of the wall broken down by Joaſh king of Iſrael, in Amaziah's reign, 2 Kings xvi. Not long after, Ahas, the 14th king of Judah, impoveriſhed the temple, to preſent Tiglath-pilnezer with the treaſures thereof, and Mannaſſeh loſt what remained, 1 Chron.5.
And Nebuchadnezzar laid this glorious city with the temple, palace walls and towers, even with the ground, 2 Kings xix. After eighteen months ſiege, in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the ninth day of the fourth month which was in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar's reign, the princes of Babylon ſurprized and took this brave city: preſently after Nebuzar-aden, general of the Babylonian army, commanded by Nebuchadnezzar, ſpoiled the temple, carrying away the veſſels of gold and ſilver, and the great laver, given by king Solomon, and burnt the temple the firſt day of the next month, which was twenty-one days after the ſurpriſal, 470 years, ſix months, and ten days after the foundation; 963 years, ſix months and ten days after the departure of the people out of Egypt; 1760 years, and ſix months after the flood; 3516 years ſix months, and ten days after the creation. Thus, and then was the city of Jeruſalem taken, and for ſeventy years the Jews remained in this captivity.
It was built again by Nehemiah, 2 Chron. i, ii, iii, iv. The temple and city was ſpoiled again by Burgoſes, lieutenant to Artaxerex-
