History · 8 · Josiah and Huldah
Jerusalem fell in the summer of 586 BCE
After an eighteen-month siege, Babylon broke through Jerusalem's walls. King Zedekiah fled by night, was captured, watched his sons killed, and was blinded.
The defeat that made the Bible necessary.
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Babylon burned the temple, palace, and great houses, tore down the walls, and executed leading priests and nobles. A decade earlier, in 597, King Jehoiachin had surrendered and been deported with much of the elite.
Bible reference: 2 Kings 25
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 126–130
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