Shmita
Shmitas in the First Temple period

Shmita

Section Title: Shmitas in the First Temple period
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Year	Event

1406 BCE	Entry into land; beginning of counting for Jubilee and Sabbatical years, as calculated from observance of 17th Jubilee in 574/73 BCE and (independently) from 1 Kings 6:1.

868/867 BCE	Public reading of the Law in 3rd year of Jehoshaphat. Also a Jubilee year, the 11th.

700/699 BCE	Sabbatical year after the departure of the Assyrian army in late 701 or early 700 BCE.

623/622 BCE	Public reading of the Law. Also a Jubilee year, the 16th.

588/587 BCE	Release of slaves at beginning of the Sabbatical year 588/587 (Tishri 588).

Summer 587 BCE	Fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians in the latter part of the Sabbatical year 588/587.

Tishri 10, 574 BCE	Ezekiel's vision of a restored temple at beginning of 17th Jubilee year, which was also a Sabbatical year.

Sentence(s)

The year 588/587 BCE was the year that Jerusalem fell to the Babylonians.

final_sentence: The year 588/587 BCE was the year that Jerusalem fell to the Babylonians.