Jerusalem falls; First Temple destroyed
Babylon conquers Jerusalem, destroys Solomon's Temple, and intensifies Judah's exile.
Perspective note
Shared subject; this bundled record was originally written with an Orthodox-informed editorial lens.
People
- Nebuchadnezzar II
- Zedekiah
Scripture
- 2 Kings 25 — Kings narrates Jerusalem's siege, the Temple's destruction, and exile to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 39 — Jeremiah recounts Jerusalem's capture and the prophet's treatment afterward.
- Lamentations — The book laments Jerusalem's devastation; this is a whole-book reading rather than a chronicle of one day.