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Besieged Jerusalem
In 598 BCE, Nebuchadnezzar II of the Neo-Babylonian Empire besieged Jerusalem, then capital of the southern Kingdom of Judah. The city fell after a three-month siege, and the new king Jeconiah, who was either 8 or 18, his court and other prominent citizens (including the prophet Ezekiel) and craftsmen, were deported to Babylon.
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- Neo-Babylonian Empire
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Babylonian exile
Nebuchadnezzar II deported the elite and much of the population of Judah to Babylon in waves beginning in 597 BC, with the largest deportation after the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC. The exile lasted until the Persian conquest of Babylon.
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- King Nebuchadnezzar II (Neo-Babylonian Empire)
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Expulsions record persecution of Jews, not wrongdoing by Jews. Why this matters
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