Polity Kingdom of Judah (Babylonian Vassal)

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Was an Israelite kingdom in the Southern Levant during the Iron Age. Following the siege of 597 BC, the Neo-Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar installed Zedekiah as vassal king of Judah.

Establishment

  • January 596 BC: Following the siege of 597 BC, the Neo-Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar installed Zedekiah as vassal king of Judah.

Chronology

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1. Jewish-Babylonian war

Was a revolt of the Kingdom of Judah against the Neo-Babylonian Empire.

  • January 596 BC: Following the siege of 597 BC, the Neo-Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar installed Zedekiah as vassal king of Judah.
  • January 586 BC: In July 587 BC, Zedekiah rebelled against Babylonia.
  • January 586 BC: The Babylonian troops managed to get inside the walls and conquer the city. On the seventh of Av, Nebuzaradan, a Babylonian executioner, burned down Solomon's Temple, destroyed the walls of Jerusalem, and exiled the rest of the Jews to Babylonia. He appointed Gedalia as the administrator of the Jews that weren't exiled from Judah.
  • January 585 BC: Judah ceased to exist in 586 BC as it was annexed to the Neo-Babylonian Empire.

Disestablishment

  • January 585 BC: Judah ceased to exist in 586 BC as it was annexed to the Neo-Babylonian Empire.