Siege of Jerusalem (587–586 BCE)

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historical event military campaign siege

The Siege of Jerusalem (587–586 BCE) was the Babylonian military campaign that culminated in the destruction of Solomon’s Temple, the fall of the Kingdom of Judah, and the beginning of the Babylonian exile of the Jewish population.

Aliases (14)

Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem ×3
Babylonian conquest of Judah ×2
Babylonian siege of Jerusalem ×2
Destruction of the First Temple ×2
siege of Jerusalem ×2
Babylonian conquest of the Kingdom of Judah ×1
Destruction of Jerusalem by Babylon ×1
Fall of Jerusalem (586 BCE) ×1
Siege and fall of Jerusalem ×1
Siege of Jerusalem ×1
Siege of Jerusalem (1099) ×1
Siege of Jerusalem (587/586 BCE) ×1
Siege of Jerusalem (597 BCE) ×1
fallOfJerusalemToBabylon ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event → military campaign → siege →
alsoKnownAs	Fall of Jerusalem (586 BCE) →
belligerent	Kingdom of Judah → Neo-Babylonian Empire →
cause	rebellion of King Zedekiah against Babylonian rule → refusal of Judah to remain a Babylonian vassal →
chronologyDisputed	some scholars date the fall to 587 BCE → traditional date for the destruction of the First Temple is 586 BCE →
commander	Nebuchadnezzar II → Zedekiah →
commandingForce	Babylonian army →
conflictIn	Neo-Babylonian–Kingdom of Judah wars →
describedIn	Babylonian chronicles → Book of Jeremiah → Book of Kings → Book of Lamentations → Hebrew Bible →
destroyed	Jerusalem city walls → Solomon’s Temple → royal palace of Judah in Jerusalem →
endDate	586 BCE →
historicalContext	Neo-Babylonian Empire expansion in the Levant →
historicalPeriod	Iron Age Levant →
ledTo	end of the Davidic monarchy in Judah → transition from Kingdom of Judah to Babylonian province of Yehud →
location	Jerusalem → Kingdom of Judah →
opposingForce	Judean defenders →
partOf	Babylonian conquest of the Kingdom of Judah →
precededBy	First Siege of Jerusalem (597 BCE) →
religiousSignificance	associated with the fast of the Tenth of Tevet in Judaism → beginning of the Babylonian captivity of the Jews → central event in Jewish history of the First Temple period → commemorated by the fast of Tisha B’Av in Judaism →
result	Babylonian victory → beginning of the Babylonian exile → burning of royal palace in Jerusalem → deportation of part of the Judean population to Babylonia → destruction of Jerusalem’s city walls → destruction of Solomon’s Temple → fall of the Kingdom of Judah →
significantEvent	appointment of Gedaliah as governor of Judah → blinding of King Zedekiah → breach of Jerusalem’s walls → capture of King Zedekiah → execution of Zedekiah’s sons →
startDate	587 BCE →

Referenced by (21)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Tevet ("Babylonian siege of Jerusalem") → Three Weeks ("siege of Jerusalem") → Tisha B'Av ("Destruction of the First Temple") → Tisha B'Av ("Siege and fall of Jerusalem") →	commemorates
Kingdom of Judah ("Babylonian siege of Jerusalem") → Kingdom of Judah ("Destruction of the First Temple") → Zedekiah →	event
First Crusade ("Siege of Jerusalem (1099)") → Neo-Babylonian Empire ("Siege of Jerusalem (597 BCE)") → Neo-Babylonian Empire ("Siege of Jerusalem (587/586 BCE)") →	significantEvent
King Davidic dynasty ("Babylonian conquest of Judah") → King of Judah ("Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem") →	endCause
Siege of Jerusalem (587–586 BCE) ("Fall of Jerusalem (586 BCE)") →	alsoKnownAs
Jeremiah ("fallOfJerusalemToBabylon") →	associatedWithEvent
Zedekiah ("Babylonian conquest of Judah") →	conflict
Boaz ("Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem") →	destroyedBy
royal court of Judah ("Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem") →	dissolvedBy
Lamentations ("Destruction of Jerusalem by Babylon") →	historicalEventDescribed
The Jewish War ("siege of Jerusalem") →	mainSubject
Titus ("Siege of Jerusalem") →	notableWork
Siege of Jerusalem (587–586 BCE) ("Babylonian conquest of the Kingdom of Judah") →	partOf