Abstract
In the chronologies of Bishop Ussher and Floyd Jones there is an unsubstantiated gap or space of 80-82 years between the return of the Jews from the Babylonian captivity and the commencement of the 70 weeks of years of Daniel 9:24-25. The main reason for such a space is the unproved assumption that the Darius (Hystaspis) of Ezra 6:14-15 is a different king to the Artaxerxes of Ezra 7:1. This paper shows these two are the same king and that there is therefore no such gap in the Bible but instead a continuous chronology from creation to Christ.