Reply To: The Missing 165 Years – Discrepancy Between Jewish and Secular Calendars

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May 6, 2014 1:41 am at 1:41 am #1014209
popa_bar_abba
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History is like a mountain balancing on a hair. The historians build mountains and mountains of dates and happenings by comparing one thing to the next, but it all depends on the first step–which is frequently as flimsy as a hair.

I don’t believe the first beis hamikdosh was destroyed in 586 BC. I think it was in 421 BC. I saw it written on a very old website.