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As a judgment, the Assyrian Empire destroys the kingdom of Israel, kills many people, and removes valued possessions, relocating leaders and skilled citizens to Assyria. Foreign settlers later rebuild the land and intermarry, producing the Samaritans. Judah observes Israel’s punishment yet continues idolatry, and after roughly a century, Babylon’s King Nebuchadnezzar attacks Judah, prompting yearly tribute to secure continued rule.","20. The Exile and Return  \nA Bible story from:  \n2 Kings 17; 24-25; 2 Chronicles 36; Ezra 1-10; Nehemiah 1-13  \nEnglish Spiritual  \n20. The Exile and Return  \nDistant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community. Illustrations are © Sweet Publishing.  \nEnglish  \nCopyright © 2015, unfolding Word | Open Bible Stories  \n[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)  \nYou are free to make commercial use of this work. You may adapt and add to this work, but you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors, illustrators, etc.  \nThis work is a derivative of \"Creative Commons Open Bible Stories\" attributed to [unfoldingWord.org](unfoldingWord.org) used under CC BY SA 4.0. All included images originate from “Bible Images from Sweet Publishing” attributed to Sweet Publishing used under CC BY SA 3.0.  \nThe kingdom of Israel and the kingdom of Judah both sinned against God. They broke the covenant that God had made with them at Sinai. God sent his prophets to warn them to repent and worship him again, but they refused to obey.  \nSo God punished both kingdoms by allowing their enemies to destroy them. The Assyrian Empire, a powerful, cruel nation, destroyed the kingdom of Israel. The Assyrians killed many people in the kingdom of Israel, took away everything of value, and burned much of the country.  \nThe Assyrians gathered all the leaders, the rich people, and the people with skills and took them to Assyria. Only the very poor Israelites who had not been killed remained in the kingdom of Israel.  \nThen the Assyrians brought foreigners to live in the land where the kingdom of Israel had been. The foreigners rebuilt the destroyed cities and married the Israelites who were left there. The descendants of the Israelites who married foreigners were called Samaritans.  \nThe people in the kingdom of Judah saw how God had punished the people of the kingdom of Israel for not believing and obeying him. But they still worshiped idols, including the gods of the Canaanites. God sent prophets to warn them, but they refused to listen.  \nAbout 100 years after the Assyrians destroyed the kingdom of Israel, God sent Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Babylonians, to attack the kingdom of Judah. Babylon was a powerful empire. The king of Judah agreed tobe Nebuchadnezzar’s servant and pay him alot of money every year.","cbCaiv9bEERma2kq","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiv9bEERma2kq","pdf",375504,4,1,19,"English","en",105,"# Exile of Israel\n## Assyrian destruction and relocation\n# Assyrian resettlement and Samaritans\n# Judah’s continued idolatry\n# Babylon attacks and tribute","[{\"question\":\"Why were Israel and Judah punished according to the story?\",\"answer\":\"Both kingdoms sinned against God and broke the covenant, refusing to obey the warnings of his prophets. 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