The One Year Bible - Day 191

We have a slight confusing set of passages today as the first talks about exile to Babylon even though this is much too early on for the full exile that occurs when Israel is attacked by the Babylonians and everyone is taken prisoner. This must therefore refer to an earlier smaller exile that we read about in Kings when the Babylonians attacked Judah and took prisoner the people who lived there. What is strange is that at this point, the kingdom had not even divided, remember that Saul was the first king of Israel! Your homework therefore is to work out what is going on here!