14 And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths; none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land. This was history's first recorded deportation. Later, during the reign of King Zedekiah, the Babylonians returmed, destroyed the city of Jerusalem, and took the remaining inhabitants captive to Babylon. Daniel was in the first group of captives taken from Jerusalem to Babylon (606 B.C.). Here he spent the rest of his life (70 years). Although unswerving in his own religious convictions, Daniel held high positions in the government under several Babylonian kings. It was in this city that Daniel was thrown into the lion's den, and Shadrack, Meshack, and Abed-nego were cast into the fiery furnace. Twelve manuscripts of Isaiah and fragments of the Book of Daniel were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls. The first discovery of these scrolls in 1947 led to the exploration of eleven caves near the Dead Sea. Altogether, these efforts yielded hundreds of manuscripts dating from the last century B.C. and first century A.D. This find has been hailed as one of the most important discoveries of Old Testament manuscripts. Many works found during this period have been published and are available for study either in translation or in facsimile. These scrolls substantiate the historical events of the Old The Secret Side of History Testament as recorded by Isaiah and Daniel.