The Watchtower, “When Was Ancient Jerusalem Destroyed?-Part One, 'The Canon of Ptolemy'”
“Notice that Ptolemy lists only four kings between the Babylonian rulers Kandalanu and Nabonidus. However, the Uruk King List-a part of the cuneiform record-reveals that seven kings ruled in between. ... In general, Ptolemy's canon is regarded as accurate. But in view of its omissions, should it really be used to provide a definite historical chronology?”
The organisation's argument that Ptolemy's canon omits kings. Its examples, Sin-sharra-ishkun and Ashur-etel-ilani, belong to the Assyrian succession before Nabopolassar took the throne of Babylon in 626 BCE.
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Nota de procedência e verificação for The Watchtower, When Was Ancient Jerusalem Destroyed?-Part One, 'The Canon of Ptolemy'
Nota de confiança. Read in the Watchtower Online Library text on 19 September 2026; page markers place the passage across pages 30 and 31. Notes 8 and 9 of the article name Sin-sharra-ishkun and Ashur-etel-ilani.
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Consultado em. 19 de setembro de 2026 · Identificador da fonte. src-chr-e-w11-1001-ptolemy