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If the Ark still held the magic powers described in 1 Samuel 5*, then the Jews would surely have had no need to hide it, since the Ark would have brought about disaster after disaster upon the Babylonians.
*1 Samuel 5:9-6:1: "And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the city[Gath, a Philistine city] with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts. Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people. So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there. And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven. And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months."
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What drove the Hebrews of out Canaan?
1) In the time of Jacob, there was famine (Genesis ch.41-2 and 46). 2) A thousand years later, the Israelites (Jews) were exiled forcibly, first by the Assyrians (who exiled the Ten Tribes) and later by the Babylonians (who exiled the population of Judah). 3) Centuries later, most of the Jews left Judea as conditions became untenable under the Romans.
How many years were the Jews exiled to Shushan during Purim?
Jews were not exiled to Shushan.
Why were the Jews exiled from Italy in 855 CE?
For the same reason why this happened later in other countries including France and England. Anti-Semitism; hatred of Jews.
What did the exiled Jews hold on to?
The Torah.
What did exiled Jews hang on to?
The Torah and Talmud.
Did Babylonians castrate Hebrew slaves?
If the Babylonians castrated all the exiled Jews, there would be few Jews to return to Jerusalem after a period of around 60 years. While the Jews were certainly exiled, most of them were not kept in slavery. The main reason to castrate would be to keep slaves in harems, and Jewish tradition does not really discuss whether Jews were employed in Babylonian harems. There are biblical suggestions that eunuchs may also have been employed in Judah during the late monarchy, but the wording is ambiguous and can not be relied on in that sense.
Where does the name Jews came from and where do the Jews come from?
The Jewish people are descendants of Abraham through his son Isaac and grandson Jacob (Jacob was given the name Israel by God, in Genesis ch.35). The name "Jews" comes from Judah, the fourth son of Jacob, since the bulk of the other tribes (other descendants of Jacob) were exiled by the Assyrians and did not return. The descendants of Judah were also exiled (by the Babylonians) but returned to build the Second Temple not long afterwards, and their descendants are extant to this day.
The people who allowed the Jews to return from exile?
The Babylonians.
Which king liberated the Jews?
Cyrus the Great of Persia defeated the Babylonians and liberated the Jews.
What happend during the babylonian captivity?
The Babylonian exile was the period in Jewish history during which the Jews of the ancient Kingdom of Judah were captives in Babylon. The Babylonians soon took over most of Western Asia. So they took over both Israel and Judah. Because the Jews had fought on the side of the Assyrians, the Babylonians thought the Jews were troublemakers. So the Babylonians destroyed the Temple that Solomon had built, and took many of the richer, more aristocratic Jews prisoner, both men and women, and their children, and took them away to Babylon where they could keep an eye on them. This is called the Babylonian Captivity. Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel all wrote sad lamentations about the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple, which are in the Bible.
How did Judaism spread throughout Asia?
As Jews were exiled and moved there.
Do Jews agree with their covenant with the Lord?
Yes.
