Exile
Babylon destroys Jerusalem
Babylon destroys Jerusalem is dated 586 BC. It is told in 2 Kings 25:9.
He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
When did it happen?
- Modern reckoning
- 586 BC
- Traditional reckoning
- 586 BC
- Another dating
- 587 BC
- How it's dated
- Babylonian records
Theographic has no event for it; its reign of Zedekiah ends in 586 BC.
Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.
Sources: Theographic event 242 (Zedekiah); Thiele (1983).
Where is it in the Bible?
Which verses connect to 2 Kings 25:9?
The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).
- Psalm 74:3–75 votes
Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed. Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs, …
- Amos 2:55 votes
So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”
- 1 Kings 9:84 votes
And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
- 2 Chronicles 36:194 votes
Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.
- Psalm 79:14 votes
A Psalm of Asaph. The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
- Micah 3:124 votes
Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.
Events, people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (Robert Rouse), CC BY-SA 4.0, reshaped; dates also from the sources named on each anchor.