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2 Kings 25
Nebuchadnezzar Besieges Jerusalem
2 Kings 25:1
And it came to pass in the ninth
year
of his reign
,
in the tenth
month
,
in the tenth
day
of the month
,
that
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of Babylon
came
,
he, and all his host
,
against Jerusalem
,
and pitched
against it; and they built
forts
against it round about
.
2 Kings 25:2
And the city
was besieged
unto the eleventh
year
of king
Zedekiah
.
2 Kings 25:3
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
.
2 Kings 25:4
¶
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 Chaldees
were
against the city
round about
:) and
the king
went
the way
toward the plain
.
2 Kings 25:5
And the army
of the Chaldees
pursued
after
the king
,
and overtook
him in the plains
of Jericho
:
and all his army
were scattered
from him.
2 Kings 25:6
So they took
the king
,
and brought him up
to the king
of Babylon
to Riblah
;
and they gave
judgment
upon him.
2 Kings 25:7
And they slew
the sons
of Zedekiah
before his eyes
,
and put out
the eyes
of Zedekiah
,
and bound
him with fetters
of brass
,
and carried
him to Babylon
.
Jerusalem Burned and Plundered
2 Kings 25:8
¶
And in the fifth
month
,
on the seventh
day
of the month
, which
is
the nineteenth
year
of king
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of Babylon
,
came
Nebuzar-adan
,
captain
of the guard
,
a servant
of the king
of Babylon
,
unto Jerusalem
:
2 Kings 25:9
And he burnt
the house
of the LORD
,
and the king’s
house
,
and all the houses
of Jerusalem
,
and every great
man’s
house
burnt
he with fire
.
2 Kings 25:10
And all the army
of the Chaldees
, that
were with
the captain
of the guard
,
brake down
the walls
of Jerusalem
round about
.
2 Kings 25:11
Now the rest
of the people
that were
left
in the city
,
and the fugitives
that fell away
to the king
of Babylon
,
with the remnant
of the multitude
,
did Nebuzar-adan
the captain
of the guard
carry away
.
2 Kings 25:12
But the captain
of the guard
left
of the poor
of the land
to be
vinedressers
and husbandmen
.
2 Kings 25:13
And the pillars
of brass
that
were
in the house
of the LORD
,
and the bases
,
and the brasen
sea
that
was
in the house
of the LORD
,
did the Chaldees
break in pieces
,
and carried
the brass
of them to Babylon
.
2 Kings 25:14
And the pots
,
and the shovels
,
and the snuffers
,
and the spoons
,
and all the vessels
of brass
wherewith they ministered
,
took they away
.
2 Kings 25:15
And the firepans
,
and the bowls
,
and
such things as
were
of gold
,
in
gold
,
and of silver
,
in
silver
,
the captain
of the guard
took away
.
2 Kings 25:16
The two
pillars
,
one
sea
,
and the bases
which Solomon
had made
for the house
of the LORD
;
the brass
of all these vessels
was without
weight
.
2 Kings 25:17
The height
of the one
pillar
was
eighteen
cubits
,
and the chapiter
upon it
was
brass
:
and the height
of the chapiter
three
cubits
;
and the wreathen work
,
and pomegranates
upon the chapiter
round about
,
all of brass
:
and like unto these had the second
pillar
with wreathen work
.
2 Kings 25:18
¶
And the captain
of the guard
took
Seraiah
the chief
priest
,
and Zephaniah
the second
priest
,
and the three
keepers
of the door
:
2 Kings 25:19
And out of the city
he took
an
officer
that was set
over the men
of war
,
and five
men
of them that were
in the king’s
presence
,
which were found
in the city
,
and the principal
scribe
of the host
,
which mustered
the people
of the land
,
and threescore
men
of the people
of the land
that were
found
in the city
:
2 Kings 25:20
And Nebuzar-adan
captain
of the guard
took
these, and brought
them to the king
of Babylon
to Riblah
:
2 Kings 25:21
And the king
of Babylon
smote
them, and slew
them at Riblah
in the land
of Hamath
.
So Judah
was carried away
out of their land
.
Gedaliah Made Governor
2 Kings 25:22
¶ And
as for
the people
that remained
in the land
of Judah
,
whom Nebuchadnezzar
king
of Babylon
had left
,
even over them he made Gedaliah
the son
of Ahikam
,
the son
of Shaphan
,
ruler
.
2 Kings 25:23
And when all the captains
of the armies
,
they and their men
,
heard
that the king
of Babylon
had made Gedaliah
governor
,
there came
to Gedaliah
to Mizpah
,
even Ishmael
the son
of Nethaniah
,
and Johanan
the son
of Careah
,
and Seraiah
the son
of Tanhumeth
the Netophathite
,
and Jaazaniah
the son
of a Maachathite
,
they and their men
.
2 Kings 25:24
And Gedaliah
sware
to them, and to their men
,
and said
unto them, Fear
not to be the servants
of the Chaldees
:
dwell
in the land
,
and serve
the king
of Babylon
;
and it shall be well
with you.
2 Kings 25:25
But it came to pass in the seventh
month
,
that Ishmael
the son
of Nethaniah
,
the son
of Elishama
,
of the seed
royal
,
came
,
and ten
men
with him, and smote
Gedaliah
,
that he died
,
and the Jews
and the Chaldees
that were with him at Mizpah
.
2 Kings 25:26
And all the people
,
both small
and great
,
and the captains
of the armies
,
arose
,
and came
to Egypt
:
for they were afraid
of
the Chaldees
.
2 Kings 25:27
¶
And it came to pass in the seven
and thirtieth
year
of the captivity
of Jehoiachin
king
of Judah
,
in the twelfth
month
,
on the seven
and twentieth
day
of the month
,
that
Evil-merodach
king
of Babylon
in the year
that he began to reign
did lift up
the head
of Jehoiachin
king
of Judah
out of prison
;
2 Kings 25:28
And he spake
kindly
to him, and set
his throne
above the throne
of the kings
that
were
with him in Babylon
;
2 Kings 25:29
And changed
his prison
garments
:
and he did eat
bread
continually
before
him all the days
of his life
.
2 Kings 25:30
And his allowance
was
a continual
allowance
given
him of the king
,
a daily
rate
for every day
,
all the days
of his life
.