2Ki 25:8-21 | NASB2020 | STEP | Now on the seventh day of the fifth month , which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar , king of Babylon , Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguards , a servant of the king of Babylon , came to Jerusalem .

2 Kings 25:8-21

Jerusalem Burned and Plundered

8 ^aNow on the seventh day of the ^bfifth month, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguards, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 9 And ^che burned the house of the Lord, ^dthe king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every great house he burned with fire. 10 So all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the bodyguards ^etore down the walls around Jerusalem. 11 Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the bodyguards, led into exile ^fthe 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 ^{▼▼Lit multitude}people. 12 But the captain of the bodyguards left some of ^hthe poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.

13 ⁱNow the Chaldeans smashed to pieces the bronze pillars which were in the house of the Lord, and the stands and ^jthe bronze ^{▼▼I.e., a very large basin}Sea which were in the house of the Lord, and carried the ^{▼▼Lit bronze of them}bronze to Babylon. 14 ^mAnd they took away the pots, the shovels, the ^{▼▼I.e., wick trimmers}shears, the spoons, and all the bronze utensils ^{▼▼Lit with which they served}which were used in temple service. 15 The captain of the bodyguards also took away the firepans and the basins, what was fine gold and what was fine silver. 16 The two pillars, the one Sea, and the stands which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord-- ^{▼▼Lit there was no weight for the bronze of
,} ^qthe bronze of all these articles was too heavy to weigh. 17 ^rThe height of the one pillar was ^{▼▼About 27 ft. or 8 m}eighteen cubits, and a bronze capital was on it; the height of the capital was ^{▼▼About 4.5 ft. or 1.3 m}three cubits, with latticework and pomegranates on the capital all around, all of bronze. And the second pillar was like these, same features with latticework.

18 Then the captain of the bodyguards took ^uSeraiah the chief priest and ^vZephaniah the second priest, with the three ^{▼▼Lit keepers of the threshold}doorkeepers. 19 And from the city he took one official who was overseer of the men of war, and ^xfive ^{▼▼Lit men of those seeing the king’s face}of the king’s advisers who were found in the city; and the ^{▼▼Or scribe, a captain}scribe of the captain of the army who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the city. 20 Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguards took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at ^aaRiblah. 21 Then the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. ^abSo Judah went into exile from its land.