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Apr 15, 2020 · Learn about the Exile, the most important event in the life of God's people in the Old Testament. Find out how the Exile affected their faith, identity, and relationship with God and the world.
Aug 20, 2024 · Babylonian Captivity, the forced detention of Jews in Babylonia following the latter’s conquest of the kingdom of Judah in 598/7 and 587/6 BCE. The captivity ended in 538 BCE, when the Persian conqueror of Babylonia, Cyrus the Great, gave Jews permission to return to Palestine.
Through plains and forests, the exile traveled alone in the wild. Through thick layers of dark clouds, an azure feather fell on his shoulder. The feather came from a panicked bird escaping from the falcon, just like the exile.
Exile is the expulsion or absence from one's native country or homeland, often for political, religious, or legal reasons. Learn about the different forms of exile, such as voluntary, internal, or governmental, and the cases of famous exiles in history and literature.
This period, which actually begins in 597 but is traditionally dated at 586, is called the Exile in Jewish history; it ends with an accident in 538 when the Persians overthrow the Chaldeans. Nebuchadnezzar, the king of the Chaldeans, only deported the most prominent citizens of Judah: professionals, priests, craftsmen, and the wealthy.
The Exile refers to the conquest of the Kingdom of Judah by the Neo-Babylonian Empire after the year 605 BC. It was an event that was to have a profound effect on those who survived and brought to an end Judah's existence as an independent sovereign state (except for a brief period in the Second Century BC).
The Babylonian Exile (586–538) marks an epochal dividing point in Old Testament history, standing between what were subsequently to be designated the pre-exilic and post-exilic eras.
