Babylonian reprisals against Judah's two failed rebellions depopulate the country, turning it into a ghost kingdom. An estimated 80% of the population, over 70,000 people, disappeared.

But where did they go? What was the fate of Judeans post-destruction?

As we answer these question, we must navigate the world faced by the Judean survivors. The difficult life in Judah. The destruction of the Judean-Israelite home and family. And the story of those who left or were exiled.

This journey takes us from Judah to Babylonia where we find King Jehoiachin and other Judeans in one of the earliest Judean-Jewish diasporas.

We build this episode on archeological findings in post-destruction Judah and ancient texts found in Babylonia from the 6th century BC.

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