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== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_8025" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_8025" /> == | ||
<p> 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 | <p> 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]] . </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_60076" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_60076" /> == | ||
<p> 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 | <p> 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). </p> | ||
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