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===Fall of Israel<ref>Antiquities of the Jews, ''CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform'', December 13, 2013, Flavius Josephus</ref>=== | ===Fall of Israel<ref>Antiquities of the Jews, ''CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform'', December 13, 2013, Flavius Josephus</ref>=== | ||
[[File:Roberts Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem.jpg|thumb|300px|''The Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans Under the Command of Titus, A.D. 70'' | [[File:Roberts Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem.jpg|thumb|300px|''The Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans Under the Command of Titus, A.D. 70'' by David Roberts, 1850 ]] | ||
Roman Emperor Nero sent Commander [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vespasian Vespasian] to Israel to quell the riots that spread throughout Israel. Vespasian troops captured the major fortresses of Israel and marched toward Jerusalem in A.D. 68. Just before the attack on Jerusalem, the news of [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nero-Roman-emperor Nero]’s suicide came from Rome. Vespasian, who was crowned as new emperor, returned to Rome. In A.D. 69, his son Titus resumed the invasion of Jerusalem. [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Titus Titus] made a strategy to block all the exits of the city by building siege walls around Jerusalem and make the Jews starve to death in the city. The isolated people in Jerusalem died of starvation. In the fourth month of the siege, the Roman troops charged into Jerusalem and killed the Jews of all ages.<ref>Jerusalem: The Biography, ''Weidenfeld & Nicolson'', September 18, 2012, Simon Sebag Montefiore </ref><ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1993/the-siege-of-jerusalem-in-70-ce/|title= The Siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE|website= World History Encyclopedia|date= May 2, 2022 }}</ref> The city and the temple were burned down, and the temple collapsed, leaving no stone on it.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Matthew+24%3A1-2&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Matthew 24:1–2 |quote= }}</ref><br>In A.D. 70, Israel was destroyed with the fall of Jerusalem. Approximately 1.1 million Jews died during the siege of Jerusalem, and 97,000 Jews were taken captive. It was as prophesied that they would fall by the sword and would be taken as prisoners to all the nations. | Roman Emperor Nero sent Commander [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vespasian Vespasian] to Israel to quell the riots that spread throughout Israel. Vespasian troops captured the major fortresses of Israel and marched toward Jerusalem in A.D. 68. Just before the attack on Jerusalem, the news of [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nero-Roman-emperor Nero]’s suicide came from Rome. Vespasian, who was crowned as new emperor, returned to Rome. In A.D. 69, his son Titus resumed the invasion of Jerusalem. [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Titus Titus] made a strategy to block all the exits of the city by building siege walls around Jerusalem and make the Jews starve to death in the city. The isolated people in Jerusalem died of starvation. In the fourth month of the siege, the Roman troops charged into Jerusalem and killed the Jews of all ages.<ref>Jerusalem: The Biography, ''Weidenfeld & Nicolson'', September 18, 2012, Simon Sebag Montefiore </ref><ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1993/the-siege-of-jerusalem-in-70-ce/|title= The Siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE|website= World History Encyclopedia|date= May 2, 2022 }}</ref> The city and the temple were burned down, and the temple collapsed, leaving no stone on it.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Matthew+24%3A1-2&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Matthew 24:1–2 |quote= }}</ref><br>In A.D. 70, Israel was destroyed with the fall of Jerusalem. Approximately 1.1 million Jews died during the siege of Jerusalem, and 97,000 Jews were taken captive. It was as prophesied that they would fall by the sword and would be taken as prisoners to all the nations. | ||