2Ki 24:1, Ezr 1:1-2, Jer 29:10, Dan 9:2 | ESV | STEP | In his days , Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up , and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years . Then he turned and rebelled against him.

2 Kings 24:1

1 ^aIn his days, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him.

Ezra 1:1-2

The Proclamation of Cyrus

1 ^bIn the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, ^cthat the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so ^dthat he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing:

2 “Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and ^ehe has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

Jeremiah 29:10

10 “For thus says the Lord: ^fWhen seventy years are completed for Babylon, ^gI will visit you, ^hand I will fulfill to you my promise ⁱand bring you back to this place.

Daniel 9:2

2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years that, according to ^jthe word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet, must pass before the end of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years.