Category:Babylonian Exile (subject)

The Babylonian Exile goes from the conquest of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar to the return and restoration of the Second Temple.

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605-562 BCE -- Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon

• 605 BCE -- Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, defeated the Egyptians in the Battle of Charchemish. This meant the end of the Egyptian control of the region. Judah was now under Balylonian rule and Jehoiakim became a Babylonian vassal ("his servant for three years," 2 Kings 24:1)

• 601-597 BCE -- First attempt to rebel against the Babylonians. In the conflict between Egypt and Babylon, each claiming Canaan as their territory, King Jehoiakim sided with Egyptians, in spite of the warnings of Jeremiah (Jer 22:13-19). The Babylonians immediately invades Judah and besieged Jerusalem. Jehoiakim died before the town was taken (2 Kings 24:2-7).

• 597 BCE -- Jehoiakin (also called Jeconiah), reigned only 3 months before Jerusalem fell (see the Annals of Nebuchadnezzar).

• 597 BCE -- Fall of Jerusalem and First Deportation. The Babyloninas took Jehoiakin captive to Babylon and exiled the entire royal court, nobles, priests (including Ezekiel) and skilled workers ("8,000/10,000 people," according to 2 Kings 24:14-16; "3,023 people," according to Jer 52:28).

• See Book of Tobit -- Book of Daniel