588 Hophra, Egyptian Pharaoh, fails to raise the siege 586 Fall of Jerusalem; second deportation ca. 584 Assassination of Gedaliah, governor of Judah 562 Amel-marduk (Evil-merodach), king of Babylon 561 Jehoiachin set free (2 Kings 25:27–30) 556 Nabonidus, last Babylonian king ca. 548 Cyrus’ conquest of Lydia; preaching of Second Isaiah 539 Fall of Babylon; beginning of Persian rule This, then, was the situation that faced the survivors and with which Ezekiel, as one of them, was attempting to
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