{"id":27658,"date":"2011-07-18T21:50:27","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/production.ou.org\/holidays\/the-three-weeks\/about_the_three_weeks_a_chronology_of_destruction\/"},"modified":"2016-08-25T20:15:46","modified_gmt":"2016-08-25T20:15:46","slug":"about_the_three_weeks_a_chronology_of_destruction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/about_the_three_weeks_a_chronology_of_destruction\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Three Weeks: A Chronology of Destruction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a list of the major events leading up to the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p><b> First Temple: <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>3316<\/b> Yehoyakim ben Yoshiyahu becomes King of Judea (II Kings 23:36)<\/p>\n<p><b>3320 <\/b>Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon conquers Judea. He removes part of the Temple&#8217;s holy vessels and children of the royal family take them to Babylon (Daniel 1)<\/p>\n<p><b>3327<\/b> Yehoyachin (Yechonia) ben Yehoyakim becomes king and reigns for only three months. Nebuchadnezzar exiles him to Babylon together with 10,000 people and the Torah Sages (II Kings 24:16)<\/p>\n<p><b>3327<\/b> Zedekiah ben Yehoyakim becomes the last King of Judea (24:18)<\/p>\n<p><b>3338<\/b> The First Temple is destroyed. It had stood for 410 years.<\/p>\n<p><b>Second Temple: <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>3768<\/b> Rome (the dominant power in Judea since 3648) begins to appoint the Kings of Judea. The first Roman appointee is Agrippas ben Aristoblus.<\/p>\n<p><b>3788<\/b> The Sanhedrin is exiled (Avodah Zarah 9b). Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai, a student of Hillel the Elder (who died in 3768), becomes Head of the Academy (Zemach David 910).<\/p>\n<p><b>3804<\/b> Agrippas II becomes the last Roman-appointed King and Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel becomes Nassi (Prince).<\/p>\n<p><b>3828<\/b> The Second Temple is destroyed. It had stood for 420 years.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>The information was compiled from Rabbi Shlomo Rottenberg&#8217;s Toldot Am Olam by Long Island NCSY.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a list of the major events leading up to the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem. First Temple: 3316 Yehoyakim ben Yoshiyahu becomes King of Judea (II Kings 23:36) 3320 Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon conquers Judea. 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