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- "The last century of the kingdom of Judah (687-587 B.C.) saw intermittent warfare and finally her fall to the last Semitic world empire - Babylon. Archaeologists have found that all of the cities of Judah were completely destroyed at this time. Although the other nations conquered by the Assyrians and Babylonians ceased to exist, the prophets proclaimed a better hope for the chosen people. A purged remnant would return and become the basis for a new Israel." (THE NEW INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY OF THE BIBLE, © 1987 Zondervan, pp. 553-54)