607x Apr 2026

Jehovah’s Witnesses believe Jerusalem fell to the Babylonians in 607 BCE. They use this date as the starting point for a "2,520-year" prophecy that leads to 1914 CE, the year they believe Jesus began ruling in heaven.

Secular historians and archaeologists almost universally agree that Jerusalem fell in 587 or 586 BCE . This conclusion is based on thousands of Babylonian cuneiform tablets, astronomical diaries, and business receipts from the era.

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