Events that occurred when the
Babylonians conquered Jerusalem:
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city. So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land.-Jeremiah 52:24-27***Hamath was in Syria, located over 200 miles north of Jerusalem. During the reign of King David, the 2nd king to reign over all of the Israelites in the Promised Land, King Toi (Tou), ruler of Hamath, sent his son Joram (Hadoram) to Jerusalem to greet, salute and bless David and give David silver, gold, and brass (bronze) after David defeated King Hadadezer, ruler of Zobah, Syria. Solomon, the 2nd child born to David and Bathsheba, was the 3rd king to reign over all of the Israelites in the land that the Lord God promised to give to Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and to Abraham's son Isaac, and to Isaac's youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel), and to their descendants. During Solomon's 40-year reign, Solomon established storage cities in Hamath. Rehoboam, the son born to Solomon and Naamah, was the 4th king to rule over all of the Israelites. After Rehoboam gave a specific answer, the Israelites split into 2 kingdoms, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of Solomon. Judah was the nation in the south, Jerusalem was the royal city and Rehoboam was the 1st king to reign. Israel was the northern nation, Samaria was the final royal city and Jeroboam, the son born to Nebat and Zeruah, was the 1st king to reign. King Jehoash (Joash) was the 12th king to rule over all of the Israelites in the northern nation of Israel, and his son Jeroboam was the 13th king to reign. During his 41-year reign, Jeroboam the son of Jehoash reclaimed Hamath and Damascus from the Syrians. King Pekah was the 18th king to rule over all of the Israelites in the northern nation of Israel. During Pekah's 20-year reign, the Assyrians invaded the kingdom and King Tiglath-pileser, ruler of Assyria, began taking Israelites to Assyria. During the 9th year of the reign of King Hoshea, the 19th king to rule the northern nation, the Assyrians conquered Samaria, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of the Israelites. The king of Assyria brought people from Hamath and other places conquered by the Assyrians to live throughout Samaria. Less than 130 years after Samaria was conquered, Rehoboam's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson Jehoahaz became the 16th king to rule Judah. During the 3rd month of Jehoahaz's reign, Pharaoh Necho (Nechoh/Neco), ruler of Egypt, held Jehoahaz captive in Riblah in Hamath until he took Jehoahaz to Egypt and 23-year-old Jehoahaz died. Jehoahaz's brother Jehoiakim (Eliakim) was the 17th king to rule Judah. During Jehoiakim's 11-year reign, the Babylonians (Chaldeans) invaded Judah and Jerusalem and King Nebuchadnezzar, ruler of Babylon, began looting the temple of the Lord. Jehoiachin (Jeconiah/Coniah), the son born to Jehoiakim and Nehushta, was the 18th king to rule Judah. During Jehoiachin's 3-month reign, the Babylonians took at least 10,000 more Israelites, including Jehoiachin, his wives and mother, to Babylon. During the 11th year of the reign of Jehoiakim's brother King Zedekiah (Mattaniah), the 19th king to rule Judah, the Babylonians conquered Jerusalem, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of the Israelites. The Babylonians looted and burned the temple of the Lord, and chased and captured Zedekiah and his sons, and took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zedekiah, and Zedekiah's sons, and other nobles to Riblah. Seraiah and those taken captive with Seraiah were killed, and Zedekiah's sons and the other nobles were killed, and Zedekiah's eyesight was taken. Over 500 years after a group of Israelite survivors took Jeremiah the prophet with them to Egypt, and Israselites began returning to Judah and Jerusalem, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was born. Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the tribe of Jacob's 4th born son Judah, the tribe of David and his descendants, all of Judah's kings, to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Numbers 13:1-14:45, 20:1-29, 26:1-27:23, Deuteronomy 31:1-34:12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra 1:1-11, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26
Reference Information:
eunuch = saris = caric = officer, chamberlain, castrate
Reference Scriptures:
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:)-Numbers 34:1-2...And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor: From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad:-Numbers 34:7-8...And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:-Numbers 34:11
And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,-2 Chronicles 8:1...And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it. And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.-2 Chronicles 8:4-3-4
Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,-Ezra 7:1...The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest:-Ezra 7:5
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