Complex sentence: He lay siege to Jerusalem, which fell in March 597 BC. Subsequently, the king, Jehoiakim and his court were deported to Babylon, referred to in the Old Testament as'The Exile'.
Split into simpler sentences: He lay siege to Jerusalem, which fell in March 597 BC. Subsequently, the king, Jehoiakim and his court were deported to Babylon. This Babylonian captivity is referred to in the Old Testament as'The Exile'.