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Name: Jewish-Babylonian war

Type: Event

Start: 608 BC

End: 585 BC

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Was a revolt of the Kingdom of Judah against the Neo-Babylonian Empire.

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  • January 608 BC: In -609, King Josiah of Judah declared independence from the Assyrian Empire and established the Kingdom of Israel. This move was part of Josiah's efforts to assert Judah's sovereignty and religious identity.
  • January 596 BC: Following the siege of 597 BC, the Neo-Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar installed Zedekiah as vassal king of Judah.
  • January 586 BC: In July 587 BC, Zedekiah rebelled against Babylonia.
  • January 586 BC: The Babylonian troops managed to get inside the walls and conquer the city. On the seventh of Av, Nebuzaradan, a Babylonian executioner, burned down Solomon's Temple, destroyed the walls of Jerusalem, and exiled the rest of the Jews to Babylonia. He appointed Gedalia as the administrator of the Jews that weren't exiled from Judah.
  • January 585 BC: Judah ceased to exist in 586 BC as it was annexed to the Neo-Babylonian Empire.

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