Presents
Pamphlet #7045
Judah Taken Captive to Babylon
If you will carefully read the
important book of Jeremiah,
you will notice the first few
chapters are devoted to his ministry in warning the Jews
of their impending invasion
and captivity unless they would repent.
But
they would not repent.
And
so, finally, the invasion came.
In
the first siege Nebuchadnezzar marched into Jerusalem, taking it captive.
However,
he did not at once drive out all the Jews.
He
did not even drive out their king, Jehoiakim,
but
made him a vassal king, the servant of Nebuchadnezzar.
As
such he continued on his throne,
as
did two more kings after him, Jehoiachin, his son, arid Zedekiah, his brother.(Read
II Kings 24).
In Zedekiah's 11th year as king, the Chaldean armies
besieged Jerusalem, entered it; the city was broken up, the palace and
temple destroyed.
All
the sons of King Zedekiah were killed before his eyes.
So
that there would be no man to carry on his dynasty, all the princes of
Judah were also slain.
King
Zedekiah's eyes were put out, and he was bound in chains and carried to
Babylon where he died.
You will read of all this captivity
in II Kings 25, 11 Chronicles 36, Jeremiah 39, and 52.
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