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Cronología y 607 a. E.C. · Claim record

La organización considera el otoño de 537 a.E.C. como el año en que los primeros desterrados regresaron a Jerusalén en virtud del decreto de Ciro, y ese es el punto final fijo desde el que se cuenta hacia atrás hasta 607 a.E.C.

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La organización considera el otoño de 537 a.E.C. como el año en que los primeros desterrados regresaron a Jerusalén en virtud del decreto de Ciro, y ese es el punto final fijo desde el que se cuenta hacia atrás hasta 607 a.E.C. Source: The Watchtower, 1 de octubre de 2011Source: Insight on the Scriptures, Volume 1, 1988

La posición de la organización o su explicación posterior: Perspicacia razona que el decreto de Ciro se dictó probablemente ‘by the winter of 538 B.C.E. or toward the spring of 537 B.C.E.’, y deja margen para cuatro meses de viaje, de modo que los desterrados llegaron ‘by the seventh month (Tishri, or about October 1) of 537 B.C.E.’

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Publicación primaria de los testigos de Jehová Verificado

The Watchtower, “When Was Ancient Jerusalem Destroyed?—Part One”

1 de octubre de 2011 · pp.28-29 · pars. 19-20 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania

“According to Bible chronology, then, the 70 years was a literal period of time that ended in 537 B.C.E. Counting back 70 years, the start date of the period would be 607 B.C.E.”

The preceding paragraph fixes the end of the exile: “The decree ending their exile was issued in ‘the first year of Cyrus the king of Persia.’ … Thus, by the fall of 537 B.C.E., the Jews had returned to Jerusalem to restore true worship.” The whole of the organisation’s date for 607 rests on this subtraction.

Nota de procedencia y verificación for The Watchtower, When Was Ancient Jerusalem Destroyed?—Part One

Nota de confianza. Full document fetched from the Watchtower Online Library on 19 September 2026 and read in full; the quotation, the paragraph and the page were confirmed against the article text and its embedded page markers (span class=“pageNum”).

Corroborado por. src-chr-o-w-2011-1101-thesis, src-chr-o-it1-chronology-70-years

Notes. 607 BCE is reached by counting back from 537 BCE, not by dating the destruction directly.

Consultado. 19 de septiembre de 2026 · Identificador de la fuente. src-chr-o-w-2011-1001-count-back

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Insight on the Scriptures, Volume 1, “Chronology”

1988 · pp.458-459 · under “From Human Creation to the Present” · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania

“Another date that can be used as a pivotal point is the year 539 B.C.E., supported by various historical sources as the year for the overthrow of Babylon by Cyrus the Persian. (Secular sources for Cyrus’ reign include Diodorus, Africanus, Eusebius, and Ptolemy, as well as the Babylonian tablets.)”

The article explains that a pivotal date must be “a date in history that has sound basis for acceptance and that corresponds with a particular event recorded in the Bible”, and reasons that Cyrus’ decree was issued by the winter of 538 or spring of 537 B.C.E., allowing the exiles to reach Jerusalem “by the seventh month (Tishri, or about October 1) of 537 B.C.E.”

Nota de procedencia y verificación for Insight on the Scriptures, Volume 1, Chronology

Nota de confianza. Full article fetched from the Watchtower Online Library on 19 September 2026; the quotation and the page were confirmed against the text and its embedded page markers. Insight on the Scriptures is undated on the Online Library; the 1988 publication year is the work’s own imprint date.

Corroborado por. src-chr-o-w-2011-1001-pivotal-539

Notes. Insight calls 539 BCE a “pivotal point”, not an “absolute date”; the earlier “absolute date” wording belongs to the 1968 Watchtower articles recorded separately. It names Ptolemy among its supports.

Consultado. 19 de septiembre de 2026 · Identificador de la fuente. src-chr-o-it1-chronology-pivotal-539

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