First major Babylonian deportation

Perspective note

Comparative historical/source study. The original author's or church's reception is retained; inclusion does not make every claim Oriental Orthodox teaching.

People

• Jehoiachin
• Nebuchadnezzar II
• Ezekiel

Scripture

• 2 Kings 24:10–17 — Kings narrates Jerusalem's siege and the deportation of King Jehoiachin and others to Babylon.
• Ezekiel 1:1–3 — Ezekiel dates his opening vision from among the exiles by the Chebar canal.

Sources and further reading

• Metropolitan Museum: Eastern Mediterranean chronology (Website)

Related records

• Babylon defeats Egypt at Carchemish (Biblical History)
• Jeremiah urges the exiles to build lives in Babylon (Biblical History)
• Jeremiah and Hananiah dispute the Babylonian yoke (Biblical History)
• Jehoiachin is released from prison in Babylon (Biblical History)