WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -In 597 bc the Babylonians under King Nebuchadrezzar besieged and captured Jerusalem. They deported Jehoiachin to Babylon and made Mattaniah regent under the name Zedekiah.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Kingdom of Israel was conquered by the Neo-Assyrian Empire (circa 722 BCE), and the Kingdom of Judah by the Neo-Babylonian Empire (586 BCE).

Detailed explanation-3: -Later in his reign, he went to war with Assyria and had some initial success before suffering defeat at the hands of the Assyrian king Ashur-Dan I.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the last few verses of 2 Kings 23 we read that Josiah’s son was a wicked king, leading the people back into wickedness. During that time, the Egyptians forced the kings of Judah to pay them money for protection.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 539 B.C., less than a century after its founding, the legendary Persian king Cyrus the Great conquered Babylon.