The Watchtower, “When Was Ancient Jerusalem Destroyed?-Part One, 'The Canon of Ptolemy'”
“Notice that Ptolemy lists only four kings between the Babylonian rulers Kandalanu and Nabonidus. However, the Uruk King List-a part of the cuneiform record-reveals that seven kings ruled in between. ... In general, Ptolemy's canon is regarded as accurate. But in view of its omissions, should it really be used to provide a definite historical chronology?”
The organisation's argument that Ptolemy's canon omits kings. Its examples, Sin-sharra-ishkun and Ashur-etel-ilani, belong to the Assyrian succession before Nabopolassar took the throne of Babylon in 626 BCE.
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Provenance and verification note for The Watchtower, When Was Ancient Jerusalem Destroyed?-Part One, 'The Canon of Ptolemy'
Confidence note. Read in the Watchtower Online Library text on 19 September 2026; page markers place the passage across pages 30 and 31. Notes 8 and 9 of the article name Sin-sharra-ishkun and Ashur-etel-ilani.
Corroborated by. src-chr-e-wiseman-1956-p6-assyrian-kings, src-chr-e-oracc-adadguppi-i29
Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-chr-e-w11-1001-ptolemy