Jerusalem 607 BCE Vindicated
W hy Jehovah’s Witnesses are right for sticking to the Bible’s chronology of 607 BCE for the destruction of Jerusalem. Arguments for 587 BCE are scripturally flawed, causing four Bible prophecies to fail. The year 607 BCE really is the only date that works with the Bible.
Contents
- Introduction: Why is 607 BCE important? (start here)
- The real issue: seventy years
- Seventy years of what?
- Is Jerusalem included in the 70 years of desolation?
- Ruins, desolation, waste, a wasteland
- Servitude to the King of Babylon for 70 years?
- Did the 70 years begin in Neb’s 1st year?
- Did the 70 years begin with Assyria’s defeat?
- Does 607 make Daniel unrealistically old?
- The 70 years for Tyre
- Egypt’s 40-year desolation
- Zechariah: Did the 70 years continue after 537?
- What about 519 BCE?
- Conclusion: 607 BCE – the only year that works
Appendix
- A: The Seven Times prophecy
- B: Secular records “correcting” the Bible
- C: Why does the NWT use the word “devastations” and not “ruins” at Daniel 9:2?
- D: Josephus’ account of the exiles from Jerusalem
- E: Excuses for only 68 years
- F: Jeremiah 25:18 - Just as at this day
- G: Attempts to explain away Egypt problem
- H: Jeremiah 52:20 - where did the exiles come from?
- I: Ezekiel 33:24, 27 - these devastated places?
- J: Ezekiel 33:24, 27 - ten years prior?
- K: Jeremiah 29:10 - eighty years at Babylon?
- L: Ezekiel 28:3 - Why was Daniel already famous?
- M: Rolf Furuli on Vat 4956
- N: Daniel’s gross inconsistency?
- O: An example of counting a vassal kingship
Charts
- The 70 year desolations of Jerusalem, 607 based chronology
- The 70-year “servitude” of Jerusalem, secular chronology
- The 70 years of “figurative desolation” in secular chronology
- Egypt’s 40-year desolation in the 607-based chronology
- Egypt’s 40-year desolation in the 587-based secular chronology
- One 587 proponent’s “explanation” of the Egypt problem
- Tyre’s 70 years in the 607-based chronology
- Tyre’s 70 years in 587-based secular chronology
- The 70 years of servitude
- The Judean Kings in 607-based chronology
- The perfect fit of Bible chronology
- Daniel’s three full years of training
- Attempt to reduce Daniel’s three years to less than two
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Links
- Download our charts (19.6kB) — SVG format (zipped), requires program such as the free Inkscape installed.
- 587 or 607? The Bible’s View — The primary source for this minisite.
- Gentile Times Reconsidered Again, This Time Using the Bible — Complete article appears in Appendix A
- Setting the Record Straight — Also sourced for this website.
- Rolf Furuli — Professor at University of Oslo who supports 607
- Watchtower Official Site — Obligatory link
- Jehovah’s Witnesses United — apologetics, etc.
Changes
- 17th April '06 Minor changes, typo's removed, some phrases made more clear.
- 19th March '06 Site coding changed to display correctly in Microsoft Internet Explorer.
- 16th March '06 New chapter, Servitude to the King of Babylon for 70 years? added along with appropriate chart; the existing chapter of same name has been renamed to the more accurate, Did the 70 years begin in Neb’s 1st year?
- 14th March '06 Small clarifications to Appendix O; Links added to main page.
- 13th March '06 Added Appendix N and Appendix O, plus appropriate charts; Added new "charts" menu to front page; Added link to SVG file of charts; Added link to Rolf Furuli’s website.
- 10th March '06 Added Appendix M; updated all charts for a nicer style; added PDF printer-friendly versions.
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