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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First Temple period → hasKeyEvent → Babylonian conquest of Judah ⓘ
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Judah → endEvent → Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem ⓘ
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Throne of Israel → endedBy → Babylonian conquest of Judah ⓘ
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House of David → traditionalEndPoint → Babylonian conquest of Judah ⓘ
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Israelite kingdoms → significantEvent → Babylonian conquest of the Kingdom of Judah ⓘ
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Lachish Letters → historicalContext → Babylonian conquest of Judah ⓘ
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Seraiah → timePeriod → Babylonian conquest of Judah ⓘ
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Via Maris region → associatedWith → Babylonian campaigns in the Levant ⓘ
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