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Following is a list of the major events leading up to the destruction of the

First and Second Temples in Jerusalem
The information was compiled from Rabbi Shlomo Rottenberg's Toldot Am Olam by Long Island NCSY

3316 Yehoyakim ben Yoshiahu

First Temple becomes King of Judea (II
Kings 23:36)

3320 Nebuchadnezzar, King of

Babylon conquers Judea.
He removes part of the
Temple's holy vessels and
children of the royal family
take them to Babylon
(Daniel 1)

3327 Yehoyachim (Yechonia)

ben Yehoyakim becomes
king and reigns for only
three months.
Nebuchadnezzar exiles him
to Babylon together with
10,000 people and the
Torah Sages (II Kings
24:16)

3327 Zedekiah ben Yehoyakim

becomes the last King of
Judea (24:18)

3338 The First Temple is

destroyed. It had stood for
410 years.

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3768 Rome (the dominant power

in Judea since 3648)
begins to appoint the Kings
Second of Judea. The first Roman
Temple appointee is Agrippas ben
Aristoblus.

3788 The Sanhedrin is exiled

(Avodah Zarah 9b).
Rabban Yochanan ben
Zakkai, a student of Hillel
the Elder (who died in
3768), becomes Head of
the Academy (Zemach
David 910).

3804 Agrippas II becomes the

last Roman-appointed King
and Rabban Shimon ben
Gamliel becomes Nassi
(Prince).

3828 The Second Temple is

destroyed. It had stood for
420 years.

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