But in time they too turned from pure worship, so God allowed the wayward city to be destroyed by the Babylonians in 607 B.C.E. For 70 years Jewish exiles languished as captives in Babylon.
दो गोत्रों से बना दक्षिणी राज्य यहूदा कायम रहा, और यरूशलेम उसकी राजधानी बना रहा ।