What caused the Israelite exile?

Answer 1

They rejected Jesus Christ, the one true son of God, so God punished them.

Just kidding, here comes the actual answer, the serious one; Jesus was certainly a nice guy, possibly a prophet in the same league as Moses and Ezrah among others, however it is a little bit more complicated than simply "the Jews killed Jesus." First of all, it was the Romans who flogged him until he slowly bled to death and then they nailed him to the cross, Jesus was killed by white people, not the ancient Hebrews. Now, a wealthy minority of them, namely the Levite priests certainly ENCOURAGED the Romans to do it, but even without their encouragement they would have killed him anyway. There is no question, even to the likes of well-known atheist Richard Dawkins, that the man had charisma and obviously drew large crowds otherwise his teachings would not have survived for 2,000 years. To Roman governors and military commanders already having problems with unruly religious "fanatic" mobs, men who drew large crowds were considered dangerous. When trying to keep a people tyranized and subjugated, the last thing you want is charismatic men running around. God knows their charisma may even affect your own soldiers.

The Israelites actually had two major periods of exile; the first was the Babylonian, and the second is called the "diaspora," which happened around the 200's A.D. during the Talmudic period. During the Babylonian exile, large numbers stayed in Babylon, refusing to return to Israel, they became the ancestors of modern day Iraqi Jews. Hebrew tribalism of ancient times, which accepted very few converts, and later on Islam, both worked together to ensure that the Hebrew people there remained largely un "mixed" with the local semites. I use quotes, because genetically, ancient and modern Hebrews are identical to the Arabs. As a matter of fact the term "Arab Jew" is used frequently in Israel, since middle eastern Jews are often impossible to tell apart from the Arabs. The Arabs though it seems, have a built in radar that lets them know who is an Ishmaelite and who is a Jew. Westerner is in a restaurant somewhere in Jordan, lets say. Arab walks in, stereotypical look, bearded, "long nose," "big owl eyes," "thick eyebrows," "big lips," the whole nine. A walking stereotype if you will. So, stereotype Arab walks in, bunch of men warmly greet "ah! Asalamu Alaykum!" and warmly make greetings in Arabic. Another man walks in, appearance wise, identical to the stereotype Arab who walked in. In fact the two men are carbon copies of one another, physically, its like they're twins they look so much alike. However the moment the second man walks in someone yells "YAHOOD!!!! YAHOOD!!!!" they shout at him in Arabic basically telling him to get the hell out. The westerner is sitting there thinking "WTF?! How the hell did they know that guy was Jewish!? He looks just like that Arab guy over there.........." Little annecdote I felt compelled to inform you about; somehow, those Arab bastards just KNOW when someone is a Jew. I don't care how middle eastern you look, or how olive your skin is, or even if you wear a beard if you happen to be male.

Moving on though; the first exile was caused by the Babylonian invasion obviously, who, ah, "imprisoned" them in Babylon. Now, I use quotes, because that is like the Germans invading Wisconsin, especifically Dells Wisconsin, taking a bunch of the people of German descent and saying "okay, we will imprison you in Berlin." Or, a bunch of Norwegians going to St. Paul Minesota, kidnapping a bunch of the people and saying "alright you guys, you will be imprisoned in Oslo." I mean the whole idea of "Babylonian exile" I always thought was an oxymoron; I mean, ABRAHAM CAME FROM UR, A BABYLONIAN COLONY. How can you be a "prisoner" in your own ancestral lands? Hey, I'm just asking; Genesis clearly says, Abraham came from the Babylonian colony city of Ur. Bunch of Babylonians left Babylon because it was too crowded, so they started a new city.

The diaspora of the Talmudic period, was caused by the poverty and misery of the Roman occupation. After the burning of the second temple, the Romans taxed the Hebrew people to the point of starvation, to the point where they could only eat 2 meals a day. As they say, an army marches on its stomach. The only people who did not suffer the crushing economic burden, where the people who had the closest political ties to the Romans, these people were the Levites, and the temple priests. That fact is well known to history; that the Romans, had close ties to ancient Israeli society's wealthiest and most influential people, ties with the power players, with the elite, were part of the methods used by the Romans to govern their empires. Among the Gauls, they kept ties with the Celtic chieftains, later on, Celtic Kings as they became civilized, in Britain and Spain they did the same thing. In Greece, they kept ties with the elected politicians of the gentleman class, and in Israel, since the highest social class was the tribe of Levi, they kept close ties with them.

Because of those ties, the tribe of Levi avoided being heavily taxed, actually, not only did they avoid being taxed, but they actively stole a portion of the gold meant to go to the Romans. Remember that travel in ancient times was a ridiculously expensive and dangerous affair, it wasn't as simple as purchasing a "camel caravan ticket," and then you're off. You had to purchase supplies, namely very expensive non-perishable food, you had to ensure the safety of the women who, if the soldiers you hired did not do their job why, bandits would have their way with them. There were a million things to worry about, all drains on finances. Obviously only the Levites could foot the bill for large scale trips.

Now, King Solomon, was not just the wealthiest king of ancient Israel, but he was quite possibly the wealthiest man in the whole of human history.

http://www.biblestudy.org/beginner/bible-weights-and-measures.html

According to the bible, King Solomon received roughly 600 talents of gold every year, and his reign, lasted a little over 30 years, meaning that at the end of his life, he had a fortune worth around $15 billion U.S. dollars. Now, this was $15 billion, according to ancient world standards; remember the smaller the population, the greater the worth of money, the equivalent of one dollar in the ancient world bought you a lot more, than it does now. Adjusting for inflation, not to mention the archeological worth of ancient gold coins, today, King Solomon would be worth $15 quintillion U.S. dollars. Or, at least $15 trillion. Solomon was not just the richest man in all the world, as God had promised in the bible he would make him, he was quite possibly the richest man in the whole of human history. Solomon had so much money, EVERYONE in Israel, had the equivalent of a six figure income, and Solomon was STILL wealthy, even sharing that much money with everyone.

So, what happened to all that money? Subsequent generations of the line of King David, spent it carelessly, in fact one of the kings had a reign known for debauchery. One after another, the kings spent and spent, obviously feeling that the gold in their coffers was virtually unlimited. However, all that ended with the Assyrians attacked, and later on the Babylonians. Between those two, a lot of that fortune was stolen and divided among themselves nevertheless, legends persist, that precisely because Solomon's treasure was so enormous, that it is still buried somewhere in Israel. Remember the cave of wonders in the movie "Disney's Aladdin?" That, was only 1/4 of Solomon's treasure. That 1/4, although this is the stuff of fantasy, is said to be buried somewhere in Israel. Remember though; according, by concensus, to all Jews, Solomon was a highly intelligent man. If it was SOLOMON, a man blessed with superhuman intellect by God, who hid that treasure, because none of us modern men are anywhere near that league in terms of intelligence, the treasure may be impossible to find and even if you find it, with that much gold can you trust the workers helping you? The list of problems just never ends with gold. If solomon's treasure does exist though it would change everything; with that money, Israel could end its dependency on the United States, and have nothing to fear from the Arab world. With that much gold backing up the shekel, it would give Israel unreal power in the middle east. There is more to the worry surrounding the Dome of the Rock than just religion; many Jews who believe the legend of Solomon's gold, are scared to death the Arabs will find it first.

Legend has it the Assyrians and Babylonians, and later the Romans, only stole a very small portion of it. Yet although it was a "small portion," all three of those empires were reported to have taken "several tons of God back to..." wherever the hell they came from. If Solomon's fortune is indeed enough gold to reach into the quintillions, that amount of money, would place Israel in the same league as Switzerland. Life in Israel would change, almost overnight. Think for a moment; 5 million people (sorry, no Arabs), in control of 15 quintillion dollars. Israel, would not need to answer or be intimidated by ANYONE, not even the global military powers. That much money, could buy military technology centuries ahead of everyone else's.

Solomon being Solomon, a "very wise man," do you think for one moment, that he made his gold easy to find? Think about it; only one of his descendants, someone who THINK like Solomon, will be able to find it. In the same way Telemacus came close to stringing his father's bow in "The Odyssey," by virtue of the fact that he was Odysseus' son, a descendant of Solomon, by virtue of having his blood, will find that treasure one day. I have a pretty good idea where its located but I'm not telling. lol; just kidding I'm clueless.

The exile was largely caused because, no matter how badly they were tortured, not one of Solomon's descendants revealed where the gold was. Indeed, both the Assyrians and the Babylonians raped the wives and daughters of the kings of Judah WHILE torturing them, legend has it, telling them "you better tell us where that gold is." However, regardless of what was done to them, or their families, they would not talk. One had his eye sockets burned out from having molten lead poured into them, and still, he did not talk. After the Babylonian captivity, the secret of Solomon's gold was lost, and it remains lost. Having no access to that gold, the Levites relied on the 1/10 tithe rule, in addition to their ties with the Romans but see the thing is, pretty soon NO ONE in Israel during the Talmudic period was imune to Roman corruption. From the 200's onward, Rome itself was becoming increasingly corrupt, and the corruption was felt throughout the empire. Taxes became more ridiculous, and the prosperity that existed from Hadrian's wall to Jerusalem, was by now long gone. Most of the wealth was concentrated in Rome itself, thus, rather than be the people who were taxed, the Levites chose to be the people who benefited from all the taxing, so they moved to Rome, leaving behind everyone else in Israel. That, is the true history, and the true legacy of ashkenazi Jewry; their is a history of greed, arrogance, and numerous betrayals and they have won for all of us Jews the title of "greedy," when said title does not apply to the majority of us.

Ashkenazi Jews, descend from the Levites, virtually all of them do, as only the Levites, could foot the bill for ridiculously expensive ancient world travel in large numbers. How was Moses able to travel to Egypt with Hebrew slaves if travel was so expensive? Come on, go look at a map! Israel is not that far from Egypt, and Moses was an expert in desert survival, tricks he learned from his Arab Beduin father in law, and his own Arab wife. The Arabs taught Moses how to survive in the desert, namely, the Midianite Arabs, if it were not for those northwest Saudi Arabia beduin, our ancestors would have died of thirst in the desert and we would not be alive right now.

Well, I'm done; I'm going to go watch World Link T.V. to watch Israel's ingratitude and ungratefulness to the Arabs.

later.

Answer 2

The Israelite exile was caused by the conquest of the Kingdom of Judah by the Babylonians in 586 BCE. The Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem and its temple, leading to the exile of many Israelites to Babylon for about 70 years.

Answer 3

The Babylonian captivityis the period in Jewish history during which a number of Judahites of the ancientKingdom of Judah were captives in Babylonia. After the Battle of Carchemish in 605 BCE, Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, besieged Jerusalem, resulting in tribute being paid by King Jehoiakim. Jehoiakim refused to pay tribute in Nebuchadnezzar's fourth year, which led to another siege in Nebuchadnezzar's seventh year, culminating with the death of Jehoiakim and the exile of KingJeconiah, his court and many others; Jeconiah's successor Zedekiah and others were exiled in Nebuchadnezzar's eighteenth year; a later deportation occurred in Nebuchadnezzar's twenty-third year. The dates, numbers of deportations, and numbers of deportees given in the biblical accounts vary. These deportations are dated to 597 BCE for the first, with others dated at 587/586 BCE, and 582/581 BCE respectively

Answer 4

Because the Israelites into exile because of their Pagan worship which broke the terms of the covenant