Babylonian campaign against Jerusalem

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historical event military campaign siege

The Babylonian campaign against Jerusalem was the military offensive by King Nebuchadnezzar II that culminated in the siege, destruction of the city and its Temple, and the exile of many inhabitants of the Kingdom of Judah in the early 6th century BCE.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Babylonian conquest of Judah 4
Babylonian campaign against Jerusalem canonical 1
Babylonian campaign against Judah under Nebuchadnezzar II 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
siege ⓘ
aftermath installation of Gedaliah as governor of Judah ⓘ
province of Yehud under Babylonian control ⓘ
belligerent Kingdom of Judah ⓘ
Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
cause rebellion of Judah against Babylonian rule ⓘ
refusal to pay tribute to Babylon ⓘ
commander Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ
conflict Neo-Babylonian–Kingdom of Judah wars ⓘ
surface form: Babylonian–Judean wars
consequence beginning of the Babylonian captivity ⓘ
deportation of Judean elite to Babylon ⓘ
shift of Jewish religious life to exile communities ⓘ
country Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
describedIn Books of Chronicles ⓘ
surface form: Book of Chronicles

Book of Jeremiah ⓘ
Books of Kings ⓘ
surface form: Book of Kings

Lamentations ⓘ
surface form: Book of Lamentations
endTime 586 BCE ⓘ
587 BCE ⓘ
follows Battle of Carchemish ⓘ
hasEffectOn development of Jewish theology of exile ⓘ
formation of the Deuteronomistic history ⓘ
historicalPeriod Iron Age Levant ⓘ
Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Neo-Babylonian period
location Jerusalem ⓘ
Kingdom of Judah ⓘ
opposingCommander King Jehoiachin of Judah ⓘ
surface form: Jehoiachin

Jehoiakim ⓘ
King Zedekiah of Judah ⓘ
surface form: Zedekiah
partOf Neo-Babylonian expansion ⓘ
primarySource Babylonian chronicles ⓘ
surface form: Babylonian Chronicles
relatedTo First Temple period ⓘ
Second Temple period origins ⓘ
religiousSignificance central event in Jewish history ⓘ
described in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
result Babylonian exile ⓘ
surface form: Babylonian exile of Judeans

Babylonian victory ⓘ
destruction of Jerusalem ⓘ
destruction of the First Temple ⓘ
end of the Kingdom of Judah ⓘ
significantEvent Siege of Jerusalem (587–586 BCE) ⓘ
surface form: Siege of Jerusalem (587/586 BCE)

First Siege of Jerusalem (597 BCE) ⓘ
surface form: Siege of Jerusalem (597 BCE)
startTime circa 605 BCE ⓘ
early 6th century BCE ⓘ
target walls of the Old City of Jerusalem ⓘ
surface form: Jerusalem city walls

Solomon's Temple ⓘ
royal palace in Jerusalem ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Riblah → roleIn → Babylonian campaign against Jerusalem ⓘ
Coniah → event → Babylonian campaign against Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II
Book of 2 Kings → recordsEvent → Babylonian campaign against Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem
Lachish → destroyedIn → Babylonian campaign against Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Babylonian conquest of Judah
Neo-Babylonian–Kingdom of Judah wars → hasPart → Babylonian campaign against Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Babylonian campaign against Judah under Nebuchadnezzar II
First Siege of Jerusalem (597 BCE) → partOf → Babylonian campaign against Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Babylonian conquest of Judah
First Siege of Jerusalem (597 BCE) → precededBy → Babylonian campaign against Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Babylonian campaigns in the Levant
Siege of Jerusalem → conflict → Babylonian campaign against Jerusalem ⓘ
subject surface form: Siege of Jerusalem (587/586 BCE)
this entity surface form: Babylonian conquest of Judah
Gedaliah ben Ahikam → appointedAfter → Babylonian campaign against Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Babylonian conquest of Judah