Judah's revolts against Babylon
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Judah's revolts against Babylon | |||||||
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Zedekiah is chained and brought before Nebuchadnezzar II, from Petrus Comestor's Bible Historiale (1372) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Kingdom of Judah Supported by: Twenty-sixth Egyptian dynasty |
Neo-Babylonian Empire Supported by: Moab Ammon Chaldea | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Nebuzaradan | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
Much fewer | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
More than 4,200 captive, many slain | Unknown | ||||||
Based on Kings 2:24 and 25 of the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament |
Judah's revolts against Babylon (601–586 BCE) were attempts by the
Background
Egypt was the regional power until the
First revolt
According to the Hebrew Bible, for three years, Judah paid taxes to Babylonia, until King Jehoiakim decided to stop the payments and went to war with Babylonia. Moab, Ammon and Chaldea went to war against it alongside Babylonia. (2 Kings 24).
First siege of Jerusalem
Second revolt
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In July 587 BCE,[2] Zedekiah rebelled against Babylonia, making an alliance with Egypt, and Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem again, starving the people (2 Kings 25). Later, the Babylonian troops managed to get inside the walls and conquer the city, yet Zedekiah and some of his troops managed to escape to Jericho, where they fought against the Babylonians (called Chaldeans by the Bible), who captured Zedekiah and his sons and brought them in chains to Babylonia, where Zedekiah's children were executed in front of him.[citation needed]
On the seventh of
See also
Bibliography
- Hebrew Bible: 2 Kings 24–25, Book of Jeremiah, Book of Ezekiel, 2 Chronicles 36
- Nebuchadnezzar Chronicle
References
- ^ Missler (2009). Commentary on Ezekiel.
- ^ a b c Nebuchadnezzar Chronicle
- ^ a b c d e 2 Kings 24
- ^ 2 Chronicles 36