e[See ver. 10 above]
at[See ver. 20 above]
ca[See ver. 5 above]

2 Kings 24:2

2And the Lord sent against him bands of the aChaldeans and bbands of the Syrians and bands of the Moabites and bands of the Ammonites, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, caccording to the word of the Lord that he spoke by his servants the prophets.

2 Kings 24:10-17

Jerusalem Captured

10At that time the servants of dNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. 11And eNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it, 12 fand Jehoiachin the king of Judah gave himself up to the king of Babylon, himself and his mother and his servants and his officials and his palace officials. gThe king of Babylon took him prisoner hin the eighth year of his reign 13and carried off all the treasures of the house of the Lord iand the treasures of the king’s house, jand cut in pieces all the vessels of gold in the temple of the Lord, kwhich Solomon king of Israel had made, las the Lord had foretold. 14 mHe carried away all Jerusalem and all the officials and all the mighty men of valor, n10,000 captives, oand all the craftsmen and the smiths. None remained, pexcept the poorest people of the land. 15 qAnd he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon. The king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officials, and the chief men of the land he took into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. 16And the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon all the men of valor, r7,000, and the craftsmen and the metal workers, 1,000, all of them strong and fit for war. 17 sAnd the king of Babylon tmade Mattaniah, uJehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place, vand changed his name to Zedekiah.

2 Kings 25:1

Fall and Captivity of Judah

1 wAnd in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, xNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came with all his army against Jerusalem and laid siege to it. yAnd they built siegeworks all around it.

2 Kings 25:8-30

8 zIn the fifth month, on aathe seventh day of the month—that was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of BabylonNebuzaradan, the captain of the bodyguard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 9 abAnd he burned the house of the Lord acand the king’s house and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down. 10And all the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, adbroke down the walls around Jerusalem. 11 aeAnd the rest of the people who were left in the city and the deserters who had deserted to the king of Babylon, together with the rest of the multitude, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried into exile. 12But the captain of the guard left afsome of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.

13 agAnd the pillars ahof bronze that were in the house of the Lord, and aithe stands and ajthe bronze sea that were in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke in pieces and carried the bronze to Babylon. 14 akAnd they took away the pots and the shovels and the snuffers and the dishes for incense and all the vessels of bronze used in the temple service, 15the fire pans also and the bowls. What was of gold the captain of the guard took away as gold, and what was of silver, as silver. 16As for the two pillars, the one sea, and the stands that Solomon had made for the house of the Lord, althe bronze of all these vessels was beyond weight. 17 amThe height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits,
A  cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
and on it was a capital of bronze. The height of the capital was three cubits. A latticework and pomegranates, all of bronze, were all around the capital. And the second pillar had the same, with the latticework.

18 aoAnd the captain of the guard took apSeraiah the chief priest and aqZephaniah the second priest and the three keepers of the threshold; 19and from the city he took an officer who had been in command of the men of war, and arfive men of the king’s council who were found in the city; and the secretary of the commander 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. 20And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at asRiblah. 21And the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at atRiblah in the land of Hamath. auSo Judah was taken into exile out of its land.

Gedaliah Made Governor of Judah

22And over the people who remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, he appointed avGedaliah the son of awAhikam, son of Shaphan, governor. 23 axNow when all the captains and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah governor, they came with their men to Gedaliah at ayMizpah, namely, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite. 24And Gedaliah swore to them and their men, saying, “Do not be afraid because of the Chaldean officials. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.” 25 azBut in the seventh month, baIshmael the son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down Gedaliah and put him to death along with the Jews and the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah. 26 bbThen all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces arose and went to Egypt, for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.

Jehoiachin Released from Prison

27 bcAnd in the thirty-seventh year of bdthe exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, graciously befreed
Hebrew  reign, lifted up the head of
Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison.
28And he spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat above the seats of the kings who were with him in Babylon. 29So Jehoiachin put off his prison garments. And every day of his life bghe dined regularly at the king’s table, 30and for his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king, according to his daily needs, as long as he lived.

2 Chronicles 36:6-10

6 bhAgainst him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon biand bound him in chains bjto take him to Babylon. 7 bkNebuchadnezzar also carried part of the vessels of the house of the Lord to Babylon and put them in his palace in Babylon. 8 blNow the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and the abominations that he did, and what was found against him, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. And Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.

9 bmJehoiachin was eighteen
Septuagint (compare 2 Kings 24:8); most Hebrew manuscripts eight
years old when he became king, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.
10In bothe spring of the year King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon, bpwith the precious vessels of the house of the Lord, and made his brother bqZedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 39:1-14

The Fall of Jerusalem

1 brIn the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and besieged it. 2In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, a breach was made in the city. 3Then all bsthe officials of the king of Babylon came btand sat in the middle gate: Nergal-sar-ezer of Samgar, Nebu-sar-sekim buthe Rab-saris, Nergal-sar-ezer the Rab-mag, with all the rest of the officers of the king of Babylon. 4When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled, going out of the city at night by way of the king’s garden through the gate between the two walls; and they went toward bvthe Arabah. 5But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in bwthe plains of Jericho. And when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, at bxRiblah, in the land of Hamath; byand he passed sentence on him. 6The king of Babylon bzslaughtered the sons of Zedekiah at caRiblah before his eyes, and the king of Babylon cbslaughtered all the nobles of Judah. 7 ccHe put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him in chains to take him to Babylon. 8 cdThe Chaldeans burned the king’s house and the house of the people, ceand broke down the walls of Jerusalem. 9Then cfNebuzaradan, the cgcaptain of the guard, carried into exile to Babylon the rest of the people who were left in the city, chthose who had deserted to him, and the people who remained. 10Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, cileft in the land of Judah some of the poor people who owned nothing, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.

The Lord Delivers Jeremiah

11Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon gave command concerning Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, saying, 12 cjTake him, look after him well, and do him no harm, but deal with him as he tells you.” 13So ckNebuzaradan the captain of the guard, Nebushazban the Rab-saris, Nergal-sar-ezer the Rab-mag, cland all the chief officers of the king of Babylon 14sent and took Jeremiah from cmthe court of the guard. They entrusted him to cnGedaliah the son of coAhikam, son of cpShaphan, that he should take him home. So cqhe lived among the people.

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