Many from the northern kingdom had gone to Judah before the inhabitants of the land of Judah were taken into captivity to Babylon in 607 B.C.E.
( ૨ કાળવૃત્તાંત ૧૧: ૧૩ - ૧૭; ૩૦: ૬ - ૧૨, ૧૮ - ૨૦, ૨૫) ઈ. સ.