In the second century C.E., certain Jews believed that the 70 weeks covered the period from the destruction of the first temple in 607 B.C.E. to the destruction of the second temple in 70 C.E., while others connected the fulfillment of the prophecy with the Maccabean period of the second century B.C.E.
در قرن دوم میلادی برخی از یهودیان معتقد بودند که ۷۰ هفته مدت زمان نابودی اولین معبد در سال ۶۰۷ ق .‏ م .‏