Jeremiah's predictions that the captivity should be 70 years, Jer

25.11,12. Jer. 29.10-14. 2 Chr. 36.21. Ezr. 1.1. Dan. 9.2; date from the year B.C. 606, 4 years after Josiah's death, Jer. 25.3 with 2 Kin. 22.1 & Dan. 1.1,2; being the first captivity, 2 Kin. 24.1. 2 Chr. 36.6,7. Dan. 1.1,2. Cyrus' decree to build the temple was i ued, B.C. 536, 70 years afterwards, 2 Chr. 36.22,23. Ezr. 1.1-4. (See CYRUS.) The temple was destroyed в.с. 588, 2 Kin. 25.8-21. Jer. 52.12-30. Jer. 39.8-10. The second temple finished, B.c. 575, Ezr. 6.14-22, 70 years afterwards.