1 So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzarking of Babylonmarched against Jerusalemwith his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built25:1 Literally He encamped outside it and they builta siege wall all around it. 2 And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.
3 By the ninth day of the fourth month,25:3 Probable reading (see Jeremiah 52:6); MT does not include fourth.the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food. 4 Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans25:4 That is, the Babylonians; also in verses 5, 6, 10, 13, 24, 25, and 26 had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden.
They headed toward the Arabah,25:4 Or the Jordan Valley5 but the army of the Chaldeanspursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him. 6 The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylonat Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him. 7 And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiahbefore his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
The Temple Destroyed
8 On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradancaptain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem. 9 He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem— every significant building. 10 And the whole army of the Chaldeansunder the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.
11 Then Nebuzaradancaptain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylonand the rest of the population. 12 But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.
13 Moreover, the Chaldeansbroke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon. 14 They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service. 15 The captain of the guard also took away the censers and sprinkling bowls— anything made of pure gold or fine silver.
16 As for the two pillars, the Sea, and the movable stands that Solomonhad made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure. 17 Each pillar was eighteen cubitstall.25:17 18 cubits is approximately 27 feet or 8.2 meters.The bronze capital atop one pillar was three cubitshigh,25:17 3 cubits is approximately 4.5 feet or 1.4 meters.with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its network, was similar.
Captives Carried to Babylon
18 The captain of the guard also took away Seraiahthe chief priest, Zephaniahthe priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers. 19 Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as five royal advisors. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.
20 Nebuzaradancaptain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylonat Riblah. 21 There at Riblahin the land of Hamath, the king of Babylonstruck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.
Gedaliah Governs in Judah
22 Nebuchadnezzarking of Babylonappointed Gedaliahson of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over the people he had left behind in the land of Judah.
23 When all the commanders of the armies and their men heard that the king of Babylonhad appointed Gedaliahas governor, they came to Gedaliahat Mizpah— Ishmaelson of Nethaniah, Johananson of Kareah, Seraiahson of Tanhumeththe Netophathite, and Jaazaniah25:23 Jaazaniah is a variant of Jezaniah; see Jeremiah 40:8.son of the Maacathite, as well as their men. 24 And Gedaliahtook an oath before them and their men, assuring them, "Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you."
The Murder of Gedaliah
25 In the seventh month, however, Ishmaelson of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down and killed Gedaliah, along with the Judeans and Chaldeanswho were with him at Mizpah. 26 Then all the people small and great, together with the commanders of the army, arose and fled to Egyptfor fear of the Chaldeans.
Jehoiachin Released from Prison
27 On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodachbecame king of Babylon, he released25:27 Literally lifted up the head ofKing Jehoiachinof Judah from prison. 28 And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
29 So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life. 30 And the king provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life.
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Nebuchadnezzar
נְבוּכַדְרֶאצּוֹרnəbukhadəretsor
Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, besieged and destroyed Jerusalem, burned the temple, and took the people of Judah into exile (2 Kings 25:8).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Zedekiah, son of Josiah, was the last king of Judah; he rebelled against Babylon, saw his sons killed, had his eyes put out, and was taken captive (2 Kings 25:7).
The Arabah is the region east of the Jordan, in the wilderness, where Moses spoke to all Israel, opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth and Dizahab (Deuteronomy 1:1).
Jericho is the city opposite which Israel crossed the Jordan and which was set apart for destruction, with Rahab and those in her house spared. Hiel of Bethel rebuilt it in Ahab’s time (Joshua 6:17).
At Riblah, in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon pronounced sentence on Zedekiah and had Zedekiah’s sons and all the nobles of Judah put to death (Jeremiah 39:6).
Zedekiah, son of Josiah, was the last king of Judah; he rebelled against Babylon, saw his sons killed, had his eyes put out, and was taken captive (2 Kings 25:7).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Solomon, son of David and Bathsheba, reigned over Israel, asked God for wisdom to govern the people, and built the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 12:24).
At Riblah, in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon pronounced sentence on Zedekiah and had Zedekiah’s sons and all the nobles of Judah put to death (Jeremiah 39:6).
At Riblah, in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon pronounced sentence on Zedekiah and had Zedekiah’s sons and all the nobles of Judah put to death (Jeremiah 39:6).
Hamath is a land where Riblah was located, the place where Zedekiah was brought to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who pronounced sentence on him (Jeremiah 39:5).
Shaphan, the son of Azaliah, was King Josiah’s secretary and read before the king the Book of the Law, found in the temple and given to him by Hilkiah the priest. He was the father of Ahikam (2 Kings 22:10).
Mizpah is the place where the Israelites gathered as one man before the Lord and where Gedaliah, appointed governor by the king of Babylon, received the army officers (2 Kings 25:23).
Mizpah is the place where the Israelites gathered as one man before the Lord and where Gedaliah, appointed governor by the king of Babylon, received the army officers (2 Kings 25:23).
Egypt is the land where Abram went down because of famine and where Jacob and his sons went. Because Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, the Lord killed all the firstborn there (Exodus 13:15).
Jehoiachin was king of Judah, son and successor of Jehoiakim; he reigned three months in Jerusalem and was taken prisoner to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar. Years later, Evil-merodach king of Babylon freed Jehoiachin from prison (2 Kings 25:27).
Jehoiachin was king of Judah, son and successor of Jehoiakim; he reigned three months in Jerusalem and was taken prisoner to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar. Years later, Evil-merodach king of Babylon freed Jehoiachin from prison (2 Kings 25:27).