Eschatology of Jehovah's Witnesses on" from then until Jesus began ruling in October 1914. Secular historians date the event of Jerusalem's destruction to within a year of 587 BC. The Witnesses' alternative chronology produces a 20-year gap between the reigns of Neo-Babylonian Kings Amel-Marduk (rule ended 560 BC) and Nabonidus (rule began 555 BC) in addition to the intervening reigns of Neriglissar and Labashi-Marduk, despite the availability of contiguous cuneiform records. They teach that after the war of Armageddon, Jesus will rule over earth as king for 1000 years after which he will hand all authority back to Jehovah. Jehovah's Witnesses teach that since
Jehovah-nissi (hoist; lift up) and was rendered "Jehovah Is My Exaltation". In many modern Christian translations, such as the New International Version, the name is translated “the is my banner." Nes (nês), from which Nissi derived, means "banner" in Hebrew. The chapter recounts that Israel had the advantage over Amalek as long as Moses, watching the battle from a vantage point, held his staff aloft. Matthew Henry considered that "Jehovah-nissi–The Lord is my banner" "probably refers to the lifting up of the rod of God as a banner in this action. The presence and power of Jehovah were the banner under