| surrenders to | | | | Nebuchadnezzar on his| | | | arrival; is deposed | | | | and carried to | | | | Babylon with many of | | | | his subjects. | | | | Nebuchadnezzar | | | | appoints | | | | | | | |ZEDEKIAH, 596 | |=Psammetichus= | | | |=II.=, 596 | |Jeremiah attempts to | | | | keep Zedekiah loyal | | | | to Nebuchadnezzar, | Ezekiel | | | and contends with | | | | priests and prophets | | | | who support Egyptian | | | | party (xxiii., xxiv.,| | | | VIII.) | | | | | | | Solon's |Proposed confederation| | | legislation,| against | | | 594 | Nebuchadnezzar | | | | denounced by | |=Hophra=, | | Jeremiah, but | | 591 | | supported by | | | | Hananiah; proposal | | | | abandoned; Hananiah | | | | dies (xxvii., | | | | xxviii., IX.), 593-2 | | | | | | | |Controversy by letter | | | | with hostile prophets| | | | at Babylon (xxix., | | | | X.) | | | | | | | |Judah revolts, | | | | encouraged by Hophra.| | | | Jerusalem is besieged| | | | by Chaldeans. There | | | | being no prospect of | | |