mar 16, 597 BC - Jerusalem Besieged Jehoiachin and Ezekiel taken to Babylon
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2 Kings 24:10–16Jerusalem Chronicle ABC 5:
“In the seventh year [598/597], the month of Kislîmu [Nov.-Dec.], the king of Akkad [Nebuchadnezzar] mustered his troops, marched to the Hatti-land [Syria-Palestine], and besieged the city of Judah [Jerusalem] and on the second day of the month of Addaru (16 March 597) he seized the city and captured the king. He appointed there a king of his own choice [Zechariah], received its heavy tribute and sent to Babylon.”
https://www.livius.org/sources/content/mesopotamian-chronicles-content/abc-5-jerusalem-chronicle/
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mar 16, 597 BC
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~ 2624 years ago