539 BCE
Cyrus Captures Babylon: The Persian Rule of Judah Begins
As Jeremiah predicts in chapter 51 verse 56:
A destroyer will come against Babylon; her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken.
The Nabonidus Chronicle records the events during the rule of Nabonidus. In 539 BCE, King Cyrus of Persia conquered the Babylonian Empire.
The chronicle reads:
“The army of Cyrus…entered Babylon. Afterward, after Nabonidus retreated, he was captured in Babylon.”
Overview
Nabonidus Chronicle
“The army of Cyrus…entered Babylon. Afterwards, after Nabonidus retreated, he was captured in Babylon.”
In the Bible
Jeremiah 51:56
A destroyer will come against Babylon; her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken.
יִרְמְיָהוּ נ"א, נ"ו:
"כִּי֩ בָ֨א עָלֶ֤יהָ עַל־בָּבֶל֙ שׁוֹדֵ֔ד וְנִלְכְּדוּ֙ גִּבּוֹרֶ֔יהָ חִתְּתָ֖ה קַשְּׁתוֹתָ֑ם ..."
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