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The Babylonian Exile or The Babylonian Captivity

The Babylonian Exile or The Babylonian Captivity. 597 and 586. Pre-Exile and Davidic Kings. Judah was ruled by a monarchy known as the Davidic kings. The people of Judah, Jews, wanted to be in the presence of God always and a way for that was through the temple

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The Babylonian Exile or The Babylonian Captivity

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  1. The Babylonian Exile or The Babylonian Captivity 597 and 586

  2. Pre-Exile and Davidic Kings • Judah was ruled by a monarchy known as the Davidic kings. • The people of Judah, Jews, wanted to be in the presence of God always and a way for that was through the temple • The Temple was built by Solomon who was a Davidic King

  3. 599-597 BCE • The Babylonian exile was not just one attack or a single, but a series of attacks and exiles. • The first exile was in 597 BCE by Nebuchadnezzar when Jeconiah was king of Judah. • Nebuchadnezzar II took along with him ten thousand of the brightest young men • Some of the men were Jeconiah, Daniel, Ezekiel and almost all the Sanhedrin • The temple was not destroyed

  4. 586 BCE, The largest Exile • Nebuchadnezzar made Zedekiah the king of Judah • After eleven years he rebelled • Nebuchadnezzar returned, he ransacked Jerusalem and destroyed the temple. • This was very heartbreaking. • Thousands of Israelites were exiled to Babylon to prevent further uprising

  5. In Babylon • Some people like the prophet Jeremiah believed the Israelites deserved to be under Babylonian rule for disobeying God, and believing in false prophets. • Life in Babylon compared to Egypt was easier because instead of slaves, they were treated as second class citizens. • The language of the Babylonians was Aramaic which was not different from Hebrew. • They had representatives one of them was Jeconiah • They kept the monotheistic aspect of their religion, and most believed that this was just a punishment from from their God who will deliver them

  6. Returning Home • 538, Babylon fell to the Persians led by Cyrus II • The Israelites were allowed to return back to Judah, but only a few decided to return • To many, Babylon was now their new home • Those who to return to Judah decided to rebuild the Temple of Jerusalem • The Babylonian exile was approximately seventy years.

  7. Bibliography • Nystrom, Bradley. The History of Christianity An introdction. McGraw Hill. 2004. Print. • Nystrom, David. The History of Christianity An introdction. McGraw Hill. 2004. Print. http://www.myjewishlearning.com/history/Ancient_and_Medieval_History/2500_BCE-539_BCE/Jerusalem_Destruction_and_Restoration.shtml http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Babylonian_captivity.html http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/israeljudaea/a/BabylonianExile.htm http://www.bibleworldhistory.com/70Years.htm http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/Sanhedrin.html

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