640 B. C. King Josiah's Exile In Babylon

After the passing of Solomon, Israel and Judah were partitioned into the Northern and Southern Kingdoms separately. The book was composed in the middle of the fifth year and twenty-seventh of the exile in Babylon.
Josiah became ruler in around 640 B.C. and reform Judah when he discovered the lost scrolls of the Law during the remodeling of the Temple in 622 B.C. King Josiah's reforms were considered as for his own personal benefits and desires despite his sincerity in doing so by his people. During his time, the prophet Jeremiah was raised up by God to took a stand in opposition to the disappointments of change developments to create certified otherworldly restoration and denounced the individuals who are not genuine in advancing

profound and good objectives of change. He additionally talked the decimation of Jerusalem. As a result of neglecting to recognize that Judah was on the verge of a moral, spiritual, social and economic revival recovery, he was rejected by the general population due to the defeat of Egypt.
After his demise in the fight against Pharaoh Neco in 609 B.C., Jehoahaz supplanted him as King of Judah.

In any case, his plot to oppose Babylon was found out and his rule went on only for three months. Eliakim, known as Jehoiakim, co-operate with Egypt for a while. He put substantial assessments on the general population, restore the pagan worship and destroy the changes that his father Josiah had made amid his rule. After Egypt was defeated by King Nebuchadnezzar, he turned out to be faithful to him publicly while plotting against him behind his back to break away from Babylon. His plot was found out and King Nebuchadnezzar went back to Jerusalem. Before he reached Jerusalem, King Jehoiakim passed on. His demise was not

known.
His successor was Jehoiachin, who was just eighteen years of age at his season of his rule, similar to his father, he additionally tried to break the hold and he moved to frame a partnership with Egypt as his part of his plot. His plot was discovered by King Nebuchadnezzar and was taken to Babylon together with refugees and Ezekiel.
Zedekiah supplanted him as King of Judah.

He was enthusiastic to set up his autonomy and was effortlessly induced to join the insubordination which was driven by Egypt as leader of the disobedience under Pharaoh Hophra against Babylon. His arrangements was figured out by King Nebuchadnezzar. He was expelled from his imperial throne and King Nebuchadnezzar smashed the defiance (2 Kings 25 : 1-7). King Nebuchadnezzar laid attack to Jerusalem in 588 B.C. King Zedekiah attempted to escape however was caught, and Jerusalem fell under the control of the Babylonians in 587/586 B.C. Zedekiah's children were murdered before him, then blinded and taken to Babylon where he passed on later.
After the fall of Jerusalem, Judah was set under the Babylonian-designated Governor named Gedaliah (2 Kings 25 : 22-26 and Jeremiah 40 : 5). His rule was short and later killed (Jeremiah 41 : 1-10). A large portion of the refugees fled to Egypt including Jeremiah and Baruch from Judah (2 Kings 25 :

22—26).
Ezekiel's service was over 20 years in Judahite Exile. His calling was from July 593 B.C. to his last vision in April 571 B.C. His messages were not considered important, as Jeremiah, as he anticipated the fall and obliteration of Jerusalem (Ezekiel 4 : 1-7; Jeremiah 25 : 1-4 and 29 : 1-9). He likewise saw the rebuilding (Ezekiel 37 : 1-28), the unification of the Northern and Southern Kingdoms (Ezekiel 40 : 1-42 and 42 : 20) lastly the reclamation of the sacrificial worship ( Ezekiel 44-48).
Jeremiah's messages were some way or another reliable with Ezekiel's messages despite the fact that there was absence of references in both books. For instance, Jeremiah was still in Judah and nearing to the end of his service while Ezekiel simply began his service in his outcast at Babylon. Jeremiah may had fled to Egypt alongside Baruch and the refugees in trepidation of the Babylonians after their death of Gedaliah when Ezekiel began his service.