Jehovah's Witnesses claim Jerusalem was destroyed in 607 BCE. What is the evidence?
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Battle of Megiddo (June 609 BC, based on Brooklyn Museum artifact) when King יֹֽאשִׁיָּ֑הוּ "Josiah" is defeated.
We learn in [2 Chronicles 26] Josiah's son Jehoahaz ruled Jerusalem (3 months, September 609 BC) - until Josiah's other son אֶלְיָקִ֣ים "Eliakim" (called יְהֽוֹיָקִ֑ים "Jehoiakim" by Egyptians) became ruled over יְהוּדָה֙ "Judah" and יר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם "Jerusalem".
[Daniel 1:1]: "In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it." (606 BC)
By those dates referenced in the Tanakh starting from the date published by Brooklyn Museum relating to commemorative statue of Necho II, the argument could be made Nebuchadnezzar "conquered" Jerusalem around 607-606 BC.
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This very question was posed by a reader of the Watchtower magazine published by Jehovah’s Witnesses.
It led to the printing of a two-part article: When Was Ancient Jerusalem Destroyed?
Part one main points are
“Seventy Years” for Whom?
When Did “the Seventy Years” Start?
When Did “the Seventy Years” End?
Classical Historians —How Accurate?
The Canon of Ptolemy
The Conclusion Based on This Evidence
Part 2 main points are
What the Clay Documents Really Show
Why Trust the Bible?
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