History · 6 · Jehu and Elisha
Two-way deportations
Beginning with Tiglath-pileser III, Assyria deported conquered peoples to distant regions and brought in others to replace them, breaking up ethnic cohesion.
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Babylon later kept deported Judeans together, a difference that mattered for their survival as a community.
Bible reference: 2 Kings 17:24
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 97
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