Who was the king that captured Jerusalem and punished the Jews in 597 BC?

Answer 1

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King David captured Jerusalem in around 1048 BC. It had previously been occupied by the Jebusites who had great confidence in the impossibility of David capturing it. They said that even the blind and the lame could defend it. However, in a shaft which has been discovered relatively recently by archaeologists, Joab ascended and so took Jerusalem for David.

This feat is specifically mentioned as the reason why Joab became David's captain as this was the promised reward for whoever could get up there and take the citadel. Before the discovery of this ancient shaft, people had drawn pictures of a pipe outside the wall, which had the obvious difficulty of not being secret as well as being easily exposed to attack.

The account is recorded in 2 Samuel 5:6-10 and 1 Chronicles 11:4-9 which names Joab as the one who was first in leading the attack. Quote " To most Israelis it is axiomatic that the celebrations for the 3,000th anniversary of the conquest of Jerusalem by King David mark a real and tangible event; but this is far from certain. The biblical account of the capture of the city is the only one we have, and in the opinion of most modern scholars, The Bible is not an entirely reliable historical document. Corroborating evidence is required, and some indeed exists; but it is not conclusive. When all the available information has been assembled, the most that can be said is that there was probably an Israelite ruler called David, who made Jerusalem his capital sometime in the tenth century bce. However, the precise date cannot be determined, and consequently there is no way of knowing exactly when the anniversary falls" by Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. .

see link King David and Jerusalem: Myth and Reality

Answer 2

It is historically certain that Herod, who was to become known as King Herod the Great, captured Jerusalem from the Parthians' client king, Antigonus, with the aid of Roman legions in 37 BCE. However, Herod probably should not be considered a Jewish king; certainly the Jews of his time would not have done so. Herod's father was an Idumean and his mother was a Nabataean Arab. Since the Idumeans had been forcibly converted to Judaism by the victorious Jews some decades before Herod's birth, Herod was nominally a Jew -although we know that he followed the pagan religion when away from Jerusalem.

It is historically less certain that King David captured Jerusalem, although this event is described in 2 Samuel 5:6-10 and 1 Chronicles 11:4-9. Not only is this account inconsistent with Archaeology, but the Books of Joshua and Judges describe the Israelites as having captured Jerusalem centuries earlier, with Jerusalem as part of the inheritance of Benjamin.

Answer 3

Joshua conquered Jerusalem (Joshua 12:10), but the Israelites allowed their hold on the city to lapse. The king who took Jerusalem for good, was King David (2 Samuel ch.5). See also:

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Answer 4

the king who captured Jerusalem in 597BC was king Nebuchadnezzar

Answer 5

The Babylonian king, Nebuchadrezzar (Nebuchadnezzar) captured Jerusalem in 597 BCE.

Answer 6

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