“And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign in the tenth month and in the tenth day of the month that Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, came, he and all of his hosts against Jerusalem and pitched against it and they…”
2 Kings 25
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1So in the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
2And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah's eleventh year.
“So the city was besieged until the 11th year of King Zedekiah.”
3By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.
“and on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city and there was no bread for the people of the land.”
4Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king's garden. They headed toward the Arabah,
“And the city was broken up and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls which is by the king's garden. Now the Chaldeans were against the city round about and the king went the way toward the plain”
5but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was separated from him.
“the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho and all his army was scattered from him.”
6The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him.
“So they took the king and brought him to the king of Babylon to a place called Ribla. And they gave judgment upon him”
7And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
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8On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar's reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
“Now on the seventh day of the fifth month which was the 19th year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon Nebuchadnezzar the king or the captain of the guard a servant of the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem”
9He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
“he burned the house of the Lord the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem even every great house he burned with fire.”
10And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.
“So all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.”
11Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population.
“Then the rest of the people who were left in the city and the deserters who had deserted to the king of Babylon and the rest of the multitude Nebuchadnezzar and the captain of the guard carried away into exile.”
12But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.
“But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.”
“But Nebuchadnezzar, the captain of the guard, left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.”
13Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon.
“Now the bronze pillars which were in the house of the Lord and the stands and the bronze sea which were in the house of the Lord. The Chaldeans broke in pieces and carried the bronze to Babylon.”
14They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.
“They took away the pots the shovels the snuffers the spoons and all the bronze vessels which were used in temple service.”
15The captain of the guard also took away the censers and sprinkling bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.
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16As for the two pillars, the Sea, and the movable stands that Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.
“The two pillars the one sea and the stands which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord. The bronze of all these vessels was beyond weight.”
17Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall. The bronze capital atop one pillar was three cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its network, was similar.
“The height of the one pillar was 18 cubits and bronze capital was only at the height of the capital was three cubits with a network of pomegranates on the capital all around all of bronze and the second pillar was like these with…”
18The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.
“And the captain of the guard took Zariah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest and the keepers of the door.”
“the captain of the guard took Sariah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest with three officers of the temple.”
19Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as five royal advisors. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.
“from the city he took one official who was overseer of the men of war five of the king's advisors who were found in the city and the scribe of the captain of the army who mustered the people of the land and 60 men of the people…”
20Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
“and the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.”
21There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.
“Then the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Haman. So Judah was led away into exile from its land.”
22Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over the people he had left behind in the land of Judah.
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23When all the commanders of the armies and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, as well as their men.
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24And Gedaliah took an oath before them and their men, assuring them, "Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you."
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25In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down and killed Gedaliah, along with the Judeans and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.
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26Then all the people small and great, together with the commanders of the army, arose and fled to Egypt for fear of the Chaldeans.
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27On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah's King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison.
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28And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
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29So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king's table for the rest of his life.
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30And the king provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life.
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