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The Babylonian Captivity: The Fall of Jerusalem to Babylon

The tragic final deportation of Judah: fleeing through the city breach to Jericho, judgment before Nebuchadnezzar at Riblah, and the long exile march across the Fertile Crescent to Babylon.

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  • Zedekiah

    Follow the full biblical biography of Zedekiah.

Itinerary Stops (4)

  • Stop 1: Jerusalem (2 Kings 25:1-9; Jeremiah 39:1-8)

    The walls of Jerusalem are breached after famine; Nebuzaradan burns the Temple of the Lord, the king’s palace, and all great houses.

  • Stop 2: Jericho (2 Kings 25:4-5; Jeremiah 39:4-5)

    King Zedekiah and his soldiers flee by night through the king’s garden toward the Arabah, but are pursued and captured in the plains of Jericho.

  • Stop 3: Riblah (2 Kings 25:6-7,20-21; Jeremiah 39:5-7)

    Zedekiah is brought before Nebuchadnezzar at Riblah in the land of Hamath; his sons are slain before his eyes, he is blinded and bound in bronze chains.

  • Stop 4: Babylon (2 Kings 25:11,21; Jeremiah 52:27-30)

    The captive exiles of Judah arrive into the heart of the Babylonian Empire, beginning the seventy-year exile.

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