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If 588 B.C.E. marked the 37th year of Nebuchadnezzar II, then his 18th year would be 607 B.C.E.—the very year indicated by the Bible’s chronology for the destruction of Jerusalem! (See the time line below.) But does VAT 4956 provide further corroborating evidence for the year 607 B.C.E.?
The 7th century BC began the first day of 700 BC and ended the last day of 601 BC. Map of the Neo-Assyrian Empire at their apex in 671 BC. The Neo-Assyrian Empire continued to dominate the Near East during this century, exercising formidable power over neighbors like Babylon and Egypt. In the last two decades of the century, however, the empire ...
Aug 4, 2020 · The Watchtower claims it was destroyed in 607 BCE. This date is critically important to them, because on it Charles Taze Russell calculated the year 1914 (2520 years (7 * 360) later). What do Jehovah's Witnesses think is the evidence for 607 BCE as the year of the destruction of Jerusalem?
1943: Destruction of Jerusalem moved from 606 BCE to 607 BCE, when the Watch Tower Society realised there was no year zero between 1 BCE and 1 CE, in order to maintain calculations regarding 1914; return of the Jews from Babylon to Jerusalem moved from 536 BCE to 537 BCE to maintain 70 years after 607 BCE.
Before trying to bring up 607 BCE with someone, you should have already read this article and be familiar with how Watchtower tries to defend the fictional date of 607 BCE primarily by discrediting and casting doubt upon secular historians and archaeologists.
Aug 3, 2023 · Some secular chronologist’s argue that Jerusalem was not destroyed in 607 BCE, but in 587 BCE, and provide what they claim is archaeological evidence to support this. If 607 BCE is wrong, then the “seven times” prophecy ending in 1914 CE would be wrong also.
Dec 22, 2015 · In this special video I explain why 607 BCE and 1914 are such important dates to Jehovah's Witnesses, what the relationship is between the two, and how Watchtower's chronology arises from a...
