2 Kings 25 – Bible | Equip God’s People

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^[1] In the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it around it. ^[2] So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. ^[3] On the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land. ^[4] Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden (now the Chaldeans were against the city around it); and the king went by the way of the Arabah. ^[5] But the Chaldean army pursued the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him. ^[6] Then they captured the king and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they passed judgment on him. ^[7] They killed Zedekiah’s sons before his eyes, then put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon. ^[8] Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the 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] He burned Yahweh’s house, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem. He burned every great house with fire. ^[10] All the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down the walls around Jerusalem. ^[11] Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive the rest of the people who were left in the city and those who had deserted to the king of Babylon—all the rest of the multitude. ^[12] But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to work the vineyards and fields. ^[13] The Chaldeans broke up the pillars of bronze that were in Yahweh’s house and the bases and the bronze sea that were in Yahweh’s house, and carried the bronze pieces to Babylon. ^[14] They took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the spoons, and all the vessels of bronze with which they ministered. ^[15] The captain of the guard took away the fire pans, the basins, that which was of gold, for gold, and that which was of silver, for silver. ^[16] The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases, which Solomon had made for Yahweh’s house, the bronze of all these vessels was not weighed. ^[17] The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits,^ⓘ and a capital of bronze was on it. The height of the capital was three cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capital around it, all of bronze; and the second pillar with its network was like these. ^[18] The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold; ^[19] and out of the city he took an officer who was set over the men of war; and five men of those who saw the king’s face, who were found in the city; and the scribe, 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 guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. ^[21] The king of Babylon attacked them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land. ^[22] As for the people who were left 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, governor. ^[23] Now when all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, Johanan the son of Kareah, Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men. ^[24] Gedaliah swore to them and to their men, and said to them, “Don’t be afraid because of the servants of the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.” ^[25] But in the seventh month, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal offspring came, and ten men with him, and struck Gedaliah so that he died, with the Jews and the Chaldeans that were with him at Mizpah. ^[26] All the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces arose and came to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans. ^[27] In the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, released Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison, ^[28] and he spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon, ^[29] and changed his prison garments. Jehoiachin ate bread before him continually all the days of his life; ^[30] and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him from the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.

Footnotes

A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.

King James Version

^[1] And it came to pass in the ninthH8671 yearH8141 of his reign,H4427(QalInf) in the tenthH6224 month,H2320 in the tenthH6218 [day] of the month,H2320 [that] NebuchadnezzarH5019 kingH4428 of BabylonH894 came,H935(QalPerf) he, and all his host,H2428 against Jerusalem,H3389 and pitchedH2583(QalImpf) against it; and they builtH1129(QalImpf) fortsH1785 against it round about.H5439 ^[2] And the cityH5892 was besiegedH935(QalImpf) unto the eleventhH6249 yearH8141 of kingH4428 Zedekiah.H6667 ^[3] And on the ninthH8672 [day] of the [fourth] monthH2320 the famineH7458 prevailedH2388(QalImpf) in the city,H5892 and there was no breadH3899 for the peopleH5971 of the land.H776 ^[4] And the cityH5892 was broken up,H1234(NiphImpf) and all the menH582 of warH4421 [fled] by nightH3915 by the wayH1870 of the gateH8179 between two walls,H2346 which [is] by the king’sH4428 garden:H1588 (now the ChaldeesH3778 [were] against the cityH5892 round about:H5439) and [the king] wentH3212(QalImpf) the wayH1870 toward the plain.H6160 ^[5] And the armyH2428 of the ChaldeesH3778 pursuedH7291(QalImpf) afterH310 the king,H4428 and overtookH5381(HiphImpf) him in the plainsH6160 of Jericho:H3405 and all his armyH2428 were scatteredH6327(NiphPerf) from him. ^[6] So they tookH8610(QalImpf) the king,H4428 and brought him upH5927(HiphImpf) to the kingH4428 of BabylonH894 to Riblah;H7247 and they gaveH1696(PielImpf) judgmentH4941 upon him. ^[7] And they slewH7819(QalPerf) the sonsH1121 of ZedekiahH6667 before his eyes,H5869 and put outH5786(PielPerf) the eyesH5869 of Zedekiah,H6667 and boundH631(QalImpf) him with fettersH5178 of brass,H5178 and carriedH935(HiphImpf) him to Babylon.H894 ^[8] And in the fifthH2549 month,H2320 on the seventhH7651 [day] of the month,H2320 which [is] the nineteenthH8672 yearH8141 of kingH4428 NebuchadnezzarH5019 kingH4428 of Babylon,H894 cameH935(QalPerf) Nebuzaradan,H5018 captainH7227 of the guard,H2876 a servantH5650 of the kingH4428 of Babylon,H894 unto Jerusalem:H3389 ^[9] And he burntH8313(QalImpf) the houseH1004 of the Lord,H3068 and the king’sH4428 house,H1004 and all the housesH1004 of Jerusalem,H3389 and every greatH1419 [man’s] houseH1004 burntH8313(QalPerf) he with fire.H784 ^[10] And all the armyH2428 of the Chaldees,H3778 that [were with] the captainH7227 of the guard,H2876 brake downH5422(QalPerf) the wallsH2346 of JerusalemH3389 round about.H5439 ^[11] Now the restH3499 of the peopleH5971 [that were] leftH7604(NiphPtc) in the city,H5892 and the fugitivesH5307(QalActPtc) that fell awayH5307(QalPerf) to the kingH4428 of Babylon,H894 with the remnantH3499 of the multitude,H1995 did NebuzaradanH5018 the captainH7227 of the guardH2876 carry away.H1540(HiphPerf) ^[12] But the captainH7227 of the guardH2876 leftH7604(HiphPerf) of the poorH1803 of the landH776 [to be] vinedressersH3755 and husbandmen.H3009(QalActPtc/Qere) ^[13] And the pillarsH5982 of brassH5178 that [were] in the houseH1004 of the Lord,H3068 and the bases,H4350 and the brasenH5178 seaH3220 that [was] in the houseH1004 of the Lord,H3068 did the ChaldeesH3778 break in pieces,H7665(PielPerf) and carriedH5375(QalImpf) the brassH5178 of them to Babylon.H894 ^[14] And the pots,H5518 and the shovels,H3257 and the snuffers,H4212 and the spoons,H3709 and all the vesselsH3627 of brassH5178 wherewith they ministered,H8334(PielImpf) took they away.H3947(QalPerf) ^[15] And the firepans,H4289 and the bowls,H4219 [and] such things as [were] of gold,H2091 [in] gold,H2091 and of silver,H3701 [in] silver,H3701 the captainH7227 of the guardH2876 took away.H3947(QalPerf) ^[16] The twoH8147 pillars,H5982 oneH259 sea,H3220 and the basesH4350 which SolomonH8010 had madeH6213(QalPerf) for the houseH1004 of the Lord;H3068 the brassH5178 of all these vesselsH3627 was withoutH3808 weight.H4948 ^[17] The heightH6967 of the oneH259 pillarH5982 [was] eighteenH8083 cubits,H520 and the chapiterH3805 upon it [was] brass:H5178 and the heightH6967 of the chapiterH3805 threeH7969 cubits;H520 and the wreathen work,H7639 and pomegranatesH7416 upon the chapiterH3805 round about,H5439 all of brass:H5178 and like unto these had the secondH8145 pillarH5982 with wreathen work.H7639 ^[18] And the captainH7227 of the guardH2876 tookH3947(QalImpf) SeraiahH8304 the chiefH7218 priest,H3548 and ZephaniahH6846 the secondH4932 priest,H3548 and the threeH7969 keepersH8104(QalActPtc) of the door:H5592 ^[19] And out of the cityH5892 he tookH3947(QalPerf) anH259 officerH5631 that was setH6496 over the menH582 of war,H4421 and fiveH2568 menH582 of them that wereH7200(QalActPtc) in the king’sH4428 presence,H6440 which were foundH4672(NiphPerf) in the city,H5892 and the principalH8269 scribeH5608(QalActPtc) of the host,H6635 which musteredH6633(HiphPtc) the peopleH5971 of the land,H776 and threescoreH8346 menH376 of the peopleH5971 of the landH776 [that were] foundH4672(NiphPtc) in the city:H5892 ^[20] And NebuzaradanH5018 captainH7227 of the guardH2876 tookH3947(QalImpf) these, and broughtH3212(HiphImpf) them to the kingH4428 of BabylonH894 to Riblah:H7247 ^[21] And the kingH4428 of BabylonH894 smoteH5221(HiphImpf) them, and slewH4191(HiphImpf) them at RiblahH7247 in the landH776 of Hamath.H2574 So JudahH3063 was carried awayH1540(QalImpf) out of their land.H127 ^[22] And [as for] the peopleH5971 that remainedH7604(NiphPtc) in the landH776 of Judah,H3063 whom NebuchadnezzarH5019 kingH4428 of BabylonH894 had left,H7604(HiphPerf) even over them he made GedaliahH1436 the sonH1121 of Ahikam,H296 the sonH1121 of Shaphan,H8227 ruler.H6485(HiphImpf) ^[23] And when all the captainsH8269 of the armies,H2428 they and their men,H582 heardH8085(QalImpf) that the kingH4428 of BabylonH894 had made GedaliahH1436 governor,H6485(HiphPerf) there cameH935(QalImpf) to GedaliahH1436 to Mizpah,H4709 even IshmaelH3458 the sonH1121 of Nethaniah,H5418 and JohananH3110 the sonH1121 of Careah,H7143 and SeraiahH8304 the sonH1121 of TanhumethH8576 the Netophathite,H5200 and JaazaniahH2970 the sonH1121 of a Maachathite,H4602 they and their men.H582 ^[24] And GedaliahH1436 swareH7650(NiphImpf) to them, and to their men,H582 and saidH559(QalImpf) unto them, FearH3372(QalImpf) not to be the servantsH5650 of the Chaldees:H3778 dwellH3427(QalImpv) in the land,H776 and serveH5647(QalImpv) the kingH4428 of Babylon;H894 and it shall be wellH3190(QalImpf) with you. ^[25] But it came to pass in the seventhH7637 month,H2320 that IshmaelH3458 the sonH1121 of Nethaniah,H5418 the sonH1121 of Elishama,H476 of the seedH2233 royal,H4410 came,H935(QalPerf) and tenH6235 menH582 with him, and smoteH5221(HiphImpf) Gedaliah,H1436 that he died,H4191(QalImpf) and the JewsH3064 and the ChaldeesH3778 that were with him at Mizpah.H4709 ^[26] And all the people,H5971 both smallH6996 and great,H1419 and the captainsH8269 of the armies,H2428 arose,H6965(QalImpf) and cameH935(QalImpf) to Egypt:H4714 for they were afraidH3372(QalPerf) ofH6440 the Chaldees.H3778 ^[27] And it came to pass in the sevenH7651 and thirtiethH7970 yearH8141 of the captivityH1546 of JehoiachinH3078 kingH4428 of Judah,H3063 in the twelfthH8147 month,H2320 on the sevenH7651 and twentiethH6242 [day] of the month,H2320 [that] EvilmerodachH192 kingH4428 of BabylonH894 in the yearH8141 that he began to reignH4427(QalInf) did lift upH5375(QalPerf) the headH7218 of JehoiachinH3078 kingH4428 of JudahH3063 out of prison;H1004 ^[28] And he spakeH1696(PielImpf) kindlyH2896 to him, and setH5414(QalImpf) his throneH3678 above the throneH3678 of the kingsH4428 that [were] with him in Babylon;H894 ^[29] And changedH8132(PielPerf) his prisonH3608 garments:H899 and he did eatH398(QalPerf) breadH3899 continuallyH8548 beforeH6440 him all the daysH3117 of his life.H2416 ^[30] And his allowanceH737 [was] a continualH8548 allowanceH737 givenH5414(NiphPerf) him of the king,H4428 a dailyH3117 rateH1697 for every day,H3117 all the daysH3117 of his life.H2416

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