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The Chronology of Sacred History to the Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus
The Chronology of Sacred History to the Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus Author:Robert King General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1860 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: Yeui ftom Year be ldam, fore Chris!, FOURTH PERIOD. FROM THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE BUILT BY SOLOMON, AND OF THE CITY OF JERUSALEM, BY NEBUCHADNEZZAR IN THE YEAR 3577, TO THE YEAR 1 BEFORE THE ADVENT OF OUR LORD (THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT HISTORY) IN THE YEAR 4162, AND BEING 585 YEARS. 3577 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon destroyed Jeru- 586 salem in the eleventh year of king Zedekiah, by Nebuzar-adan his chief captain, nineteen years after the commencement of the seventy years' captivity, which took place in the year 3558, and which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar. 2 Kings xxiv. and xxv.; 2 Chron. xxxvi. 11 -- 21; Ezek. xxxiii. 21; Jer. li. 56-64; and Hi. 1 -- 7- Note. -- Josephus makes It 3535J years from the creation (of Adam) to this period, being only 4H years less than this calculation: hut he difftrs much more with respect to other periods. Bradihaw's Josephus, Antiq. 10, cap. 8. Ezekiel's prophecy concerning Tyre in the eleventh year; and concerning Egypt in the same year, and in the twelfth year. Ezek. xxvi. 1 -- 7 ; xxxi. 1 -- 8 and 11; and xxxii. Sundry prophecies by Ezekiel concerning mount Seir, the restoration of Israel, the destruction of Gog,« less