Because of its subject matter, in this book Bible texts are generally quoted from the New World Translation (represented by the abbreviation NW), published by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc. Abbreviations for other translations of Biblical quotations, listed in the text or in the footnotes, are:

ASV	American Standard Version
KJV	King James Version
LXX	Septuagint Version (Greek)
MT	Masoretic text (Hebrew)
NAB	New American Bible
NASB	New American Standard Bible
NEB	New English Bible
NIV	New International Version
NKJV	New King James Version
NRSV	New Revised Standard Version
RSV	Revised Standard Version
RV	Revised Version

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SECOND EDITION © 1986
Published by Commentary Press, Atlanta, GA 30336

THIRD EDITION, REVISED AND EXPANDED © 1998
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FOURTH EDITION, REVISED AND EXPANDED © 2004
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Contents

Foreword	v
Introduction	1
1 The History of an Interpretation	23
2 Biblical and Secular Chronology	72
3 The Length of Reigns of the Neo-Babylonian Kings	89
4 The Absolute Chronology of the Neo-Babylonian Era	153
5 The Seventy Years for Babylon	191
6 The “Seven Times” of Daniel 4	236
7 Attempts to Overcome the Evidence	283
Appendix	312
For Chapter 1	312
For Chapter 2	314
For Chapter 3	321
For Chapter 4	332
For Chapter 5	335
For Chapter 7	353
Indexes	382