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The Length of Reigns of the Neo-Babylonian Kings 129
B-4: Chronological interlocking joints
There are only two possible ways of extending the Neo-Babylonian
period to include the twenty extra years required by the Watch
Tower chronology:
Either the known Neo-Babylonian kings had longer reigns than
indicated by all the documents discussed above, or there were
other, unknown kings who belonged to the Neo-Babylonian era in
addition to those known to us from these documents.
Both of these possibilities, however, are completely excluded,
not only by the several lines of evidence presented so far and the
astronomical evidence that will be discussed in the next chapter,
but also by a series of texts that inseparably interlock each reign with
the next throughout the whole Neo-Babylonian period. Eleven
such chronological interlocking joints wil1 be discussed below.
a) Nabopolassar to Nebuchadnezzar
(1) In the earlier discussion of the Neo-Babylonian chronicles, one of
them (Chronicle 5) was quoted as saying that Nabopolassar, the first
Neo-Babylonian king, ruled “for twenty-one years,” that he died “on
the eighth day of the month Ab [the fifth month] ,” and that on the first
day of the next month (Elul) his son Nebuchadnezzar “ascended the
royal throne in Babylon.”
At this point, then, there is no room for a longer reign of
Nabopolassar beyond the recognized span of twenty-one years, nor
for an “extra king” between him and Nebuchadnezzar.
b) Nebuchadnezzar to Awel-Marduk
(2) That Nebuchadnezzar was succeeded by his son Awel-Marduk
(the Biblical Evil-Merodach) in the forty-third year of
Nebuchadnezzar’s reign is confirmed by a business document,
B.M. 30254, published by Ronald H. Sack in 1972.
This document mentions both the forty-third year of
Nebuchadnezzar and the accession year of Awel-Marduk. A girl,
Lit-ka-idi, the slave of Gugua, “was placed at the disposal of Nabûahhe-iddina,
the son of Shulâ, the descendent of Egibi in the month
of Ajaru [the second month], forty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar, king of
Babylon, and (for whom) twelve shekels of silver served as
security.” Later in the same year, “in the month of Kislimu [the ninth
month], accession year of [Amel]-Marduk, king of Babylon, . . . Gugua