Siege of Tyre (586–573 BC)

Siege of Tyre
Part of the Nebuchadnezzar II's wars in the Near East

Tyre besieged by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon
by Stanley Llewellyn Wood (1915)
Date586–573 BC
(13 years)
Location
Tyre, Phoenicia (now Lebanon)
33°16′15″N 35°11′46″E / 33.27083°N 35.19611°E / 33.27083; 35.19611
Result Babylonian victory
Belligerents
Neo-Babylonian Empire Tyre
Commanders and leaders
Nebuchadnezzar II Ithobaal III
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown High?

The siege of Tyre is usually assumed to have been waged for 13 years from 586 to 573 BC by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon. The siege of Tyre, in Phoenicia, has a significant connection to the Book of Ezekiel which in chapter 26 announces that the city will soon fall to the Babylonian forces, while chapter 29 states that the siege was partially unsuccessful. Only Josephus mentions that the siege lasted for 13 years, both in Antiquities of the Jews (Book X.228) and in Against Apion (1.156-159). However, he dates the beginning of the siege to the 7th year of Nebuchadnezzar, which is 598/597 BC.

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