# exile, the Exile

## Definition

The term "exile" refers to people being forced to live somewhere away from their home country.

* People are usually sent into exile for punishment or for political reasons.
* A conquered people may be taken into exile to the country of the conquering army, in order to work for them.
* The "Babylonian Exile" is a period in Bible history when many Jewish citizens of the region of Judah were taken from their homes and forced to live in Babylon.
* The phrase "the exiles" refers to people who are in exile, away from their home country.


## Translation Suggestions



* The term "to exile" could also be translated as, "to send away" or "to force out" or "to banish."
* The term "Exile" could be translated with a word or phrase that means, "time of banishment" or "time of forced absence" or "banishment."
* Some languages will translate "the exiles" as, "the exiled people" or "the people who have been exiled."