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Baalis
[People]Baalis was king of the children of Ammon shortly after the fall of Jerusalem. He appears only once, in Jeremiah 40:14, in a report that he had sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to kill Gedaliah, the governor of Judah.
Nahum (Prophet)
[People]Nahum is a prophet from Elkosh, identified as the author of the Old Testament Book of Nahum. He appears in Scripture only in Nahum 1:1 and prophesied the fall of Nineveh, the capital of Assyria.
Christian Worldview
[Doctrine & Theology]The Christian worldview is a framework of thought, grounded in the teaching of the Bible, for interpreting the world, humanity, history, and culture and for viewing every area of life. It is commonly explained through the pattern of creation, fall, and redemption.
Genesis 3:16
[Bible Verses]Genesis 3:16 records God's words to the woman after the Fall, in which He increases her pain in childbirth and declares that her husband "shall rule over thee." In discussions of the relationship between men and women, interpreters disagree over whether the verse establishes an order ordained by God or describes a distortion produced by sin.
Seraiah
[People]Seraiah was a high priest in the final years of the Kingdom of Judah who was executed by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, after the fall of Jerusalem. He is recorded as the father of Jehozadak (Jozadak) and as an ancestor of Ezra.
Nebuzaradan
[People]Nebuzaradan was the captain of the guard under Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. At the fall of Judah he burned the temple and the city of Jerusalem and carried the people into captivity, and he released the prophet Jeremiah.
Captain of the Guard
[Bible]"Captain of the guard" is a biblical title for the head of a unit responsible for guarding an ancient king and carrying out executions. Nebuzaradan of Babylon and Potiphar of Egypt held related titles.
Zephaniah (son of Maaseiah)
[People]Zephaniah son of Maaseiah was a priest who served as the second priest, ranking next to the high priest, during the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah. He was sent by the king as an envoy to Jeremiah and was executed at Riblah after the fall of Jerusalem.
Jonathan (son of Kareah)
[People]Jonathan, son of Kareah and brother of Johanan, was one of the captains of the forces of Judah who came to Gedaliah, governor of Judah, at Mizpah after the fall of Jerusalem.
Babylonian Captivity
[Bible]The Babylonian Captivity was the period in the early sixth century BC when the Kingdom of Judah fell to the Neo-Babylonian Empire and its king and people were carried off to Babylon in a series of deportations and settled there. It is also called the Babylonian Exile.
2 Kings 17
[Bible]2 Kings 17 records the fall of Samaria to Assyria and the end of the northern kingdom of Israel under its last king, Hoshea. It explains the reasons for the kingdom's destruction and describes how the foreign peoples resettled in Samaria worshiped the LORD alongside their own gods.
Genesis 3:17–19
[Bible Verses]The sentence God pronounced on Adam after the Fall: the ground is cursed, man must labor by the sweat of his face in order to eat, and he will finally return to the dust. The passage is frequently cited in discussions of sin, death, and the meaning of work, and it is often read at funerals.
Jeremiah 39
[Bible]Jeremiah 39 records the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonian army, the capture of King Zedekiah, the release of Jeremiah, and the promise of deliverance given to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian.
Jeremiah 52
[Bible]The final chapter of the Book of Jeremiah records the fall of Jerusalem to Babylon under Zedekiah, the burning of the temple, the number of captives taken in three deportations, and the release of King Jehoiachin from prison in Babylon.
Amos 5
[Bible]Amos 5 anticipates the fall of the northern kingdom of Israel in the form of a funeral song (lament) and calls the people to repentance with the words "Seek ye me, and ye shall live." It rebukes worship devoid of justice and demands, "let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream."
2 Kings 25
[Bible]The final chapter of 2 Kings, recording the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonian siege, the burning of the temple, the carrying away of the people of Judah into captivity, the assassination of the governor Gedaliah, and the release of the captive king Jehoiachin from prison.
Isaiah 23
[Bible]Isaiah 23 is an oracle announcing the fall of Tyre and Sidon, the Mediterranean trading cities. It closes by declaring that Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years and then rise again, and that its profits will be set apart for the LORD.
Ezekiel 5
[Bible]In this chapter Ezekiel performs a symbolic act, shaving his head and beard and dividing the hair into three parts, which God then interprets as the judgment that will fall on Jerusalem.
Lamentations 3:22–23
[Bible Verses]Lamentations 3:22–23 is a confession that the LORD's mercies and compassions never fail, that they are new every morning, and that His faithfulness is great. A song of hope that arises from the ruins of Jerusalem's destruction, the passage is also well known as the basis of the hymn "Great Is Thy Faithfulness."
Revelation 18:20–21
[Bible Verses]This passage calls on heaven and the saints to rejoice over the fall of Babylon the great and records a mighty angel casting a stone like a great millstone into the sea, declaring that the city shall be found no more at all. Discussion centers mainly on what Babylon signifies and how to understand the call to rejoice over its destruction.