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| | Bible numbers: The writing is on the wall,2i (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | By "secondary dates" I mean the minor exile in Israel (734-732 BC) before the final (major) one in 722 BC, and the minor exiles in Judah (605, 597, and 581 BC), other than the final (major) one in 586 BC. |
 | | The 701 BC exile can be taken either way; though it was a major catastrophe, yet the nation itself did not then lose its independence. |
 | | This was the first of four such decrees to rebuild: For as there were four exiles of Judah (605, 597, 586, 581 BC), so also there were four decrees of restoration (538, 520, 458, and 445 BC). |
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