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In 539 BCE Daniel seems to suggest (Daniel 9:2) that he understood the desolation of Jerusalem to last 70 years.
in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the Scriptures, according to the word of the LORD given to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years. – NIV
2 Chronicles 36:20-23 seems to suggest a similar 70 years of desolation.
However, history points to a 587 BCE fall of Jerusalem so 70 years would not have yet elapsed?
Is it possible this is not what Daniel/Ezra(?) are saying (i.e. NIV and some other translations have taken liberty to paraphrase), but instead that they were expecting that Jeremiah’s 70 years of captivity started around 605 BCE when Babylon began attacking Kingdom of Judah, so now he’s expecting for the desolation to end and the rebuilding to begin?
