The theme of this book is: ‘God is Sovereign’. He took Zedekiah as a prisoner to Babylon, then executed his sons, and put out his eyes before killing him too. Nebuchadnezzar returned to Jerusalem, burned the temple, broke down the city walls, and took the remaining people to Babylon. He rebelled against Babylon’s leadership by secretly making a treaty with Egypt.Īfter an 18-month siege, Jerusalem fell. Jehoiakim’s younger brother Mattaniah, Nebuchadnezzar changed his name to Zedekiah, was then Judah’s “puppet king”. At the turn of the year, in 597 B.C., he took Jehoiachin to Babylon, along with most of Judah’s remaining leaders, including Ezekiel, and the rest of the national treasures.Ī third and final deportation took place approximately 11 years later, in 586 B.C. Jehoiachin reigned only three months and 10 days. Jehoiakim’s son Jehoiachin succeeded him in 598 B.C. The king of Judah at that time was Jehoiakim. This was the first of Judah’s three deportations (eviction notices) which the Babylonians took groups of Judahites to Babylon(All this is orchestrated by the Lord himself). When Babylon invaded Judah, Nebuchadnezzar and his army took some noble captives to Babylon, including Daniel, plus some of the vessels from the Temple. Daniel was taken into the Babylonian Captivity by Nebuchadnezzar in 605 BC.
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