Seventy Years
Seventy Years
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 (Isa 23:15-17); and especially the seventy years of, the Jewish captivity at Babylon (Jer 25:11; Jer 29:10). SEE CAPTIVITY.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Seventy Years
The period assigned by Jeremiah for the duration of the Jewish exile in Babylon (Jer 25:11, Jer 25:12; Jer 29:10; compare 2Ch 36:21 f; Ezr 1:1; Dan 9:2). If the period be reckoned from the date of the first deportation in the 4th year of Jehoiakim (2Ki 24:1; 2Ch 36:6 ff; Dan 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.