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What happened to Jeconiah after the Babylonians besieged Jerusalem?
What happened to Jeconiah after the Babylonians besieged Jerusalem?
- He was exiled to Babylon (correct)
- He was installed as king
- He was killed
- He was allowed to return to Zion
Who allowed the exiled Judeans to return to Zion and rebuild Jerusalem?
Who allowed the exiled Judeans to return to Zion and rebuild Jerusalem?
- Nebuchadnezzar
- Jeremiah
- Jehoiakim
- Cyrus the Great (correct)
When was the Second Temple completed?
When was the Second Temple completed?
- 601 BCE
- 597 BCE
- 539 BCE
- 516 BCE (correct)
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Study Notes
- Judah was a vassal kingdom of Babylon
- In 601 BCE, Jehoiakim, king of Judah, revolted against Babylonian rule despite the strong remonstrances of the prophet Jeremiah
- Jehoiakim died for reasons unclear, and was succeeded by his son, Jeconiah
- In 597 BCE, the Babylonians besieged Jerusalem, and the city surrendered
- Nebuchadnezzar pillaged Jerusalem and deported Jeconiah and other prominent citizens to Babylon; Jeconiah's uncle, Zedekiah, was installed as king
- Later, encouraged by the Egyptians, Zedekiah launched a second revolt, and a Babylonian army was sent to retake Jerusalem
- After Babylon had fallen to Cyrus the Great, founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire, in 539 BCE, he allowed the exiled Judeans to return to Zion and rebuild Jerusalem
- The Second Temple was completed in 516 BCE.
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