Seventy Years
Holman Bible Dictionary [1]
Psalm 90:10Isaiah 23:15 Jeremiah 25:11Jeremiah 29:102 Chronicles 36:21 Zechariah 1:12Leviticus 25:1-7Leviticus 26:34-35Sabbatical Year
Daniel meditated on Jeremiah's prophecy (Daniel 9:2 ) and learned that 70 weeks of years were intended (Daniel 9:24 ). See Seventy Weeks .
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]
The period assigned by Jeremiah for the duration of the Jewish exile in Babylon (Jeremiah 25:11 , Jeremiah 25:12; Jeremiah 29:10; compare 2 Chronicles 36:21 f; Ezra 1:1; Daniel 9:2 ). If the period be reckoned from the date of the first deportation in the 4th year of Jehoiakim (2 Kings 24:1; 2 Chronicles 36:6 ff; Daniel 1:1 by another reckoning calls it the 3rd year), i.e. 606 BC, till the decree of Cyrus, 536 BC, the prediction was fulfilled to a year. See Captivity .
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
is a frequent number in Scripture, both symbolical and literal; e.g. the seventy years of Tyre's depression after its capture by Nebuchadnezzar till its relief by the downfall of Babylon (Isaiah 23:15-17); and especially the seventy years of, the Jewish captivity at Babylon (Jeremiah 25:11; Jeremiah 29:10). (See Captivity).
