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Lesson 11

Exile, Return, and Revolt

Both kingdoms were destroyed, and Judah was sent into exile. Eventually, God sent them home, where they continued to struggle both spiritually and politically.

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Covenant Interpretation Old Testament Scripture
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Lesson Vocabulary

  • Assyrians
    :
    (n.): A Mesopotamian people who, at various times between 2025 BC–609 BC, ruled an empire consisting of parts of the ancient Near East, including Egypt for a time. The Assyrians conquered the Northern Kingdom of Israel in 722 BC, sending many of the people of the ten northern tribes into exile, never to be heard from again.
  • Babylonians
    :
    (n.): A Mesopotamian people originating from the ancient city of Babylon who ruled an empire consisting in part of the remains of the defeated Assyrian empire from 626–539 BC. They conquered the Southern Kingdom of Judah in 586 BC and exiled the people to Babylon for more than 50 years.
  • Babylon
    :
    (n.): The ancient captial city of the Babylonian Empire founded in 2300 BC and located on the shores of the Euphrates River in modern-day Iraq.
  • Babylonian Captivity
    :
    (n.): The name for the period of exile and captivity of the people of Judah in Babylon after they were conquered by the Babylonians in 586 BC. It became a time of great renewal of Jewish faith and culture as the people rediscovered the faith of their ancestors, resurrected ancient feasts and prayers, and devoted themselves to the study of Scripture.
  • Persians
    :
    (n.): A people originating from modern- day Iran who ruled a vast empire, founded by Cyrus the Great, from 550 BC–330 BC, consisting in part of the remnants of the defeated Babylonian Empire and many other kingdoms and city-states stretching from eastern Europe to western Asia. In 538 BC, the Persians, under the rule of Cyrus, allowed the Jews to return to Judah and rebuild the Temple of Jerusalem, ending the Babylonian Captivity.
  • Historical Novella
    :
    (n.): A sub-genre of historical literature in the Bible that straddles the line between historical and wisdom literature, portraying historical geography, situations, and people in an imaginative way to illustrate truths that transcend history.
  • Hellenization
    :
    (n.): The spread, often by force, of Greek culture — customs, language, manners of dress, and worship of Greek gods — across conquered lands.
  • Maccabeus
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    (n.): Hebrew word for “the hammer.” A name given to the leader of the Maccabean Revolt, Judas Maccabeus.
  • Maccabeans
    :
    (n.): The name given to the Jewish rebels who revolted against the Greeks, eventually retaking Jerusalem and the Temple.
  • Hanukkah
    :
    (n.): Jewish holiday that celebrates the purification of the Temple of Jerusalem at the end of the Maccabean Revolt, around 150 years before the birth of Christ.
  • Purgatory
    :
    (n.): The state of being after death in which those who “die in God’s grace and friendship, but [are] still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of Heaven” (CCC 1030).
  • Hasmonean Dynasty
    :
    (n.): A line of Jewish kings established to rule Israel after the Maccabean revolt. The Hasmonean kings were not descended from David and thus were not the heirs to God’s Old Testament promises. The Hasmoneans ruled Israel until 63 BC, when the Romans conquered the kingdom.

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