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a_o half_a also_o they_o say_v it_o be_v the_o custom_n of_o the_o prophet_n to_o account_v year_n by_o month_n week_n and_o day_n as_o num._n 14_o 34._o ezeâ—h_o 4._o 5_o 6._o the_o 70._o week_n in_o daniel_n must_v of_o necessity_n be_v 490._o year_n 40._o day_n and_o nineveâ—_n shall_v be_v destroy_v jonah_n 3._o 4._o which_o come_v to_o pass_v just_a 40._o year_n after_o by_o cyaxares_n and_o thirteen_o year_n before_o the_o desolation_n of_o jerusalem_n by_o nabuchadnezzar_n eusebius_n of_o the_o time_n of_o the_o alteration_n of_o state_n nineveh_n the_o imperial_a city_n of_o the_o assyrian_n be_v distant_a from_o jerusalem_n north-east_n 648._o mile_n and_o anno_fw-la mundi_fw-la 3238_o and_o before_o christ_n 730._o merodach_n a_o chaldean_a slay_v senacharib_n and_o his_o son_n asarhaddon_n and_o make_v the_o assyrians_n subject_n to_o the_o babylonian_n babylon_n be_v 680._o mile_n from_o jerusalem_n towards_o the_o east_n about_o 536._o year_n before_o christ_n babylon_n 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