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: -According to the books of Ezra–Nehemiah, a number of decades later in 538 BCE, the Jews in Babylon were allowed to return to the Land of Judah, due to Cyrus’s decree. Initially, around 50, 000 Jews returned to the Land of Judah following the decree of Cyrus as described in Ezra, whereas most remained in Babylon.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Babylonian Captivity: the Conquest of Judah The Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar laid Siege to Judah by 597 BC. After the city of Jerusalem was captured, tens of thousands of Jewish people were exiled from Judah.

Detailed explanation-4: -The first exile was the Assyrian exile, the expulsion from the Kingdom of Israel (Samaria) begun by Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria in 733 BCE. This process was completed by Sargon II with the destruction of the kingdom in 722 BCE, concluding a three-year siege of Samaria begun by Shalmaneser V.