A: Historians regard the following dates as firm, given a margin of perhaps one year or so:
Jerusalem surrendered in 597 BCE, and thousands were deported, but Babylonian control over Jerusalem was short-lived.
Babylon again besieged Jerusalem and in 586 BCE a substantial part of the remaining population of Jerusalem was deported. This is considered to be the start of the Babylonian Exile.
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Jerusalem surrendered in 597 BCE, and thousands were deported, but Babylonian control over Jerusalem was short-lived.
Babylon again besieged Jerusalem and in 586 BCE a substantial part of the remaining population of Jerusalem was deported. This is considered to be the start of the Babylonian Exile.
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Some Jewish religious scholars place the Babylonian Captivity later than this, thereby resolving certain contradictions in the Bible.
Archaeologists and other scholars support the historical view.
