Alan Ereira

A lot went to Jerusalem, carrying their treasure and carrying all the religious goods, tons of stuff, which all goes into the temple in Jerusalem, which is already a great golden shrine. And the Bible is very clear about the massive quantities of gold in there. And this is part of the general culture of the area in which the gods are associated very much with gold.

And the space that is created for them of gold allows a special human being who is divinely connected to be in there with the gods. The word, after all, in the languages of the time and in modern Hebrew for a temple is actually the word house. This is the house of a god. And that's why it is spray painted to an incredible scale with gold. It just is.

And the space that is created for them of gold allows a special human being who is divinely connected to be in there with the gods. The word, after all, in the languages of the time and in modern Hebrew for a temple is actually the word house. This is the house of a god. And that's why it is spray painted to an incredible scale with gold. It just is.

And the space that is created for them of gold allows a special human being who is divinely connected to be in there with the gods. The word, after all, in the languages of the time and in modern Hebrew for a temple is actually the word house. This is the house of a god. And that's why it is spray painted to an incredible scale with gold. It just is.

like an explosion in a gold factory going into Solomon's temple. And then there's more come down from the north. Assyria, obviously, Sennacherib decides that he's got to go on and grab Jerusalem as well. But he can't do it. It's a very well defended place. And that collapses. Then Nebuchadnezzar comes to power after the defeat of Assyria. And he has a great building program.

like an explosion in a gold factory going into Solomon's temple. And then there's more come down from the north. Assyria, obviously, Sennacherib decides that he's got to go on and grab Jerusalem as well. But he can't do it. It's a very well defended place. And that collapses. Then Nebuchadnezzar comes to power after the defeat of Assyria. And he has a great building program.

like an explosion in a gold factory going into Solomon's temple. And then there's more come down from the north. Assyria, obviously, Sennacherib decides that he's got to go on and grab Jerusalem as well. But he can't do it. It's a very well defended place. And that collapses. Then Nebuchadnezzar comes to power after the defeat of Assyria. And he has a great building program.

He wants to rebuild Babylon. To do this, he's going to need a lot of money. And the reason he's going to need a lot of money is because Babylon has no access to the natural resources needed to rebuild it. It's got no timber, it's got no stone, and it's got no metal. What it's got is agriculture, very prosperous and successful agriculture.

He wants to rebuild Babylon. To do this, he's going to need a lot of money. And the reason he's going to need a lot of money is because Babylon has no access to the natural resources needed to rebuild it. It's got no timber, it's got no stone, and it's got no metal. What it's got is agriculture, very prosperous and successful agriculture.

He wants to rebuild Babylon. To do this, he's going to need a lot of money. And the reason he's going to need a lot of money is because Babylon has no access to the natural resources needed to rebuild it. It's got no timber, it's got no stone, and it's got no metal. What it's got is agriculture, very prosperous and successful agriculture.

And he's going to have to monetize this, but he's got to get hold of more gold from somewhere. so that he can buy the enormous quantities of stuff he wants to rebuild Babylon. Where can he get this gold from?

And he's going to have to monetize this, but he's got to get hold of more gold from somewhere. so that he can buy the enormous quantities of stuff he wants to rebuild Babylon. Where can he get this gold from?

And he's going to have to monetize this, but he's got to get hold of more gold from somewhere. so that he can buy the enormous quantities of stuff he wants to rebuild Babylon. Where can he get this gold from?

During the defense of Jerusalem, the king of Jerusalem had invited Babylonian delegation to come and have a look at the temple, presumably because he wanted to show them that he could afford to finance a rebellion by them against Assyria. It didn't go anywhere. But the prophet Isaiah was very annoyed about this having been done, because one day you're going to get into serious trouble here.

During the defense of Jerusalem, the king of Jerusalem had invited Babylonian delegation to come and have a look at the temple, presumably because he wanted to show them that he could afford to finance a rebellion by them against Assyria. It didn't go anywhere. But the prophet Isaiah was very annoyed about this having been done, because one day you're going to get into serious trouble here.

During the defense of Jerusalem, the king of Jerusalem had invited Babylonian delegation to come and have a look at the temple, presumably because he wanted to show them that he could afford to finance a rebellion by them against Assyria. It didn't go anywhere. But the prophet Isaiah was very annoyed about this having been done, because one day you're going to get into serious trouble here.

You should never have shown them all that. And it means that Nebuchadnezzar now knows where he can go to get the gold. And this is the only possible explanation of his campaign against Jerusalem, I think, because Jerusalem is not on a trade route. It's not on a military road.

You should never have shown them all that. And it means that Nebuchadnezzar now knows where he can go to get the gold. And this is the only possible explanation of his campaign against Jerusalem, I think, because Jerusalem is not on a trade route. It's not on a military road.

You should never have shown them all that. And it means that Nebuchadnezzar now knows where he can go to get the gold. And this is the only possible explanation of his campaign against Jerusalem, I think, because Jerusalem is not on a trade route. It's not on a military road.

The two big roads, one called the Sea Road, which goes up along the coast, the other called the King's Road, which goes up the Jordan Valley, they both avoid Jerusalem.