2Ki 25 | ABEn | STEP | And it came to pass in the ninth year of his kingdom, in the [ 2 month 1 tenth], on the tenth of the month, came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his force, against Jerusalem. And he camped about it, and built upon it a rampart round about.

2 Kings 25

CHAPTER 25 The Chaldeans Seize Zedekiah

1 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his kingdom, in the [²month ¹tenth], on the tenth of the month, came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his force, against Jerusalem. And he camped about it, and built upon it a rampart round about. 2 And [³became ¹the ²city] for being encompassed about until the eleventh year of Zedekiah the king, the ninth of the month. 3 And [³grew in strength ¹the ²hunger] in the city, and there was no bread to the people of the land. 4 And [³was torn through ¹the ²city], and all the men of war went forth by night in the way of the gate between the walls, which is of the garden of the king. (And the Chaldeans were upon the city round about;) and they went the way, the one unto the descent. 5 And [⁵pursued ¹the ²force ³of the ⁴Chaldeans] after the king, and they overtook him by the descent of Jericho; and all his force were dispersed from about him. 6 And they seized the king, and they led him to the king of Babylon in Riblah. And he spoke against him a judgment. 7 And he slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. And the eyes of Zedekiah he blinded, and he tied him in shackles, and led him unto Babylon.

Nabuzar-adan Devastates Jerusalem

8 And in the [²month ¹fifth], the seventh of the month, this is [²year ¹the nineteenth] of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nabuzar-adan, the chief guard, the one standing in the presence of the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem. 9 And he burned the house of the lord, and the house of the king, and all the houses of Jerusalem; and every [²house ¹great] he burned by fire. 10 And the wall of Jerusalem round about [⁵tore down ¹the ²force ³of the ⁴Chaldeans]. 11 And the extra ones of the people being left behind in the city, and the ones falling in who fell in with the king of Babylon, and the rest of the support [⁴removed ¹Nabuzar-adan ²the ³chief guard]. 12 And of the poor of the land [³left behind ¹the ²chief guard] as vine dressers and farmers. 13 And the columns, of the ones of brass, of the ones in the house of the lord, and the bases, and the [²sea ¹brass], the one in the house of the lord, [³cut up ¹the ²Chaldeans], and they carried their brass unto Babylon. 14 And the kettles, and the shovels, and the bowls, and the incense pans, and all the items of brass in which they officiated with them, he took. 15 And the censers, and the bowls, the ones of gold, and the ones of silver, [³took ¹the ²chief guard]. 16 [²columns ¹The two], and the [²sea ¹one], and the bases which Solomon made for the house of the lord. There was no measuring the weight of the brass of all the items. 17 Eighteen cubits was the height of the [²column ¹one], and the capital upon it of brass. Three cubits was the height of the capital. And the lattice work and pomegranates upon the capital round about were entirely of brass. And according to these it was to the [²column ¹second] upon the lattice work. 18 And [³took ¹the ²chief guard] Seraiah the [²priest ¹foremost], and Zephaniah the [²priest ¹second rank], and the three guarding the money; 19 and from out of the city he took [²eunuch ¹one] who was supervisor of the men warriors, and five men of the ones appearing in front of the king, of the ones being found in the city, and the scribe of the ruler of the force, the one arraying the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land being found in the city. 20 And [⁴took ⁵them ¹Nabuzar-adan ²the ³chief guard], and he led them away to the king of Babylon in Riblah. 21 And [⁴smote ⁵them ¹the ²king ³of Babylon], and killed them in Riblah in the land of Hamath. And he resettled Judah from its land.

Gedaliah Placed Over the Remnant

22 And over the people being left behind in the land of Judah, whom [⁴left behind ¹Nebuchadnezzar ²king ³of Babylon], he placed over it Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan. 23 And [⁶heard ¹all ²the ³rulers ⁴of the ⁵force], they and their men, that [³placed ¹the king ²of Babylon] Gedaliah in charge. And they came to Gedaliah in Mizpah -- even Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and Johanan son of Careah, and Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maachathite, they and their men. 24 And Gedaliah swore by an oath to them, and to their men, and said to them, Do not fear the passing by of the Chaldeans! Settle in the land, and serve the king of Babylon! and it will be well to you. 25 And it came to pass in the [²month ¹seventh], came Ishmael son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, of the seed of the kingdom, and ten men with him. And he struck Gedaliah and he died, even the Jews, and the Chaldeans who were with him in Mizpah. 26 And [⁴rose up ¹all ²the ³people] from small unto great, and the rulers of the force, and they entered into Egypt; for they feared from the face of the Chaldeans.

Jehoiachin Led out of Prison

27 And it came to pass in the thirtieth and seventh year of the resettlement of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, seventh and twentieth day of the month, [⁴raised up high ¹Evil-merodach ²king ³of Babylon] in the first year of his kingdom the head of Jehoiachin the king of Judah, and he led him from out of the house of the prison. 28 And he spoke with him for good, and put his throne above the thrones of the kings with him in Babylon. 29 And he changed the garments of his prison, and he ate bread always in his presence all the days of his life. 30 And his feasting was a feasting always given to him from out of the house of the king -- [²reckoning ¹a day's] in his day, all the days of his life.