Babylonian campaign against Jerusalem

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The Babylonian campaign against Jerusalem was the military offensive by King Nebuchadnezzar II that culminated in the siege, destruction of the city and its Temple, and the exile of many inhabitants of the Kingdom of Judah in the early 6th century BCE.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
military campaign
siege
aftermath installation of Gedaliah as governor of Judah
province of Yehud under Babylonian control
belligerent Kingdom of Judah
Neo-Babylonian Empire
cause rebellion of Judah against Babylonian rule
refusal to pay tribute to Babylon
commander Nebuchadnezzar II
conflict Babylonian–Judean wars
consequence beginning of the Babylonian captivity
deportation of Judean elite to Babylon
shift of Jewish religious life to exile communities
country Neo-Babylonian Empire
describedIn Book of Chronicles
linked to: Books of Chronicles

Book of Jeremiah
Book of Kings
linked to: Books of Kings

Book of Lamentations
linked to: Lamentations
endTime 586 BCE
587 BCE
follows Battle of Carchemish
hasEffectOn development of Jewish theology of exile
formation of the Deuteronomistic history
historicalPeriod Iron Age Levant
Neo-Babylonian period
location Jerusalem
Kingdom of Judah
opposingCommander Jehoiachin
Jehoiakim
Zedekiah
partOf Neo-Babylonian expansion
primarySource Babylonian Chronicles
relatedTo First Temple period
Second Temple period origins
religiousSignificance central event in Jewish history
described in the Hebrew Bible
result Babylonian exile of Judeans
linked to: Babylonian exile

Babylonian victory
destruction of Jerusalem
destruction of the First Temple
end of the Kingdom of Judah
significantEvent Siege of Jerusalem (587/586 BCE)
Siege of Jerusalem (597 BCE)
startTime circa 605 BCE
early 6th century BCE
target Jerusalem city walls
Solomon's Temple
royal palace in Jerusalem

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Riblah roleIn Babylonian campaign against Jerusalem
Coniah event Siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II
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Book of 2 Kings recordsEvent Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem
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Lachish destroyedIn Babylonian conquest of Judah
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Neo-Babylonian–Kingdom of Judah wars hasPart Babylonian campaign against Judah under Nebuchadnezzar II
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First Siege of Jerusalem (597 BCE) partOf Babylonian conquest of Judah
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First Siege of Jerusalem (597 BCE) precededBy Babylonian campaigns in the Levant
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Siege of Jerusalem (587/586 BCE) conflict Babylonian conquest of Judah
subject linked to: Siege of Jerusalem
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Gedaliah ben Ahikam appointedAfter Babylonian conquest of Judah
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