2 Kings 25
25
Destruction of Jerusalem
1Now it came to pass in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, that King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and his entire army advanced against Jerusalem, set up camp by it, and built a siege wall all around it.
2So the city was under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
3On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine became so severe in the city that there was no bread for the common people.
4Then the city was broken into, and all the warriors fled by night by the way of the gate between the double walls near the king’s garden—though the Chaldeans were all around the city—and they went by the way to the Arabah.
5But the Chaldean army pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho. All his army was scattered from him.
6So they captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and passed sentence on him.
7They slaughtered Zedekiah’s sons before his eyes, then put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him in bronze chains and took him to Babylon.
8Now on the seventh day of the fifth month—which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon—Nebuzaradan, the captain of the imperial guard, officer of the Babylonian king, came to Jerusalem.
9He burned down the House of Adonai, the royal palace and all the houses of Jerusalem—every notable building he burned with fire.
10Then the whole Chaldean army that was with the captain of the guard demolished the walls of Jerusalem on every side.
11Then the remnant of the people who were left in the city—the deserters who had defected to the Babylonian king and the rest of the populace—Nebuzaradan captain of the guard exiled them.
12But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and field hands.
13Now the Chaldeans broke into pieces the bronze pillars that were in the House of Adonai, the stands and the bronze sea that were in the House of Adonai, and carried their bronze away to Babylon.
14They also took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the pans and all the bronze vessels that were used in Temple service.
15The captain of the guard took away the fire pans and the basins—whatever was gold or silver.
16The two pillars, the one sea, and the stands which Solomon had made for the House of Adonai—the bronze of all these vessels was beyond weight.
17The height of each pillar was eighteen cubits, with a bronze capital on top. The height of the capital was three cubits, with a netting of copper pomegranates encircling the capital. The same was true of the second pillar with its netting.
18Then the captain of the guard took away Seraiah the chief kohen, Zephaniah the deputy kohen, and the three doorkeepers.
19From the city he took an official who had been overseeing the soldiers and five of the royal advisers who were found in the city, and the scribe of the army captain who mustered the people of the land, and 60 men of the common people that were found in the city.
20Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
21The king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was exiled from its land.
22Now as for the people that were left in the land of Judah, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had left, he appointed over them Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan.
23Now when all the captains of the troops, they 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—they and their men.
24Gedaliah swore to them and to their men and said to them, “Don’t be afraid of the Chaldean officials. Stay in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well for you.”
25But it came to pass in the seventh month that Ishmael son of Nethaniah son of Elishama, of royal descent, came with ten men and assassinated Gedaliah, so he died along with the Judeans and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.
26So all the people, young and old, and the captains of the troops, got up and fled to Egypt, for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.
27Now it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month, that King Evil-merodach of Babylon, in the year he became king, released King Jehoiachin of Judah from Prison.
28He spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the throne of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
29So he changed his prison garments, and regularly ate bread in the king’s presence all the days of his life.
30As for his allowance, a regular allowance was granted to him by the king, an allotment for each day, all the days of his life.
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2nd Kings 25
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CHAPTER 25
1Forsooth it was done in the ninth year of his realm, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, Nebu-chadnezzar, king of Babylon, came, he, and all his host, into Jerusalem; and they encompassed it, and builded strongholds in the compass thereof.
2And the city was enclosed, and encompassed, till to the eleventh year of king Zedekiah,
3in the ninth day of the month; and hunger had mastery in the city, and there was not bread to the people of the land.
4And the city was broken into, and all men warriors fled in the night by the way of the gate, that is betwixt the double wall, toward the garden of the king; soothly the Chaldees besieged the city in compass/about. Therefore Zedekiah fled by the way that leadeth to the field places of the wilderness;
5and the host of Chaldees pursued the king, and took him in the plain of Jericho; and all the warriors, that were with him, were scattered abroad, and left him.
6Therefore they led the king taken to the king of Babylon, into Riblah, which spake doom with him, that is, with Zedekiah.
7Soothly he killed the sons of Zedekiah before him, and putted [or put] out his eyes, and bound him with chains, and led him into Babylon.
8In the fifth month, in the seventh day of the month, that is the nine-teenth year of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, prince of the host, [the] servant of the king of Babylon, came into Jerusalem;
9and he burnt the house of the Lord, and the house of the king, and the houses of Jerusalem, and he burnt by fire each house thereof;
10and all the host of Chaldees, that was with the prince of knights, destroyed the walls of Jerusalem in compass.
11Forsooth Nebuzaradan, prince of the chivalry, translated or brought over the tother part of the people, that dwelled in the city, and the fleers, that had fled over to the king of Babylon, and the remnant common people;
12and he left of the poor men of the land vine-tillers, and earth-tillers.
13Soothly Chaldees brake the brazen pillars, that were in the temple, and the foundaments, and the sea of brass, that was in the house of the Lord; and they translated, or bare over, all the metal into Babylon.
14And they took the pots of brass, and trowels, and fleshhooks, and cups, and mortars, and all [the] brazen vessels, in which they ministered;
15and censers also, and vials. The prince of the chivalry took those things that were of gold, and those that were of silver,
16that is, two pillars, one sea, and the foundaments, or bases, which king Solomon had made to the temple of the Lord; and there was no certain weight of [the] metal of all the vessels.
17One pillar had eighteen cubits of height, and a brazen pommel or capital upon it of the height of three cubits, and a work like a net, and pom-egranates upon the pommel of the pillar, all things of brass; and the second pillar had like adorning.
18Also the prince of the chivalry took Seraiah, the first priest, and Zephaniah, the second priest, and [the] three porters,
19and an honest and chaste servant of the city, that was sovereign over [the] men warriors, and five men of them that stood before the king, which he found in the city; and he took the Sopher, the prince of the host, that proved [the] young knights, either men able to battle, of the people of the land, and sixty men of the commons, that were found in the city;
20which Nebuzaradan, prince of the chivalry, took, and led to the king of Babylon, into Riblah.
21And the king of Babylon smote them, and killed them in Riblah, in the land of Hamath; and Judah was translated or brought over from his land.
22Soothly Nebuchadnezzar made Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, sovereign to the people, that was left in the land of Judah; which people Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had left in Judah.
23And when all the dukes of knights had heard these things, they, and [all] the men that were with them, that is, that the king of Babylon had ordained Gedaliah to be their sovereign in Judah, they came to Gedaliah, in Mizpah, that is, Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, and Johanan, son of Careah, and Seraiah, son of Tanhumeth of Netophah, and Jaazaniah, son of the Maachathite, they, and the fellows of them.
24And Gedaliah swore to them, and to the fellows of them, and said, Do not ye dread to serve the Chaldees; dwell ye in the land, and serve ye the king of Babylon, and it shall be well to you.
25Forsooth it was done in the seventh month, that is, since Gedaliah was made sovereign, that Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the king’s seed, came, and ten men with him, and they smote Gedaliah, which died; but also they smited [the] Jews and [the] Chaldees, that were with him in Mizpah.
26And all the people rose, from the little unto the great, and the princes of knights, and they came, or fled, into Egypt, and dreaded the Chaldees.
27Therefore it was done in the seven and thirtieth year of the transmi-gration, either passing over, of Jehoi-achin, king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the seven and twentieth day of the month, Evilmerodach, king of Babylon, in the year in which he began to reign, raised [up] the head of Jehoiachin, king of Judah, from prison,
28and spake to him benignly; and he set [or put] the throne of Jehoi-achin above the throne of kings, that were with him in Babylon.
29And Evilmerodach changed the clothes of Jehoiachin that he had in prison; and he ate bread ever[more] in the sight of Evilmerodach, in all the days of his life.
30Also Evilmerodach ordained sus-tenance for Jehoiachin without ceasing; which sustenance also was given of the king to him by all days, in all the days of his life.
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