Use the document and your knowledge of Judaism and the Israelite kingdoms to answer the question below.
INTRODUCTION The Hebrews differed from their neighbors in many ways. Most groups in the ancient world were polytheistic, but the Hebrews were not. Their religious beliefs and practices set them apart from the people around them and from the people who conquered them. While many other groups borrowed cultural practices from one another, the Hebrews purposely kept their practices separate and different. Jerusalem was their capital and the temple was the focus of religious life.
OBJECTIVE: Explain why the rulers who conquered the Jews also robbed and destroyed their great temples.
DOCUMENT 1 Excerpt from the Hebrew Bible. In 586 B.C., the New Babylonians, or Chaldeans, destroyed Jerusalem, including Solomon's Temple. The First Temple's destruction is described in these lines from Second Kings.
Use a complete sentence to write the answer in the space provided.
What did the Chaldeans take from Solomon's Temple?
