Page 27 - The Minor Prophets - Student textbook
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In 597 B.C. Jerusalem falls at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar captured
Jehoiachin and took him as prisoner to Babylon. Zedekiah was set up as a puppet king over Judah.
In 586 B.C. King Nebuchadnezzar laid siege to Jerusalem. He destroyed the city and burned its temple.
The destruction of the temple started on the 9th of Ab (Hebrew month) and completed on the 10th. It
is interesting that the 9th of Ab will also be the day Jerusalem's second temple (Herod's temple) was
completely destroyed in 70 A.D.
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