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How was the fall of Jerusalem and the exile of the Israelites?

Describe the fall of Jerusalem and the exile of the Israelites.

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Maurice
(i) Jerusalem was attacked and invaded by the Babylonians during the reign of King Zedekiah in 587 BC.

(ii) The city was under siege for 30 months.

(iii) Zedekiah resisted the Babylonian invasion hoping that the Egyptians would help him.

(iv) The Egyptians did not help, the city was weakened by a long and merciless siege.

(v) The Israelite army inside the city was weakened by famine and was smashed by the strong Babylonians.

(vi) The Babylonians set up an administrative centre at Mizpah and appointed Gedaliah to the governor of Judah.

(vii) King Zedekiah and his court officials tried to escape to Rabban but were captured and taken to Nebuchadnezzar.

(viii) Nebuchadnezzar ordered the killing of sons of Zedekiah and his government officials.

(ix) The king also had Zedekiah's eyes gouged out.

(x) Zedekiah was frog-matched and dragged in humiliation into exile.

(xi) The city was looted, houses burnt and the Temple and its walls destroyed.

(x) The remnants, including the royal court officials, priests, army officers, craftsmen and middle-class residents, were taken to captivity in Babylon.

(xi) The land and the city, including vineyards and the fields, were given to the poor of the land.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on June 24, 2017 at 13:45

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