Why do Jehovah's Witnesses say Jerusalem was destroyed in 607 BCE, when other sources say 587 BCE?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Jerusalem_(5...

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http://pastorrussell.blogspot.com/2009/10/jerusale...

Answer 1

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Because of these primarily:

http://onlytruegod.org/jwstrs/JWSTRS-607.pdf

http://thirdwitness.com/607_BCE/www.jehovahsjudgme...

http://folk.uio.no/rolffu/Chronlgy.htm

Aga'pe,

TOOPOO

Answer 2

"If the WTS’s claim that Jerusalem was destroyed in 607 B.C.E. is correct, then why is it that every reference source, including the Encyclopedia Britannica, Microsoft Encarta, The World Book Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia Americana, Compton’s Encyclopedia, Acedemic American Encyclopedia, Cambridge Ancient History – Vol. III, The Oxford Dictionary of World History, etc, etc, all state that Jerusalem was destroyed in 586 BC?" Perhaps you should do some research and see what the Bible says about the so-called experts of this world who put their own intelligence about what the Bible says. Research and meditate on it.

Answer 3

Why do Jehovah's Witnesses accept 607 B.C.E. as the date for Jerusalem's destruction by the Babylonians, instead of 587/6 B.C.E.?

http://onlytruegod.org/jwstrs/607BCE.htm