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As stated on the tablet: "Year 7 In the month of Kislimu (Hebrew Kislev) The King of Akkad [Nebuchadnezzar] assembled his army to march to and besiege the city of Judah [Jerusalem] and on the second day of Addaru (Hebrew Addar) captured the city and seized its king [Jehoiachin]. He appointed in it a new king of his liking [Zedekiah/Mattaniah] and took heavy booty from it, and brought it to Babylon."
- Harry Orlinsky
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