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*593. The 5th year of Zedekiah king of Judah, the 5th year of the exile of Jehoiachin/Jeconiah/Coniah. <br/> "''in the 5th year at the time when the Chaldeans took Jerusalem and burned it with fire''", Baruch read to Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim [http://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/2565-baruch-book-of "''this book''" (Book of Baruch).]<ref>See also [http://www.usccb.org/bible/baruch/0 United States Conference of Catholic Bishops: Baruch — introduction]</ref> <br/> Baruch took the vessels that had been carried away from the Temple to return them to the land of Judah. Offerings could still be made on the "''altar of the Lord our God''", and prayer "''for Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and for the life of Balthasar his son / for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and for the life of Belshazzar his son''". Baruch 1:1-12.<br/> ''See'' [http://www.holyhome.nl/ot%20pseudepigrapha.pdf Pseudepigrapha]. <br/> [http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rak/publics/pseudepig/ParJer-Eng.html ''Paraleipomena Jeremiou'' Things Left Out of Jeremiah (4 Baruch)]<br/> Ezekiel's vision of the LORD and his call at the age of 30, the age priests normally were inducted into office (593).<ref name=Ezekiel>"Ezekiel", Daniel I. Block, ''Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary'', pp. 536–537.</ref> Ezekiel 1:1; Numbers 4:30.

*593. The 5th year of Zedekiah king of Judah, the 5th year of the exile of Jehoiachin/Jeconiah/Coniah. <br/> "''in the 5th year at the time when the Chaldeans took Jerusalem and burned it with fire''", Baruch read to Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim [http://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/2565-baruch-book-of "''this book''" (Book of Baruch).]<ref>See also [http://www.usccb.org/bible/baruch/0 United States Conference of Catholic Bishops: Baruch — introduction]</ref> <br/> Baruch took the vessels that had been carried away from the Temple to return them to the land of Judah. Offerings could still be made on the "''altar of the Lord our God''", and prayer "''for Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and for the life of Balthasar his son / for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and for the life of Belshazzar his son''". Baruch 1:1-12.<br/> ''See'' [http://www.holyhome.nl/ot%20pseudepigrapha.pdf Pseudepigrapha]. <br/> [http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rak/publics/pseudepig/ParJer-Eng.html ''Paraleipomena Jeremiou'' Things Left Out of Jeremiah (4 Baruch)]<br/> Ezekiel's vision of the LORD and his call at the age of 30, the age priests normally were inducted into office (593).<ref name=Ezekiel>"Ezekiel", Daniel I. Block, ''Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary'', pp. 536–537.</ref> Ezekiel 1:1; Numbers 4:30.

*592. The 6th year of Zedekiah king of Judah, the 6th year of Jehoiachin (592). <br/> Ezekiel's vision of the appearance of a man clothed in linen. Ezekiel 8:1.

*592. The 6th year of Zedekiah king of Judah, the 6th year of Jehoiachin (592). <br/> Ezekiel's vision of the appearance of a man clothed in linen. Ezekiel 8:1.

*591. The 7th year, the word of the L<small>ORD</small> when the elders came to Ezekiel to inquire of the L<small>ORD</small>. Ezekiel 20:1. <br/> 3,023 persons were carried away by Nebuchadnezzar. Jeremiah 52:28. <br/> Nabuchodonosor/Nebuchadnezzar overthrew and utterly destroyed Arphaxad, and plundered Ecbatana. He captured Arphaxad and stuck him down with hunting spears. Judith 1:13-16. <br/> The 17th/18th year of Nabuchodonosor. <br/> Nabuchodonosor/Nebuchadnezzar sent his general [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/7824-holofernes-holophernes Holofernes/ Holophernes] (evidently a name of Persian origin) <ref name=Mackey/> to take revenge on the whole territory of Cilicia, Damascus, Syria, Moab, Ammon, all Judea, and Egypt. Judith 2:1. <br/> The Jews had only recently returned from the captivity (2 Chronicles 34-35),<ref>The earlier Assyrian captivity. [http://pages.ucsd.edu/~dkjordan/arch/heb/Judith.html Hebrew Tales: The Story of Judith], University of California (pages.ucsd.edu)</ref> and all the people of Judea were newly gathered together, and the sacred vessels and the altar had been newly consecrated after their profanation. <br/> Judith 4:1-3. Baruch 1:8-9 <br/> [http://biblehub.com/topical/j/joakim.htm Joakim/Eliakim] son of Hilkiah was high priest in Jerusalem. Judith 4:6; Baruch 1:7.<ref>The prefatory introduction to the Book of Judith in the Douay-Rheims Bible says that the sacred writer of the book is generally believed to be the high priest Eliachim, also called Joachim (Joakim). The text of Judith in the Douay-Rheims renders Joakim as "Eliachim". Judith 4:5-6, 10; 15:9. See multiple versions of Judith 4:5/4:6:<br/>[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=judith%204:6&version=CEB CEB Joakim],<br/>[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=judith%204:5&version=DRA DR Eliachim],<br/>[http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/1611_Judith-4-6/ KJV 1611 Ioacim],<br/>[http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Judith-4-6/ KJV 1769 Joacim],<br/>[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=judith%204:6&version=NABRE NABRE Joakim],<br/>[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=judith%204:6&version=NRSV NRSV Joakim],<br/>[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=judith%204:6&version=RSV RSV Jo'akim],<br/>[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=judith%204:6&version=RSVCE RSVCE Jo'akim],<br/>[http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/vul/jdt004.htm Vulgate ch. 4 (see v.'''5''') Eliachim],<br/>[http://www.ellopos.net/elpenor/greek-texts/septuagint/chapter.asp?book=19&page=4 Septuagint (LXX) ch. 4 ''scroll down'' (see v.'''6''') Joacim.] <br/> It is not impossible that [http://biblehub.com/topical/e/eliakim.htm  Joakim/Eliakim/Eliachim the high priest], son of [http://biblehub.com/topical/h/hilkiah.htm Hilkiah the high priest], as a high-ranking member of the court of Judah, should be appointed by God to also function as master of the palace, steward and prime minister of the country, chief among those charged with overseeing and directing the welfare of the people. He did not need to issue orders in the name of the king or consult with him for permission to act. It is not strange that the ineffective and vacillating King Zedekiah is never mentioned in the Book of Judith. See [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=isaiah%2022:15-25&version=KJV Isaiah 22:15-25.], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=zechariah%203:1-7&version=KJV Zechariah 3:1-7], and [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=zechariah%206:9-14&version=KJV Zechariah 6:9-14.] <br/>Joakim exercised religious and military authority comparable to that of Jonathan in Maccabean times (see [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1maccabees%2010:18-21&version=DRA 1 Maccabees 10:18–21])</ref> <br/> He was the brother of Azariah, son of Hilkiah, son of Shallum, son of Zadok the high priest. Azariah was the father of Seraiah, the father of [http://biblehub.com/topical/j/jozadak.htm Jozadak/Jehozadak] the father of Jeshua, who was high priest in the days of Zerubbabel after the Exile. <br/> [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1chronicles%206:13-15&version=KJV 1 Chronicles 6:13-15]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ezra%203:2&version=KJV Ezra 3:2].)

*591. The 7th year, the word of the L<small>ORD</small> when the elders came to Ezekiel to inquire of the L<small>ORD</small>. Ezekiel 20:1. <br/> 3,023 persons were carried away by Nebuchadnezzar. Jeremiah 52:28. <br/> Nabuchodonosor/Nebuchadnezzar overthrew and utterly destroyed Arphaxad, and plundered Ecbatana. He captured Arphaxad and stuck him down with hunting spears. Judith 1:13-16. <br/> The 17th/18th year of Nabuchodonosor. <br/> Nabuchodonosor/Nebuchadnezzar sent his general [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/7824-holofernes-holophernes Holofernes/ Holophernes] (evidently a name of Persian origin) <ref name=Mackey/> to take revenge on the whole territory of Cilicia, Damascus, Syria, Moab, Ammon, all Judea, and Egypt. Judith 2:1. <br/> The Jews had only recently returned from the captivity (2 Chronicles 34-35),<ref>The earlier Assyrian captivity. [http://pages.ucsd.edu/~dkjordan/arch/heb/Judith.html Hebrew Tales: The Story of Judith], University of California (pages.ucsd.edu)</ref> and all the people of Judea were newly gathered together, and the sacred vessels and the altar had been newly consecrated after their profanation. <br/> Judith 4:1-3. Baruch 1:8-9 <br/> [http://biblehub.com/topical/j/joakim.htm Joakim/Eliakim] son of Hilkiah was high priest in Jerusalem. Judith 4:6; Baruch 1:7.<ref>The prefatory introduction to the Book of Judith in the Douay-Rheims Bible says that the sacred writer of the book is generally believed to be the high priest Eliachim, also called Joachim (Joakim). The text of Judith in the Douay-Rheims renders Joakim as "Eliachim". Judith 4:5-6, 10; 15:9. See multiple versions of Judith 4:5/4:6:<br/>[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=judith%204:6&version=CEB CEB Joakim],<br/>[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=judith%204:5&version=DRA DR Eliachim],<br/>[http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/1611_Judith-4-6/ KJV 1611 Ioacim],<br/>[http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Judith-4-6/ KJV 1769 Joacim],<br/>[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=judith%204:6&version=NABRE NABRE Joakim],<br/>[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=judith%204:6&version=NRSV NRSV Joakim],<br/>[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=judith%204:6&version=RSV RSV Jo'akim],<br/>[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=judith%204:6&version=RSVCE RSVCE Jo'akim],<br/>[http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/vul/jdt004.htm Vulgate ch. 4 (see v.'''5''') Eliachim],<br/>[http://www.ellopos.net/elpenor/greek-texts/septuagint/chapter.asp?book=19&page=4 Septuagint (LXX) ch. 4 ''scroll down'' (see v.'''6''') Joacim.] <br/> It is not impossible that [http://biblehub.com/topical/e/eliakim.htm  Joakim/Eliakim/Eliachim the high priest], son of [http://biblehub.com/topical/h/hilkiah.htm Hilkiah the high priest], as a high-ranking member of the court of Judah, should be appointed by God to also function as master of the palace, steward and prime minister of the country, chief among those charged with overseeing and directing the welfare of the people. He did not need to issue orders in the name of the king or consult with him for permission to act. It is not strange that the ineffective and vacillating King Zedekiah is never mentioned in the Book of Judith. See [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=isaiah%2022:15-25&version=KJV Isaiah 22:15-25.], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=zechariah%203:1-7&version=KJV Zechariah 3:1-7], and [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=zechariah%206:9-14&version=KJV Zechariah 6:9-14.] <br/>Joakim exercised religious and military authority comparable to that of Jonathan in Maccabean times (see [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1maccabees%2010:18-21&version=DRA 1 Maccabees 10:18–21])</ref> <br/> He was the brother of Azariah, son of Hilkiah, son of Shallum, son of Zadok the high priest. Azariah was the father of Seraiah, the father of [http://biblehub.com/topical/j/jozadak.htm Jozadak/Jehozadak] the father of Jeshua, who was high priest in the days of Zerubbabel after the Exile. <br/> [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1chronicles%206:13-15&version=KJV 1 Chronicles 6:13-15]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ezra%203:2&version=KJV Ezra 3:2]

*589. The 9th year, 10th month, 10th day. "''The king of Babylon has this day laid siege to Jerusalem.''" 2 Kings 23:31–24:1; Ezekiel 24:1-2. <br/> The 9th year of Zedekiah, Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem. Jeremiah 39:1. <br/> 589. [http://www.berenddeboer.net/sab/dan/1.html last siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar.] 607, 599, 587 (?).<br/> Zephaniah was the priest whom Zedekiah sent to Jeremiah asking him to pray for the nation.<ref name=Zephaniah>"Zephaniah 2.", "Zephaniah, book of", Paul L. Redditt and E. Ray Clendenen, ''Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary'', pp. 1706-1707.</ref> Jeremiah 21:1-7; 37:3-21. <br/> Judith beheaded Holofernes, the Assyrian army was dismayed and they fled. Judith 14:18–15:2. "''no one ever again spread terror among the people of Israel in the days of Judith or for a long time after her death.''" Judith 16:25. <br/> Jeremiah does say the Chaldeans suddenly withdrew. Jeremiah 37:5.

*589. The 9th year, 10th month, 10th day. "''The king of Babylon has this day laid siege to Jerusalem.''" 2 Kings 23:31–24:1; Ezekiel 24:1-2. <br/> The 9th year of Zedekiah, Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem. Jeremiah 39:1. <br/> 589. [http://www.berenddeboer.net/sab/dan/1.html last siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar.] 607, 599, 587 (?).<br/> Zephaniah was the priest whom Zedekiah sent to Jeremiah asking him to pray for the nation.<ref name=Zephaniah>"Zephaniah 2.", "Zephaniah, book of", Paul L. Redditt and E. Ray Clendenen, ''Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary'', pp. 1706-1707.</ref> Jeremiah 21:1-7; 37:3-21. <br/> Judith beheaded Holofernes, the Assyrian army was dismayed and they fled. Judith 14:18–15:2. "''no one ever again spread terror among the people of Israel in the days of Judith or for a long time after her death.''" Judith 16:25. <br/> Jeremiah does say the Chaldeans suddenly withdrew. Jeremiah 37:5.