https://christiansermonsandmusicvideos.com/2014/12/daniel chap 1 commentary daniels diet and training in babylon.html This is a video bible study on Daniel Chapter 1 Part A. Daniel 1:1 2 is really describing the siege of Jerusalem in 597 during the twelfth year of Jehoiakim and the first year of Jehoiachin, and this corresponds to 2Kings 24, Daniel 5:1 5, and 2Chronicles 36. Nebuchadnezzar was not yet king in 606, the third year of Jehoiakim, and the Egyptians still ruled. Jeremiah 36:9 refers to Jehoiakim in Jerusalem in his fifth year, two years later. Babylonian records show Judah to have become a vassal state in 603, while Jehoiakim is still king, but there is no record of a siege at the time. By taking Daniel seriously as a historical source, none of this is a problem. It only becomes a problem when Daniel is doubted from the beginning as a source. Daniel reports a siege otherwise unknown in historical sources. That siege resulted in taking captives and some temple furnishings, but leaving the city, temple, and king intact. Nebuchadnezzar defeated Pharaoh Necho at the Battle of Carchemish, inheriting the throne from his father Nabonidus during the campaign. He would thus have had time to complete the siege in 605. A rebellion on the part of Jehoiakim in 601 would have led to the greater depredation in 597, the one known from other historical sources.
