where is the city of babylon located today
Babylon The remains of the city are in present-day Hillah, Babil Governorate, Iraq, about 85 kilometres (53Â mi) south of Baghdad, comprising a large tell of broken mud-brick buildings and debris.
History of the Jews and Judaism in the Land of Israel The Assyrian Empire was overthrown in 612 BCE by the Medes and the Neo-Babylonian Empire. In 586 BCE King Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon conquered Judah. According to the Hebrew Bible, he destroyed Solomon's Temple and exiled the Jews to Babylon. The defeat was also recorded by the Babylonians in the Babylonian Chronicles.[34][35] The exile of Jews may have been restricted to the elite.