2 Kings 25:9
Hebrew Bible
8 On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, who served the king of Babylon, arrived in Jerusalem. 9 He burned down the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house. 10 The whole Babylonian army that came with the captain of the royal guard tore down the walls that surrounded Jerusalem. 11 Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, deported the rest of the people who were left in the city, those who had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the craftsmen. 12 But he left behind some of the poor of the land and gave them fields and vineyards.
Date: 6th Century B.C.E. (Final composition) (based on scholarly estimates)
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Jeremiah 52:13
Hebrew Bible
12 On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard who served the king of Babylon, arrived in Jerusalem. 13 He burned down the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house. 14 The whole Babylonian army that came with the captain of the royal guard tore down the walls that surrounded Jerusalem. 15 Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, took into exile some of the poor, the rest of the people who remained in the city, those who had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the craftsmen. 16 But he left behind some of the poor and gave them fields and vineyards.
Date: 5th Century B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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Notes and References
"... The Babylonian/Chaldean destruction in Jerusalem in 587 BCE appears in four places in the Hebrew Bible. 2 Kings 25:9 reports ... The last chapter of Jeremiah repeats this. The prose narrator 52:13 reports ... The identical wording is no surprise since this chapter appears to be an addendum which an editor made by taking that passage from 2 Kings 15 and attaching it to the end of the book of Jeremiah ..."
Friedman, Richard Elliott
The Destruction of the First Jerusalem Temple
(pp. 1-5) The University of Georgia, 2021
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