Exile of the *Jews in the land of Babylon in the 6th Century BCE. After the fall of *Jerusalem in 586 BCE, the inhabitants of *Judah and their king were taken captive to Babylon. They were not permitted to return until the Babylonians had been...

The Babylonian captivity, or Babylonian exile, is the name generally given to the deportation and exile of the Jews of the ancient Kingdom of Judah to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar during the 6th Century BCE. The Captivity and subsequent return to Israel...