mar 1, 561 BC - BIBLICAL ANCHOR Yr 1 of Amel Marduk = Yr 37 of Jehoiachin Exile

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A CLEAR DATING OF DARK AGES by Gerard Gertoux

Year 1 of Amel Marduk (in 561 BCE) corresponds to year 37 of Jehoiachin's exile (2 Kings 25:27). This exile began just after the attack on Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II in the year 7 of his reign (in 598 BCE).
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EXAMINATION OF ANACHRONISMS IN BIBLICAL AND ASSYRIAN CHRONOLOGIES by Gerard Gertoux

Jehoiachin (598-561) was released just [after] the first year of Evil-Merodach (Jr 52:31) in March 561 BCE.
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2 Kings 25
27 And in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, graciously freed Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison.

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Jer 52

31 In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the year Awel-Marduk became king of Babylon, on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month, he released Jehoiachin king of Judah and freed him from prison. 32 He spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat of honor higher than those of the other kings who were with him in Babylon. 33 So Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes and for the rest of his life ate regularly at the king’s table. 34 Day by day the king of Babylon gave Jehoiachin a regular allowance as long as he lived, till the day of his death.

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