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7/9/2025, 11:48:21 AM
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Having said the above, it also has to be pointed out that you seem to have confused two different periods of 70 years mentioned by the Bible. The 70 years of servitude (606 - 536 BC) are not to be confused with the 70 years of desolations (586 - 516 BC).
It is easier to illustrate this with a chart. The years of servitude began when the first Judahites were taken captive in 606 BC. The city had not been destroyed by this point, and it wouldn't be until 586 BC that the city and temple were sacked by the Babylonians.
A second wave of captives was taken by Babylon in 597 BC, which is when Jehoiachin surrendered. The "years of captivity" mentioned by Ezekiel begin here. This is yet another separate count from either of the other 70 year periods.
A third large wave of Judahite captives were taken at the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC. You will notice that it was 70 years between this date (destruction of the temple of Solomon) and the completion of the second temple in 516 BC (Ezra 6:15). This is not to be confused with the initial foundation of the second temple, which Daniel lived to see. This is because it took many years to build the second temple. The time between the destruction of the original temple and the completion of the second temple (despite all of the delays and so forth that were forced on it) happens to be exactly 70 years. This is the "seventy years of desolations" mentioned in Daniel 9:2. The "seventy years of captivity" began twenty years earlier in 606 BC (when Daniel was taken captive in the first wave) until 536 BC when Cyrus allowed them to return.
Because of this, your timeline ended up being 9 years longer (would be 20 years, but you didn't add Zedekiah's reign). IOW, if you were connecting to the end of Jehoiachin's reign, it would really be 61 years to Cyrus's first year. (Cont'd).
Having said the above, it also has to be pointed out that you seem to have confused two different periods of 70 years mentioned by the Bible. The 70 years of servitude (606 - 536 BC) are not to be confused with the 70 years of desolations (586 - 516 BC).
It is easier to illustrate this with a chart. The years of servitude began when the first Judahites were taken captive in 606 BC. The city had not been destroyed by this point, and it wouldn't be until 586 BC that the city and temple were sacked by the Babylonians.
A second wave of captives was taken by Babylon in 597 BC, which is when Jehoiachin surrendered. The "years of captivity" mentioned by Ezekiel begin here. This is yet another separate count from either of the other 70 year periods.
A third large wave of Judahite captives were taken at the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC. You will notice that it was 70 years between this date (destruction of the temple of Solomon) and the completion of the second temple in 516 BC (Ezra 6:15). This is not to be confused with the initial foundation of the second temple, which Daniel lived to see. This is because it took many years to build the second temple. The time between the destruction of the original temple and the completion of the second temple (despite all of the delays and so forth that were forced on it) happens to be exactly 70 years. This is the "seventy years of desolations" mentioned in Daniel 9:2. The "seventy years of captivity" began twenty years earlier in 606 BC (when Daniel was taken captive in the first wave) until 536 BC when Cyrus allowed them to return.
Because of this, your timeline ended up being 9 years longer (would be 20 years, but you didn't add Zedekiah's reign). IOW, if you were connecting to the end of Jehoiachin's reign, it would really be 61 years to Cyrus's first year. (Cont'd).
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