In 586 BC, Babylon took the southern kingdom (Judah) into captivity.
The Babylonian Captivity was from 586 B.C.E. to 532 B.C.E. or 54 years.
AnswerNebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, destroyed Jerusalem in 586 BCE, ending the kingdom of Judah.
The Babylonians.
Babylon. See second Kings 25:8. In Judaism, this is referred to as the Babylonian captivity.
There are two different empires at play here. The empire that destroyed the Northern Kingdom of Israel was Assyria in 722 BCE. The empire that took the Jews into captivity (and destroyed the Southern Kingdom of Judah) was Babylonia in 586 BCE.
Some have dated the 3 successive invasions of Judah by Babylon to be during the period of 604-586 BC. A more traditional starting year has been 597 BC.
605 BCE
The fall of the Northern Kingdom (Israel) occurred in 722 BC when the Assyrians conquered it. The fall of the Southern Kingdom (Judah) occurred in 586 BC when the Babylonians conquered it. Therefore, there are approximately 136 years between the fall of the Northern and Southern Kingdoms.
The Southern Kingdom of Judah fell to Babylon under Nebuchadnezzar in 587 B.C.E. In July 587 B.C.E., the Babylonians broke through the walls of Jerusalem and one month later they burned down the Temple.
Babylon in the year 586 BCE and Rome in the year 135 CE.
You answered your own question. It was the Babylonians.
586 B.C.