How many times were the Jews exiled in the Old Testament?

Answer 1

10,000

UPDATE: I had this same question and was looking for the answer. But when I came across this I knew that this could not be correct. The reasoning is in Ezra 2:64 it states that a little under 50,000 Jews went back to Judah after the exile. So if that many went back then more must have been sent into exile.

Answer 2

The exile usually refers to the time when the southern kingdom, Judah, was forcibly detained in Babylon. It began with a series of deportations during the reign of the kings Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin and Zedekiah. After the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar the kingdom of Judah ceased to exist.

The northern kingdom was exiled before this to Assyria.

Answer 3

That depends upon how you count the occasions. Although Jacob went to Egypt with his descendants willingly (Genesis ch.46), in Jewish tradition it is considered an exile (noun, not verb).

133 years before the First Destruction, the Ten Israelite Tribes were exiled to points unknown and have not returned. This exile occurred in a few stages, as the Ten Tribes were exiled in groups over several years.

In the First Destruction, the two remaining Tribes, Judah and Benjamin, were exiled to Babylonia.

Answer 4

The Jews were exiled from their land three times in the Old Testament. The exiles occurred under the Babylonian Empire, the Assyrian Empire, and the Roman Empire.