[Avodah] How long did Nevuchadnetzar reign?

[Akiva Blum]

On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 6:00 AM, kennethgmiller at juno.com <
kennethgmiller at juno.com> wrote:

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> So: If Evil Merodach became king in the 37th year of Yehoyachin's exile,
> that was the 44th year of Nevuchadnetzar, *not* the 45th.
>
> The key to understanding this is that the first year of Yehoyachin's exile
> was the eighth year of Nevuchadnetzar. The only way to get to the number 45
> is by considering the first year of Yehoyachin's exile to be *after* the
> eighth year of Nevuchadnetzar. But it wasn't. Yehoyachin's exile did not
> begin after the 8th year; it began *during* the eighth year.
>
>
Perhaps it's because kings reigns can overlap, but years of exile
don't necessarily overlap. Therefore, the the first year of Evil Merodach
can be the same year as the last of Nevuchadnetzar, because  Evil Merodach
will count the first part of his reign as a whole year. However, the posuk
won't count a year of exile for Yehoyochin until a full year has elapsed.

Akiva
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