(1) The Assyrian Captivity, when the inhabitants of the Northern Kingdom were carried off to Assyria (4Kings 15; 17)
(2) The Babylonian Captivity, when the subjects of the Kingdom of Juda were deported to Babylon (4Kings 24; 25).
(3) The Roman Captivity, when Titus destroyed Jerusalem in A.D. 70 and scattered the Jews over all the provinces of the Roman Empire (Josephus, "Wars of the Jews," VI, 9,2).