42 Judah is Taken into Exile in Babylon [2 Kings 24-25]
The Bible passage: [2 Kings 24-25]
The Story:
Around 605 BC, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invaded Judah, and Jehoiakim became his vassal king for three years. Then Jehoiakim turned and rebelled against him.
After a few more years of fighting, Jerusalem fell to Nebuchadnezzar in 587 BC. The temple and the royal palace were burned, and the city walls were demolished.
Nebuchadnezzar carried off all the treasures of the Lord’s temple and the king’s palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles King Solomon had made for the Lord’s temple. This all happened just as God had predicted through the prophets.
Then he deported all Jerusalem and all the commanders and all the fighting men, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and metalsmiths. Only the poorest people of Judah remained.
The Lessons:
- Once again, we see that disobedience brings consequences. In this case, the consequence for the sins of the Kingdom of Judah was exile in Babylon.
- God told the Kingdom of Judah through Jeremiah that their exile would last 70 years. [Jeremiah 25:12; 29:10-11]
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