I am a little confused what you mean by "detailed geopolitical dynamics" - the paragraph beginning "Zedekiah also chafed under Babylonian rule and revolted in t

I am a little confused what you mean by "detailed geopolitical dynamics" - the paragraph beginning "Zedekiah also chafed under Babylonian rule and revolted in turn" is literally what the Bible story describes! See [1]. Are you referring to something specific? I agree the presentation of the article was a bit sloppy, but there's evidence from Babylonian records[2] that 1) Judah was a client state of Babylon during Nebuchadnezzar II's reign 2) Jerusalem was sieged in 597BC 3) Afterwards Babylon installed a client king The Babylonian records are weak but it is consistent with the Hebrew Bible[3] and agrees with the archeological evidence. Sadly we don't have Babylonian records of any second siege of Jerusalem. So it is reasonable to treat the Hebrew Bible story of the second siege as being a plausible treatment of the history, partially validated by the recent archeological evidence. [1] https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt09b24.htm#1 https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt09b24.htm#1 and https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt09b25.htm#1 https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt09b25.htm#1 for instance [2] E.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebuchadnezzar_Chronicle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebuchadnezzar_Chronicle [3] https://www.biblica.com/bible/?osis=niv:2%20Kings%2024:10%E2%80%9316 https://www.biblica.com/bible/?osis=niv:2%20Kings%2024:10%E2...