The Babylonian captivity was the time starting in 586BC when the ancient Babylonians under King Nebukadnessar II destroyed Yerushalayim, capital of Israel, and took most of the Israelite population captive. It lasted until Persia conquered Babylon in 539BC and the Israelis were gradually allowed to leave by Kurus the Great.

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