Babylonian captivity
Nebuchadnezzar's forced relocation
The Babylonian captivity was the period in the sixth century BCE when the kingdom of Judah was conquered and much of its population deported to Babylon.
This exile lasted roughly fifty years until the Persian conquest allowed Jews to return.
The term also describes the period (1309–1377) when the papacy resided in Avignon rather than Rome, suggesting a church held hostage by French interests.
- JudahPatriarch and namesake tribe
- JerusalemTriply sacred ancient capital
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- exileBanishment from homeland
- templeSacred worship structure
Babylonia · Jeremiah · Ezekiel · Book of Daniel · Hebrews · seventy · seventy years · Western Schism · displacement · Cyrus the Great · Second Temple · deportation · divine judgment · repentance · weeping · Chaldeans · Persia · Nebuchadnezzar
- Ancient IsraelIsraelites, Jerusalem, Israel, twelve tribes, Judea
- Exile BooksDaniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, Book of Daniel, returnees
- BibleOld Testament, New Testament, Holy Scriptures, Adam, Moses
- migrationmigration, immigrants, refugees, immigration, emigration
- MesopotamiaSumer, Tigris, Mesopotamia, Euphrates, cuneiform
- Ancient PersiaPersepolis, Cyrus the Great, Xerxes, Behistun inscription, satrap
Babylonian captivitySecond Temple period
Rebuilt sanctuary's five centuries
liberation · emancipation · freedom · redemption · deliverance
Babylonian captivityaliyah
Torah reading summons
Restoration · liberation · homecoming · repatriation · freedom
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