FOURTEENTH STUDY
The Captivity of Judah
Part One
I. We must distinguish between the Captivity of Is´ra-el and that of Ju´dah.
1. The captivity of Is´ra-el took place B. C. 721, that of Ju´dah B. C. 587. The southern kingdom lasted one hundred and thirty-four years longer than the northern.
2. Is´ra-el was taken captive by the As-syr´i-ans under Sar´gon; Ju´dah by the Chal-de´ans under Neb-u-chad-nez´zar.
3. Is´ra-el was taken to the lands south of the Cas´pi-an Sea (2 Kings 17. 6); Ju´dah to Chal-de´a, by the river Eu-phra´tes (Psa. 137. 1).
4. Is´ra-el never returned from its captivity, which was the end of its history; but Ju´dah was brought back from its captivity and again became a flourishing state, though subject to foreign nations during most of its after history.
II. There were Three Captivities of Ju´dah, all in one generation and all under one Chal-de´an king, Neb-u-chad-nez´zar: