The document provides an overview of key historical figures and events in the biblical world, focusing on timelines from Abraham to the Babylonian captivity. It compares the Assyrian and Babylonian states, detailing major events such as invasions led by Nebuchadnezzar and the resultant impacts on the Jewish community. Additionally, it highlights the lessons derived from the Babylonian captivity, including spiritual growth and the importance of community strength.

1. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
Understanding the People of
the Biblical World
One of God’s
“Rosetta Stones”
for Understanding God’s Word

2. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
The Babylonians

3. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
An Oversimplified Timeline of the Bible
(+ or - 100 years)
2000 BC
Abraham
1500 BC
Moses
1000 BC
David
500 BC
Babylonian
Captivity
4 BC
Birth of
Jesus
The Babylonians

4. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
The United Monarchy
• King Saul
• King David
• King Solomon
• King Rehoboam
1050 – 931 B.C. (119 years)
Phoenicians
Philistines

5. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
Divided Monarchy
The two kingdoms
function
independently until
the Fall of Israel to
the Assyrians in
721 B.C.

6. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
Divided Monarchy
• In 690 B.C. Hezekiah
extends control over
part of Northern
Kingdom.

7. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
Were all the
people of
the 10 Lost
Tribes lost?

8. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
Out of a population of 500,000
• 40,820 went into exile in Assyria.
• Some were killed in the invasion.
• Some remained in the land of Israel.
• 90,000 – 100,000 joined the refugee
train South and became part of the
Kingdom of Judah.

9. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
The Babylonians

10. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld Genesis 10
NoahHamCushNimrod
8 Cush fathered Nimrod; he was the
first on earth to be a mighty man. 9 He
was a mighty hunter before the LORD.
Therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a
mighty hunter before the LORD.”

11. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld 10 The beginning of his kingdom
was Babel, Erech, Accad, and
Calneh, in the land of
Shinar. 11 From that land he went
into Assyria and built Nineveh,
Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, and 12 Resen
between Nineveh and Calah; that is
the great city.

12. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
Genesis 11
5 And the LORD came down to see the
city and the tower, which the children
of man had built.

13. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
6 And the LORD said, “Behold, they are
one people, and they have all one
language, and this is only the
beginning of what they will do. And
nothing that they propose to do will
now be impossible for them.

14. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld 7 Come, let us go down and there
confuse their language, so that they
may not understand one another's
speech.” 8 So the LORD dispersed
them from there over the face of all
the earth, and they left off building the
city.

15. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld 9 Therefore its name was
called Babel, because there
the LORD confused the language of all
the earth. And from there
the LORD dispersed them over the
face of all the earth.
Genesis 11

16. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
Assyrian vs. Babylonia
Assyria
• Military State
which drafted it’s
citizens.
Babylonia
• Land of Farmers
and Merchants.

17. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
Assyrian vs. Babylonia
Assyria
• King as
Supreme Ruler
and General of
the Armies.
Babylonia
• Priests of Marduk
are the highest
authorities. The
King was a priest.

18. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
The Cylinder of Nabopolassar

19. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld “But I—the weak one, the
powerless one, the one who
constantly seeks the Lord of
lords—removed them from
Akkad and caused (the
Babylonians) to throw off
their yoke with the mighty
power of Nabu and Marduk,
my patrons.”

20. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
The Battle
of Nineveh
612 B.C.

21. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
The Nebuchadnezzar Cylinder

22. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
King
Nebuchadnezzar II

23. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
The Battle
of
Carchemish
605 BC

24. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
The Battle of
Carchemish
605 B.C.

25. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
Jeremiah prophesies the Battle of
Carchemish – Jeremiah 46
25 The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel,
said: “Behold, I am bringing punishment
upon Amon of Thebes, and Pharaoh and
Egypt and her gods and her kings, upon
Pharaoh and those who trust in him.

26. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld Jeremiah 46
26 I will deliver them into the hand of those
who seek their life, into the hand of
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his
officers. Afterward Egypt shall be
inhabited as in the days of old, declares
the LORD.

27. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
The First
Babylonian
Invasion
Nebuchadnezzar
(605 B.C.)

28. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
2 Kings 24
1 In his days, Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim
became his servant for three years.
Then he turned and rebelled against
him.

29. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
2 Kings 24
2 And the LORD sent against him
bands of the Chaldeans and bands of
the Syrians and bands of the
Moabites and bands of the
Ammonites, and sent them against
Judah to destroy it, according to the
word of the LORD that he spoke by his
servants the prophets.

30. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
The Second
Babylonian
Invasion
Nebuchadnezzar
(597 B.C.)

31. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld 2 Kings 24
10 At that time the officers of
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
advanced on Jerusalem and laid
siege to it, 11 and Nebuchadnezzar
himself came up to the city while his
officers were besieging it.

32. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld 2 Kings 24
12 Jehoiachin king of Judah, his
mother, his attendants, his nobles
and his officials all surrendered to
him. In the eighth year of the reign of
the king of Babylon, he took
Jehoiachin prisoner.

33. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld 2 Kings 24
13 As the LORD had declared,
Nebuchadnezzar removed all the
treasures from the temple of the
LORD and from the royal palace, and
took away all the gold articles that
Solomon king of Israel had made for
the temple of the LORD.

34. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld 2 Kings 24
14 He carried into exile all Jerusalem:
all the officers and fighting men, and
all the craftsmen and artisans—a
total of ten thousand. Only the
poorest people of the land were
left.

35. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld The Second Babylonian
Invasion
The prophet Ezekiel
is deported at this
time.

36. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
The Third
Babylonian
Invasion
Nebuchadnezzar
(589 B.C.)

37. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
Jeremiah 52
12 On the tenth day of the fifth month,
in the nineteenth year of
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,
Nebuzaradan commander of the
imperial guard, who served the king of
Babylon, came to Jerusalem.

38. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
Jeremiah 52
13 He set fire to the temple of the
LORD, the royal palace and all the
houses of Jerusalem. Every important
building he burned down. 14 The
whole Babylonian army under the
commander of the imperial guard
broke down all the walls around
Jerusalem.

39. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
Jeremiah 52
15 Nebuzaradan the commander of
the guard carried into exile some of
the poorest people and those who
remained in the city, along with the
rest of the craftsmen and those who
had gone over to the king of Babylon.

40. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
Jeremiah 52
16 But Nebuzaradan left behind the
rest of the poorest people of the land
to work the vineyards and fields.

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42. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
The Benefits of the
Babylonian Captivity
1. The Jews were
cured of idolatry.

43. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
The Benefits of the
Babylonian Captivity
2. The Scribes and the
copying of
Scripture.

44. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
The Benefits of the
Babylonian Captivity
3. The rise of the
Synagogue.

45. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
The Benefits of the
Babylonian Captivity
4. The unification of
the Jewish people.

46. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
4 Practical Lessons
1. Don’t fight in the
“Quick Sand” of God’s
correction!

47. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
4 Practical Lessons
2. Look for opportunity in
the tough times!

48. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
4 Practical Lessons
3. Growing in your
understanding of
God’s Word breaks
many chains and
leads to true freedom.

49. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
4 Practical Lessons
4. Don’t confuse wealth
and God’s Blessing.

50. Other people we
need to know:
•Persians
•Greeks
• Romans