jan 1, 586 BC - Beginning of Babylonain Exile
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After Zedekiah rebelled, goaded on by Egypt, Nebuchadnezzar returned, destroyed the temple, and Zedekiah’s line is ended, blinded, and exiled in the Second Deportation.
Non-Davidic Gedaliah is made governor of Judah, but soon assassinated (2 Kings 25:1-21).
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