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=== Dating ===

=== Dating ===

According to David Malick, "Habakkuk 1:6 announces the Lord’s intent to raise up the Chaldeans (neo-Babylonians) to judge Judah; this would have begun with Babylon’s defeat of Egypt and Assyria at Carchemish in 605 B.C. and its subsequent entrance into Palestine (cf. Dan 1:1-2). The prophecy of Habakkuk seems to ''precede'' this event[.]"<ref>[https://bible.org/article/introduction-book-habakkuk An Introduction to the Book of Habakkuk]</ref> In the Book of Habakkuk, God says that one day the Chaldeans will be raised up against Judah (Habakkuk 1:6), an event that took place between 597-581 BC.<ref>Dunn, James DG, and John William Rogerson. Eerdmans commentary on the Bible. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2003.pg.

According to David Malick, "Habakkuk 1:6 announces the Lord’s intent to raise up the Chaldeans (neo-Babylonians) to judge Judah; this would have begun with Babylon’s defeat of Egypt and Assyria at Carchemish in 605 B.C. and its subsequent entrance into Palestine (cf. Dan 1:1-2). The prophecy of Habakkuk seems to ''precede'' this event[.]"<ref>[https://bible.org/article/introduction-book-habakkuk An Introduction to the Book of Habakkuk]</ref> In the Book of Habakkuk, God says that one day the Chaldeans will be raised up against Judah (Habakkuk 1:6), an event that took place between 597 and 581 BC.<ref>Dunn, James DG, and John William Rogerson. Eerdmans commentary on the Bible. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2003.pg.

  545</ref> This is God's prophecy to Habakkuk, meaning the book must predate this event. Thus, the most likely date for the Book of Habakkuk is somewhere in the last 7th century BC.

  545</ref> This is God's prophecy to Habakkuk, meaning the book must predate this event. Thus, the most likely date for the Book of Habakkuk is somewhere in the last 7th century BC.