Babylonian exile

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Jewish diaspora forced migration historical event

The Babylonian exile was the period in the 6th century BCE when much of the Jewish population of the Kingdom of Judah was deported to Babylon, profoundly shaping Jewish religion, identity, and scripture.

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Observed surface forms (13)

Surface form	Occurrences
Babylonian Jewry	3
Babylonian captivity	2
Babylonian conquest of Judah	2
Babylonian exile of Judah	2
Babylonian exile of the Jews	2
Babylonian captivity of Judah	1
Babylonian captivity of the Jews	1
Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem	1
Babylonian deportations	1
Babylonian provincial administration of Judah	1
Judean exiles in Babylon	1
first Babylonian deportation	1
siege of Jerusalem (587–586 BCE)	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish diaspora ⓘ forced migration ⓘ historical event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Babylonian exile ⓘ surface form: Babylonian captivity
appliesToJurisdiction	Judea ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Judah
country	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
describedBySource	Babylonian administrative texts ⓘ Cyrus Cylinder ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible
endTime	538 BCE ⓘ late 6th century BCE ⓘ
followedBy	Persian period in Judah ⓘ Return to Zion ⓘ Second Temple Judaism ⓘ surface form: Second Temple period rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ repatriation of some Judean exiles ⓘ
hasCause	Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ surface form: Neo-Babylonian conquest of Judah Babylonian exile self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: siege of Jerusalem (587–586 BCE)
hasEffect	development of Judaism as a book-centered religion ⓘ emergence of synagogue-style worship practices ⓘ emphasis on Torah observance ⓘ formation of Jewish diaspora identity ⓘ redaction and compilation of parts of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ shift from territorial to communal concept of Israel ⓘ strengthening of Jewish monotheism ⓘ theological reflection on covenant and punishment ⓘ
hasParticipant	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ Cyrus the Great ⓘ Judean elites ⓘ King Jehoiachin of Judah ⓘ King Zedekiah of Judah ⓘ Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ priests of the Jerusalem Temple ⓘ scribes of Judah ⓘ
influenced	Christian interpretations of exile and restoration ⓘ concept of diaspora in Western thought ⓘ later Jewish eschatology ⓘ
location	Mesopotamia ⓘ surface form: Babylon Judea ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Judah
mainSubject	Jews ⓘ surface form: Jewish people
partOf	Jewish history ⓘ history of ancient Israel and Judah ⓘ
religionInvolved	Judaism ⓘ
significantEvent	destruction of the First Temple ⓘ first deportation from Judah to Babylon in 597 BCE ⓘ second deportation from Judah to Babylon in 586 BCE ⓘ
significantText	2 Chronicles 36 ⓘ Neviim ⓘ surface form: 2 Kings 24–25 Book of Ezekiel ⓘ Book of Jeremiah ⓘ Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ Lamentations ⓘ Psalms ⓘ surface form: Psalm 137 Second Isaiah ⓘ
startTime	597 BCE ⓘ
timePeriod	6th century BCE ⓘ

Referenced by (38)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Letter of Jeremiah → addressedTo → Babylonian exile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judean exiles in Babylon

Babylonian exile → alsoKnownAs → Babylonian exile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian captivity

Geonic period → appliesToJurisdiction → Babylonian exile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian Jewry

Geonim → appliesToJurisdiction → Babylonian exile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian Jewry

Yekonyah → associatedWith → Babylonian exile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian captivity of Judah

Chebar canal → associatedWithEvent → Babylonian exile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian exile of the Jews

Jekonias → associatedWithEvent → Babylonian exile ⓘ

Nehushta → associatedWithEvent → Babylonian exile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian exile of Judah

Shealtiel → associatedWithPeriod → Babylonian exile ⓘ

First Temple in Jerusalem → causeOfDestruction → Babylonian exile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem

Antiquities of the Jews → containsAccountOf → Babylonian exile ⓘ

Book of 2 Kings → containsAccountOf → Babylonian exile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian deportations

Kings → coversEvent → Babylonian exile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian conquest of Judah

Book of 2 Kings → culminatesIn → Babylonian exile ⓘ

Books of Kings → endsWith → Babylonian exile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian exile of Judah

Kingdom of Judah → event → Babylonian exile ⓘ

Yekonyah → event → Babylonian exile ⓘ

Judaism → experiencedEvent → Babylonian exile ⓘ

Babylonian exile → hasCause → Babylonian exile self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: siege of Jerusalem (587–586 BCE)

Jews → hasHistoricalEvent → Babylonian exile ⓘ

Persian Jews → historicalPresenceSinceEvent → Babylonian exile ⓘ

Nebuchadnezzar II → knownFor → Babylonian exile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian exile of the Jews

Galut → linkedToEvent → Babylonian exile ⓘ

Maoz Tzur → mentions → Babylonian exile ⓘ

Book of Jeremiah → mentionsEvent → Babylonian exile ⓘ

this entity surface form: first Babylonian deportation

Second Isaiah → periodDescribed → Babylonian exile ⓘ

Return to Zion → precededBy → Babylonian exile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian captivity

Second Temple in Jerusalem → rebuiltAfter → Babylonian exile ⓘ

Suffering of Zion → relatedToEvent → Babylonian exile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian conquest of Judah

Baruch → setting → Babylonian exile ⓘ

Neo-Babylonian Empire → significantEvent → Babylonian exile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian captivity of the Jews

Exilarch David ben Zakkai → sphereOfInfluence → Babylonian exile ⓘ

subject surface form: David ben Zakkai

this entity surface form: Babylonian Jewry

Return to Zion → startAfter → Babylonian exile ⓘ

King Davidic dynasty → succeededBy → Babylonian exile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian provincial administration of Judah

Book of Jeremiah → theme → Babylonian exile ⓘ

Susanna → timeOfSetting → Babylonian exile ⓘ

scribes of Judah → timePeriod → Babylonian exile ⓘ

Israelites → traditionalEvent → Babylonian exile ⓘ