Hypertext Webster Gateway: "exile"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Exile
(1.) Of the kingdom of Israel. In the time of Pekah,
Tiglath-pileser II. carried away captive into Assyria (2 Kings
15:29; comp. Isa. 10:5, 6) a part of the inhabitants of Galilee
and of Gilead (B.C. 741).
After the destruction of Samaria (B.C. 720) by Shalmaneser and
Sargon (q.v.), there was a general deportation of the Israelites
into Mesopotamia and Media (2 Kings 17:6; 18:9; 1 Chr. 5:26).
(See ISRAEL, KINGDOM {OF}.)
(2.) Of the kingdom of the two tribes, the kingdom of Judah.
Nebuchadnezzar, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim (Jer. 25:1),
invaded Judah, and carried away some royal youths, including
Daniel and his companions (B.C. 606), together with the sacred
vessels of the temple (2 Chr. 36:7; Dan. 1:2). In B.C. 598 (Jer.
52:28; 2 Kings 24:12), in the beginning of Jehoiachin's reign (2
Kings 24:8), Nebuchadnezzar carried away captive 3,023 eminent
Jews, including the king (2 Chr. 36:10), with his family and
officers (2 Kings 24:12), and a large number of warriors (16),
with very many persons of note (14), and artisans (16), leaving
behind only those who were poor and helpless. This was the first
general deportation to Babylon.
In B.C. 588, after the revolt of Zedekiah (q.v.), there was a
second general deportation of Jews by Nebuchadnezzar (Jer.
52:29; 2 Kings 25:8), including 832 more of the principal men of
the kingdom. He carried away also the rest of the sacred vessels
(2 Chr. 36:18). From this period, when the temple was destroyed
(2 Kings 25:9), to the complete restoration, B.C. 517 (Ezra
6:15), is the period of the "seventy years."
In B.C. 582 occurred the last and final deportation. The
entire number Nebuchadnezzar carried captive was 4,600 heads of
families with their wives and children and dependants (Jer.
52:30; 43:5-7; 2 Chr. 36:20, etc.). Thus the exiles formed a
very considerable community in Babylon.
When Cyrus granted permission to the Jews to return to their
own land (Ezra 1:5; 7:13), only a comparatively small number at
first availed themselves of the privilege. It cannot be
questioned that many belonging to the kingdom of Israel
ultimately joined the Jews under Ezra, Zerubbabel, and Nehemiah,
and returned along with them to Jerusalem (Jer. 50:4, 5, 17-20,
33-35).
Large numbers had, however, settled in the land of Babylon,
and formed numerous colonies in different parts of the kingdom.
Their descendants very probably have spread far into Eastern
lands and become absorbed in the general population. (See JUDAH,
KINGDOM {OF}; {CAPTIVITY}.)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Exile \Ex*ile"\, a. [L. exilis.]
Small; slender; thin; fine. [Obs.] ``An exile sound.''
--Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Exile \Ex"ile\, n. [OE. exil, fr. L. exilium, exsilium, fr.
exsuil one who quits, or is banished from, his native soil;
ex out + solum ground, land, soil, or perh. fr.the root of
salire to leap, spring; cf. F. exil. Cf. {Sole} of the foot,
{Saltation}.]
1. Forced separation from one's native country; expulsion
from one's home by the civil authority; banishment;
sometimes, voluntary separation from one's native country.
Let them be recalled from their exile. --Shak.
2. The person expelled from his country by authority; also,
one who separates himself from his home.
Thou art in exile, and thou must not stay. --Shak.
Syn: Banishment; proscription; expulsion.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Exile \Ex"ile\v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exiled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Exiling}.]
To banish or expel from one's own country or home; to drive
away. ``Exiled from eternal God.'' --Tennyson.
Calling home our exiled friends abroad. --Shak.
Syn: See {Banish}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
exile
n 1: voluntarily absent from home or country [syn: {expatriate}]
2: expelled from home or country by authority [syn: {deportee}]
3: the act of expelling a person from their native land [syn: {deportation},
{expatriation}]
v : expel from a country [syn: {expatriate}, {deport}] [ant: {repatriate}]
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