<P> Although efforts were made at partial reconstruction , it was only in 835 BCE when Jehoash , King of Judah in the second year of his reign invested considerable sums in reconstruction , only to have it stripped again for Sennacherib , King of Assyria c. 700 BCE . The First Temple was totally destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BCE ( 425 BCE according to historical Jewish sources ) , when they sacked the city . </P>
<P> Although efforts were made at partial reconstruction , it was only in 835 BCE when Jehoash , King of Judah in the second year of his reign invested considerable sums in reconstruction , only to have it stripped again for Sennacherib , King of Assyria c. 700 BCE . The First Temple was totally destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BCE ( 425 BCE according to historical Jewish sources ) , when they sacked the city . </P>
when was the temple destroyed by the babylonians
when was the temple destroyed by the babylonians
586 BCE ( 425 BCE according to historical Jewish sources )
586 BCE ( 425 BCE according to historical Jewish sources )