ASV_Strong : 2 Kings 25
1. And it came to pass in the ninth[H8671] year[H8141] of his reign[H4427], in the tenth[H6224] month[H2320], in the tenth[H6218] day of the month[H2320], that Nebuchadnezzar[H5019] king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] came[H935], he and all his army[H2428], against Jerusalem[H3389], and encamped[H2583] against it[H1129]; and they built forts[H1785] against it round about[H5439].
2. So the city[H5892] was besieged[H935] unto the eleventh[H6249] year[H8141] of king[H4428] Zedekiah[H6667].
3. On the ninth[H8672] day of the fourth month[H2320] the famine[H7458] was sore[H2388] in the city[H5892], so that there was no bread[H3899] for the people[H5971] of the land[H776].
4. Then a breach[H1234] was made in the city[H5892], and all the men[H582] of war[H4421] fled by night[H3915] by the way[H1870] of the gate[H8179] between the two walls[H2346], which was by the king[H4428]'s garden[H1588] (now the Chaldeans[H3778] were against the city[H5892] round about[H5439]); and the king went[H3212] by the way[H1870] of the Arabah[H6160].
5. But the army[H2428] of the Chaldeans[H3778] pursued[H7291] after[H310] the king[H4428], and overtook[H5381] him in the plains[H6160] of Jericho[H3405]; and all his army[H2428] was scattered from him[H6327].
6. Then they took[H8610] the king[H4428], and carried him up[H5927] unto the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] to Riblah[H7247]; and they gave[H1696] judgment upon him[H4941].
7. And they slew[H7819] the sons[H1121] of Zedekiah[H6667] before his eyes[H5869], and put out[H5786] the eyes[H5869] of Zedekiah[H6667], and bound[H631] him in fetters[H5178], and carried[H935] him to Babylon[H894].
8. Now in the fifth[H2549] month[H2320], on the seventh[H7651] day of the month[H2320], which was the nineteenth[H6240] year[H8141] of king[H4428] Nebuchadnezzar[H5019], king[H4428] of Babylon[H894], came[H935] Nebuzaradan[H5018] the captain[H7227] of the guard[H2876], a servant[H5650] of the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894], unto Jerusalem[H3389].
9. And he burnt[H8313] the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068], and the king[H4428]'s house[H1004]; and all the houses[H1004] of Jerusalem[H3389], even every great[H1419] house[H1004], burnt[H8313] he with fire[H784].
10. And all the army[H2428] of the Chaldeans[H3778], that were with the captain[H7227] of the guard[H2876], brake down[H5422] the walls[H2346] of Jerusalem[H3389] round about[H5439].
11. And the residue[H3499] of the people[H5971] that were left[H7604] in the city[H5892], and those that fell away[H5307], that fell to the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894], and the residue[H3499] of the multitude[H1995], did Nebuzaradan[H5018] the captain[H7227] of the guard[H2876] carry away[H1540] captive[H5307].
12. But the captain[H7227] of the guard[H2876] left[H7604] of the poorest[H1803] of the land[H776] to be vinedressers[H3755] and husbandmen[H3009].
13. And the pillars[H5982] of brass[H5178] that were in the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068], and the bases[H4350] and the brazen[H5178] sea[H3220] that were in the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068], did the Chaldeans[H3778] break in pieces[H7665], and carried[H5375] the brass[H5178] of them to Babylon[H894].
14. And the pots[H5518], and the shovels[H3257], and the snuffers[H4212], and the spoons[H3709], and all the vessels[H3627] of brass[H5178] wherewith they ministered[H8334], took they away[H3947].
15. And the firepans[H4289], and the basins[H4219], that which was of gold[H2091], in gold[H2091], and that which was of silver[H3701], in silver[H3701], the captain[H7227] of the guard[H2876] took away[H3947].
16. The two[H8147] pillars[H5982], the one[H259] sea[H3220], and the bases[H4350], which Solomon[H8010] had made[H6213] for the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068], the brass[H5178] of all these vessels[H3627] was without[H3808] weight[H4948].
17. The height[H6967] of the one[H259] pillar[H5982] was eighteen[H8083] cubits[H520], and a capital[H3805] of brass[H5178] was upon it[H6967]; and the height of the capital[H3805] was three[H7969] cubits[H520], with network[H7639] and pomegranates[H7416] upon the capital[H3805] round about[H5439], all of brass[H5178]: and like unto these had the second[H8145] pillar[H5982] with network[H7639].
18. And the captain[H7227] of the guard[H2876] took[H3947] Seraiah[H8304] the chief[H7218] priest[H3548], and Zephaniah[H6846] the second[H4932] priest[H3548], and the three[H7969] keepers[H8104] of the threshold[H5592]:
19. and out of the city[H5892] he took[H3947] an[H259] officer[H5631] that was set[H6496] over the men[H582] of war[H4421]; and five[H2568] men[H582] of them that saw[H7200] the king[H4428]'s face[H7200], who were found[H4672] in the city[H5892]; and the scribe[H5608], the captain[H8269] of the host[H6635], who mustered[H6633] the people[H5971] of the land[H776]; and threescore[H8346] men[H376] of the people[H5971] of the land[H776], that were found[H4672] in the city[H5892].
20. And Nebuzaradan[H5018] the captain[H7227] of the guard[H2876] took[H3947] them[H3212], and brought them to the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] to Riblah[H7247].
21. And the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] smote[H5221] them[H4191], and put them to death at Riblah[H7247] in the land[H776] of Hamath[H2574]. So Judah[H3063] was carried away[H1540] captive out of his land[H127].
22. And as for the people[H5971] that were left[H7604] in the land[H776] of Judah[H3063], whom Nebuchadnezzar[H5019] king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] had left[H7604], even over them he made Gedaliah[H1436] the son[H1121] of Ahikam[H296], the son[H1121] of Shaphan[H8227], governor[H6485].
23. Now when all the captains[H8269] of the forces[H2428], they and their men[H582], heard[H8085] that the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] had made Gedaliah[H1436] governor[H6485], they came[H935] to Gedaliah[H1436] to Mizpah[H4709], even Ishmael[H3458] the son[H1121] of Nethaniah[H5418], and Johanan[H3110] the son[H1121] of Kareah[H7143], and Seraiah[H8304] the son[H1121] of Tanhumeth[H8576] the Netophathite[H5200], and Jaazaniah[H2970] the son[H1121] of the Maacathite[H4602], they and their men[H582].
24. And Gedaliah[H1436] sware[H7650] to them and to their men[H582], and said[H559] unto them[H3372], Fear not because of the servants[H5650] of the Chaldeans[H3778]: dwell[H3427] in the land[H776], and serve[H5647] the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894], and it shall be well with you[H3190].
25. But it came to pass in the seventh[H7637] month[H2320], that Ishmael[H3458] the son[H1121] of Nethaniah[H5418], the son[H1121] of Elishama[H476], of the seed[H2233] royal[H4410], came[H935], and ten[H6235] men[H582] with him[H5221], and smote Gedaliah[H1436], so that he died[H4191], and the Jews[H3064] and the Chaldeans[H3778] that were with him at Mizpah[H4709].
26. And all the people[H5971], both small[H6996] and great[H1419], and the captains[H8269] of the forces[H2428], arose[H6965], and came[H935] to Egypt[H4714]; for they were afraid[H3372] of[H6440] the Chaldeans[H3778].
27. And it came to pass in the seven[H7651] and thirtieth[H7970] year[H8141] of the captivity[H1546] of Jehoiachin[H3078] king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], in the twelfth[H8147] month[H2320], on the seven[H7651] and twentieth[H6242] day of the month[H2320], that Evil-merodach[H192] king[H4428] of Babylon[H894], in the year[H8141] that he began to reign[H4427], did lift up[H5375] the head[H7218] of Jehoiachin[H3078] king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] out of prison[H1004];
28. and he spake[H1696] kindly[H2896] to him[H5414], and set his throne[H3678] above the throne[H3678] of the kings[H4428] that were with him in Babylon[H894],
29. and changed[H8132] his prison[H3608] garments[H899]. And Jehoiachin did eat[H398] bread[H3899] before[H6440] him continually[H8548] all the days[H3117] of his life[H2416]:
30. and for his allowance[H737], there was a continual[H8548] allowance[H737] given[H5414] him of the king[H4428], every[H3117] day[H3117] a portion[H1697], all the days[H3117] of his life[H2416].
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