Table of Contents
- 1 When did the Babylonian Captivity end?
- 2 What events and dates marked the beginning and end respectively of the Babylonian Captivity?
- 3 When did Israel enter captivity?
- 4 How many years did the Israelites stay in Babylon?
- 5 When did the Babylonian Captivity of the Jews end?
- 6 What was the return of the Jews after the exile?
- 7 When did the Jews go back to Jerusalem?
When did the Babylonian Captivity end?
538 BC
Babylonian captivity/End dates
What events and dates marked the beginning and end respectively of the Babylonian Captivity?
What events and dates marked the beginning and end respectively of the Babylonian Captivity? destruction of Jerusalem–605 B.C. decree of Cyrus–536 B.C.
When did the Babylonian exile occur?
March 16, 597 BC
Babylonian captivity/Start dates
When did Israel enter captivity?
Biblical account The captivities began in approximately 740 BCE (or 733/2 BCE according to other sources). In 722 BCE, ten to twenty years after the initial deportations, the ruling city of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, Samaria, was finally taken by Sargon II after a three-year siege started by Shalmaneser V.
How many years did the Israelites stay in Babylon?
70 years
Among those who accept a tradition (Jeremiah 29:10) that the exile lasted 70 years, some choose the dates 608 to 538, others 586 to about 516 (the year when the rebuilt Temple was dedicated in Jerusalem).
How many years were the Israelites in exile?
When did the Babylonian Captivity of the Jews end?
The captivity formally ended in 538 bce, when the Persian conqueror of Babylonia, Cyrus the Great, gave the Jews permission to return to Palestine.
What was the return of the Jews after the exile?
Ezra deals with the return of the Jews as promised over 70 years before by God through the prophets Jeremiah and Isaiah. The book of Nehemiah also covers the return and rebuilding of Jerusalem after the exile was over.
When was Jehoiachin released from the Babylonian captivity?
Chronology Year Event 562 BCE Release of Jehoiachin after 37 years in 539 BCE Persians conquer Babylon (October) 538 BCE Decree of Cyrus allows Jews to return to 520–515 BCE Return by many Jews to Yehud under Zerub
When did the Jews go back to Jerusalem?
It is often perceived as a single event, beginning when Jerusalem was destroyed 587 BC and ending in 539 BC, when Cyrus declared that the Jews could return to Jerusalem. Oh, that history could be that simple!