The Babylonian Destruction of King Solomon’s Temple

586 BCE

Read while you listen

Jeremiah 39:8

‍The Chaldeans (i.e. the Babylonians) burned down the king’s palace and the houses of the people by fire, and they tore down the walls of Jerusalem.

This video by the Megalim Institute shows the archaeological findings that confirm the destruction of Jerusalem and the First Temple by the Babylonians.

City of David Megalim Institute, Courtesy of George Blumenthal and the Gol Family

No items found.

Overview

In the Bible

Jeremiah 52:12-13

Now on the tenth day of the fifth month, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar (586 BCE), king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard, who was in the service of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. He burned the house of the L-RD, the king’s house and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every large house he burned with fire.

יִרְמְיָהוּ נ"ב, י"ב-י"ג:

"וּבַחֹ֤דֶשׁ הַֽחֲמִישִׁי֙ בֶּֽעָשׂ֣וֹר לַחֹ֔דֶשׁ הִ֗יא שְׁנַת֙ תְּשַֽׁע־עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה שָׁנָ֔ה לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ נְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֣ר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֑ל בָּ֗א נְבֽוּזַרְאֲדָן֙ רַב־טַבָּחִ֔ים עָמַ֛ד לִפְנֵ֥י מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֖ל בִּירֽוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ וַיִּשְׂרֹ֥ף אֶת־בֵּית־ה' וְאֶת־בֵּ֣ית הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וְאֵ֨ת כָּל־בָּתֵּ֧י יְרֽוּשָׁלִַ֛ם וְאֶת־כָּל־בֵּ֥ית הַגָּד֖וֹל שָׂרַ֥ף בָּאֵֽשׁ."