According to tradition, it was in 422 BCE.
It was called the First Exile or the First Captivity.
The Hebrews were captured and taken to Babylon by the Chaldeans
No. Long before they were ever taken/exiled to Babylon, the Hebrews/Jews/Israelites were a vibrant, flourishing nation in what is now Israel.
There are two main incidents where Jews are mentioned in the bible were taken into slavery, in Egypt and in Babylon.
The Kingdom of Judah was conquered by the Babylonians at around 587 BCE. At that time most Israelites except some of the poorest were captured and taken into exile to Babylon in several stages.
The people of Isa real were repeatedly told by the prophets , to repent and keep gods order , like these people married nonbelievers and started worshiping their idols as well. Jeremiah told them they would be taken captive . And we see they were taken as slaves to Babylon. And only released when Cyrus captured Babylon.
There were many peoples that were taken to Babylon.It was the policy of the Babylonian Empire to take very smart people from all conquered societies to Babylon to be trained to become Babylonians. The process usually stripped them of their religion and other cultural links; as they were separated from family and friends, forced to learn and use only the Chaldean language, and exposed to the grandeur of the Babylonian civilization.
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Zedekiah was the last king of Judah. He ruled in the 6th century BCE and his reign ended with the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians in 586 BCE. He was captured, his sons were killed, and he was taken into exile in Babylon.
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In 722 BCE the Assyrians captured Samaria completing their conquest of the northern Kingdom of Israel and the ten northern tribes. The two southern tribes - Judah and Benjamin were later taken over by Babylon.
The Hebrews remained in Judah. Their aristocracy was taken to Babylon to rule local peoples, and a new aristocracy was brought in to rule Judah. There were three waves of these relocations - 597 BCE, 587 BCE and 582 BCE. When Persia took over Babylon they allowed the Jews there to return to try to reclaim their old lands. Half decided to remain in Babylonia as they had become well and prosperously established there. The half who began to return to Judea from 538 BCE onwards had mixed fortunes - many could not prove their claims to land, others were successful. The return took place in a series of waves until 520 BCE.