Judea Yehud | |||||||||
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Province of the Neo-Babylonian Empire | |||||||||
c. 586 BCE–c. 539 BCE | |||||||||
Capital | Mizpah | ||||||||
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• Coordinates | 31°47′N 35°13′E / 31.783°N 35.217°E | ||||||||
Historical era | Neo-Babylonian Empire | ||||||||
c. 586 BCE | |||||||||
c. 539 BCE | |||||||||
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History of Israel |
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Yehud was a province of the Neo-Babylonian Empire established in the former territories of the Kingdom of Judah, which was destroyed by the Babylonians in the aftermath of the Judahite revolts and the siege of Jerusalem in 587/6 BCE. It first existed as a Jewish administrative division under Gedaliah ben Aḥikam, who was later assassinated by a fellow Jew. The Fast of Gedaliah, a minor fast day in Judaism, was established in memory of this event, and is lamented by observant Jews even to this day.
After the collapse of the Neo-Babylonian Empire in 539 BCE, the province was absorbed into the Persian Achaemenid Empire as a self-governing Jewish region called Yehud Medinata.