Question

“In December 598 [B.C.] Nebuchadnezzar left Babylon once more to campaign in the west. He besieged Jerusalem, which had rebelled three years earlier, and on 16 March 597 it fell. King Jehoiachin and many of his subjects were deported to Babylon and Zedekiah was installed as king of Judah in his place. After some years Zedekiah too rebelled. The Babylonians began a siege of Jerusalem which lasted for more than a year. The walls were finally breached in the summer of 587 . . . and the city surrendered about a month later. Much of Jerusalem may have been destroyed at this time and more Jews were deported.”

—Michael Roaf,
Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East

How long after Jerusalem’s walls were breached did Jersualem fall to the Babylonians?
a.
a day later
c.
a year later
b.
a month later
d.
within minutes

Answer 1

a year later and half month

Step-by-step explanation:

Jerusalem fell after an 18-month siege, following which the Babylonians pillaged the city and destroyed the First Temple. After the fall of the city, many Judeans were exiled to Babylon, beginning the exilic period. Judah was subsequently annexed as a Babylonian province.