
Nebuchadnezar of Babylon (604-562
BC) to Antiochus IV c. 164 BC