Hebrew on the tenth day of the tenth month, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. A number of events in Jeremiah can be cross-checked with dates in surviving Babylonian records and related accurately to our modern calendar. This day was January 15, 588 B.C.
Hebrew Nebuchadrezzar, a variant spelling of Nebuchadnezzar; also in 52:12, 28, 29, 30.
Hebrew By the ninth day of the fourth month [in the eleventh year of Zedekiah’s reign]. This day was July 18, 586 B.C.; also see note on 52:4a.
Or the Chaldeans; similarly in 52:8, 17.
Hebrew the Arabah.
Hebrew On the tenth day of the fifth month, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. This day was August 17, 586 B.C.; also see note on 52:4a.
Or destroyed the houses of all the important people.
Or Chaldean.
Hebrew 18 cubits [8.1 meters] tall and 12 cubits [5.4 meters] in circumference.
Hebrew 4 fingers thick [8 centimeters].
Hebrew 5 cubits [2.3 meters].
This exile in the seventh year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign occurred in 597 B.C.
This exile in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign occurred in 586 B.C.
This exile in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign occurred in 581 B.C.
Hebrew He raised the head of.
Hebrew on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. This day was March 31, 561 B.C.; also see note on 52:4a.
