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    The Babylonian captivity or Babylonian exile is the period in Jewish history during which a large number of Judeans from the ancient Kingdom of Judah were...
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    Prelude on the Babylonian Captivity of the Church (Latin: De captivitate Babylonica ecclesiae, praeludium Martini Lutheri, October 1520) was the second...
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  • Babylonian captivity may also refer to: Babylonian Captivity of the Papacy, the Papacy's sojourn in Avignon between 1309 and 1378 On the Babylonian Captivity of...
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    67 years. This absence from Rome is sometimes referred to as the "Babylonian captivity of the Papacy". A total of seven popes reigned at Avignon, all French...
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    587 BCE, Ezekiel continued his activity as a prophet during the Babylonian captivity. It is believed that he died around 570 BCE; Ezekiel's Tomb is the...
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    completing the fall of Judah, an event which marked the beginning of the Babylonian captivity, a period in Jewish history in which a large number of Judeans were...
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    Bavlim, lit. 'Babylonian Jews'; Arabic: اليهود العراقيون, al-Yahūd al-ʿIrāqiyyūn) is documented from the time of the Babylonian captivity c. 586 BCE. Iraqi...
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    Nebuchadnezzar II (category Babylonian captivity)
    its capital, Jerusalem. The destruction of Jerusalem led to the Babylonian captivity as the city's population, and people from the surrounding lands,...
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    Babylonian siege of Jerusalem in 587 BCE, which resulted in the Babylonian captivity of the Jewish people. Not all of Israel's populace was deported by...
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    line. The Bible mentions the majority of high priests before the Babylonian captivity, but does not give a complete list of office holders. Lists would...
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  • Iraq) Babylonian language, a dialect of the Akkadian language Babylonia (disambiguation) Babylonian astronomy Babylonian calendar Babylonian captivity or...
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    the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem in 587 BC, which resulted in the destruction of Solomon's Temple and the subsequent Babylonian captivity. Babylonian sources...
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    political turbulence of the 7th and 6th centuries BCE. By the end of the Babylonian captivity, Yahwism began turning away from polytheism (or, by some accounts...
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    harmed. But the Babylonian king broke his word; for scarcely a year had elapsed when he led the king and many others into captivity. Jehoiachin's sad...
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    Cyrus the Great (category Babylonian captivity)
    people to what had been the Kingdom of Judah, officially ending the Babylonian captivity. He is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and left a lasting legacy on...
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    Babylonian captivity, in which portions of the population of the Kingdom of Judah were deported in 597 BCE and again in 586 BCE by the Neo-Babylonian...
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  • south to Jerusalem. 597 BCE In 598 BCE, Nebuchadnezzar II of the Neo-Babylonian Empire besieged Jerusalem, then capital of the southern Kingdom of Judah...
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  • Abimelech's sleep of 66 years, instead of the usual 70 years of Babylonian captivity, makes scholars tend toward the year AD 136, that is, 66 years after...
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    Samsu-iluna who effected this change. During the sixth century BCE Babylonian captivity of the Jews, these month names were adopted into the Hebrew calendar...
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    authorization and encouragement of the return to Zion, thereby ending the Babylonian captivity. Despite Cyrus' rehabilitation of the Jews, the Persian province's...
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    Judah to the Neo-Babylonian Empire in 586 BCE. Part of the Judean population was exiled to Babylon. The Assyrian and Babylonian captivities are regarded as...
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    campaigns Habiru History of Israel History of Palestine Assyrian captivity Babylonian captivity History of the ancient Levant Jewish diaspora Kingdom of Israel...
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    believe flourished around the 6th century BCE, during the time of the Babylonian captivity. For this reason, Hebrew has been referred to by Jews as Lashon Hakodesh...
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    Return to Zion (category Babylonian captivity)
    of the Kingdom of Judah—subjugated by the Neo-Babylonian Empire—were freed from the Babylonian captivity following the Persian conquest of Babylon. In...
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  • starring Elisha Cuthbert Babylonian captivity of Judah, as described in the Bible HMS Captivity, two ships Babylonian captivity (disambiguation) Captive...
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    Jews from captivity. According to the Bible, Cyrus the Great, king of the Achaemenid Empire, was the monarch who ended the Babylonian captivity. In the...
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  • the Babylonians, ending the Kingdom of Judah. The conquerors destroy Solomon's Temple and exile the land's remaining inhabitants. Babylonian Captivity for...
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  • "descendants of Solomon's servants" said to have returned from the Babylonian captivity to Jerusalem and Judah. Dishon is a Horite clan name that appears...
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    The captivity narrative is a genre of stories about people being captured by "uncivilized" enemies. A famous example is the Babylonian captivity of Judah...
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    covenant with God established with the Israelites, their ancestors. The Babylonian captivity of Judahites following their kingdom's destruction, the movement...
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