2 Kings 25:1-12
1 aNow in the ninth year of his reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, bNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, camped against it and cbuilt a siege wall all around ▼▼ Lit against it
it. 2So the city was under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. 3On the ninth day of the fourth month ethe famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land. 4 fThen the city was broken into, and all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls beside gthe king’s garden, though the Chaldeans were all around the city. And ▼▼ So some ancient mss and versions; M.T. he
they went by way of the Arabah. 5But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho and all his army was scattered from him. 6Then ithey captured the king and jbrought him to the king of Babylon at kRiblah, and ▼▼ Lit they spoke judgment with him
he passed sentence on him. 7 mThey slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, then nput out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him with bronze fetters and brought him to Babylon. Jerusalem Burned and Plundered
8 oNow on the seventh day of the pfifth month, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 9 qHe burned the house of the Lord, rthe king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every great house he burned with fire. 10So all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard sbroke down the walls around Jerusalem. 11Then tthe 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 people, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away into exile. 12But the captain of the guard left some of uthe poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.
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