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Facts

Also Known As Babylonian Exile
Date c. 598 BCE - c. 538
Location Babylonia
Participants Jew

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Rembrandt: Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem
Jeremiah
Hebrew prophet
Nebuchadnezzar II
king of Babylonia
Ezra, Hebrew religious leader in the 5th–4th century bce
Ezra
Hebrew religious leader
Ezekiel
Ezekiel
Hebrew prophet
Zedekiah
king of Judah
Nehemiah
Nehemiah
Jewish leader
Jehoiachin
king of Judah