Siege of Jerusalem

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The Siege of Jerusalem was a pivotal military blockade and assault—most famously by the Babylonians in 587/586 BCE and later by the Romans in 70 CE—that led to the city’s destruction and had lasting religious and historical consequences.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE) 6
siege of Jerusalem 2
Roman siege of Jerusalem 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf siege ⓘ
siege ⓘ
aftermath Babylonian control over Jerusalem ⓘ
Roman control over Jerusalem ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Siege of Jerusalem (587–586 BCE) ⓘ
surface form: Babylonian siege of Jerusalem

Siege of Jerusalem ⓘ
surface form: Roman siege of Jerusalem
combatant Jewish rebels ⓘ
Kingdom of Judah ⓘ
Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
commander Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ
Titus ⓘ
Vespasian ⓘ
conflict Babylonian campaign against Jerusalem ⓘ
surface form: Babylonian conquest of Judah

Jewish–Roman wars ⓘ
surface form: First Jewish–Roman War
consequence Babylonian exile ⓘ
surface form: Babylonian exile of Judeans

destruction of Solomon's Temple ⓘ
destruction of the Second Temple ⓘ
diaspora of many Judeans ⓘ
fall of Jerusalem ⓘ
large-scale destruction of Jerusalem ⓘ
mass killing and enslavement of inhabitants ⓘ
country Kingdom of Judah ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
date 586 BCE ⓘ
587 BCE ⓘ
70 CE ⓘ
describedBy Flavius Josephus ⓘ
location Jerusalem ⓘ
longTermImpact strengthening of rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
transformation of Judaism after Temple destruction ⓘ
memorializedBy fast of Tisha B'Av ⓘ
mentionedIn Book of Jeremiah ⓘ
Books of Kings ⓘ
surface form: Book of Kings

Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible
militaryTactic assault on city walls ⓘ
blockade ⓘ
prolonged siege ⓘ
predecessorEvent Jewish–Roman wars ⓘ
surface form: Jewish revolt against Rome (66 CE)

first deportation of Judean elites to Babylon ⓘ
religiousSignificance central event in Jewish history ⓘ
key event in early Christian history ⓘ
result Babylonian victory ⓘ
Roman victory ⓘ
sourceText Josephus’s work "The Jewish War" ⓘ
surface form: The Jewish War
symbolizedBy Arch of Titus ⓘ
surface form: Arch of Titus in Rome

Referenced by (14)

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

Yekonyah → associatedWith → Siege of Jerusalem ⓘ
Emperor Titus → notableAchievement → Siege of Jerusalem ⓘ
subject surface form: Titus
this entity surface form: siege of Jerusalem
Siege of Masada → precededBy → Siege of Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE)
bar Giora → capturedDuring → Siege of Jerusalem ⓘ
subject surface form: Simon bar Giora
this entity surface form: Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE)
John of Gischala → event → Siege of Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE)
John of Gischala → participatedIn → Siege of Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE)
The Destruction of Troy → relatedWork → Siege of Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Siege of Jerusalem
Forum of Vespasian → historicalEventCommemorated → Siege of Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siege of Jerusalem (70 AD)
siege of Gamla → relatedEvent → Siege of Jerusalem ⓘ
subject surface form: Siege of Gamla
this entity surface form: Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE)
Judean campaign of Vespasian → followedBy → Siege of Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: siege of Jerusalem (70 CE)
Legio X Fretensis → conflict → Siege of Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE)
Annals of Sennacherib → mentionsEvent → Siege of Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: siege of Jerusalem
Siege of Jerusalem → alsoKnownAs → Siege of Jerusalem ⓘ
subject surface form: Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE)
this entity surface form: Roman siege of Jerusalem
Works of Flavius Josephus → containsAccountOf → Siege of Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE