Babylonian captivity

period in Jewish history during which a number of people from the ancient Kingdom of Judah were captives in Babylon
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Babylonian captivity
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Babylonian captivity

Summary

Babylonian captivity is a historical period[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of historical_period entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,287 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Babylonian captivity is in the country of Babylonia[3].
  • Babylonian captivity's instance of is recorded as historical period[4].
  • Babylonian captivity's instance of is recorded as biblical concept[5].
  • Babylonian captivity's Commons category is recorded as Babylonian captivity[6].
  • Babylonian captivity began on March 16, 597 BC[7].
  • Babylonian captivity ended on 538 BC[8].
  • Babylonian captivity's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Babylonian captivity[9].
  • Babylonian captivity's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[10].
  • Babylonian captivity's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • Babylonian captivity's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[12].
  • Babylonian captivity's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Babylonian captivity's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14].
  • Babylonian captivity's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15].
  • Babylonian captivity's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[16].
  • Babylonian captivity's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[17].
  • Babylonian captivity's P14483 is recorded as e/exilio-babilonico[18].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include historical period[4] and biblical concept[5].

Why It Matters

Babylonian captivity ranks in the top 5% of historical_period entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,287 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikitolica.com. Retrieved . wikitolica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['als', 'ar', 'arz', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'br', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el',
    Gnd id → 4143849-8
    Sitelink count → 60
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  2. 10d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → e/exilio-babilonico
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P14483]]: e/exilio-de-babilonia, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275195|batch #275195]]"
  3. 18d ago · Charp238 · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → e/exilio-babilonico
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14483]]: e/exilio-de-babilonia"
  4. 14w ago · Putnik · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → babilonijos-nelaisve
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P7666]]: babilonijos-nelaisve"
  5. 18w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Nordisk familjebok, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia +5
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33786|batch #33786]]: Remove redundant described by source (P1343) - ID P14483 is present."
  6. 18w ago · XeNivalys · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → e/exilio-babilonico
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14483]]: e/exilio-babilonico, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779859433286"
  7. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start time → —
    Instance of → historical period, biblical concept
    Country → Babylonia
    End time → -0538-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007533728205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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