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  • The Babylonian Chronicle for the time of Nebuchadnezzar tells of the capture of Jerusalem. Photo: Jona Lendering
    The Babylonian Chronicle for the time of Nebuchadnezzar tells of the capture of Jerusalem. Photo: Jona Lendering
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Iron Age II - King David and the First Temple Period

Nebuchadnezzar Reports the Conquest of Jerusalem

And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came unto the city… And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths… to Babylon… And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father’s brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.


2 KINGS 24:11–17

In the month of Kislev, the king of Akkad mustered his troops, marched to Hatti-land…and besieged the city of Judah and on the second day of the month Adar he captured the city and seized the king. He appointed there a king after his own heart, received the heavy tribute and sent it to Babylon.


BABYLONIAN CHRONICLE FROM THE TIME OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR

Jehoiakim king of Judah was appointed king by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, but when the Babylonians lost the military campaign they waged against Egypt, the kingdom of Judah revolted against Babylon. Meanwhile, King Jehoiakim died and his son Jehoiachin reigned in his stead.

In the picture: The Babylonian Chronicle (a historical description of events in the Babylonian Empire according to their order) from the time of Nebuchadnezzar tells of the punitive campaign against Jerusalem, the capture of the city and the appointment of a new king in Judah – Zedekiah. At that same time, King Jehoiachin was exiled from the “city of Judah” mentioned in the chronicle, that is, from Jerusalem. bible-history.com