1 Now in the ninth year of his reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzarthe king of Babyloncame, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, camped against it, and built a siege wall all around 25:1 Lit against itit. 2 So the city was under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. 3 On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land. 4 Then the city was broken into, and all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls that were beside the king’s garden, though the Chaldeanswere all around the city. And 25:4 As in some mss and ancient versions; MT hethey went by way of the Arabah. 5 But the army of the Chaldeanspursued 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 brought him up to the king of Babylonat Riblah, and he 25:6 Lit spoke judgment with himpassed sentence on him. 7 And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiahbefore his eyes, then put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze shackles, and brought him to Babylon.
Jerusalem Burned and Plundered
8 Now on the seventh day of the fifth month, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradanthe captain of the bodyguards, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 9 And he burned the house of the Lord, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every great house he burned with fire. 10 So all the army of the Chaldeanswho were with the captain of the bodyguards tore down the walls around Jerusalem. 11 Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the bodyguards, led into exile the 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 25:11 Lit multitudepeople. 12 But the captain of the bodyguards left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.
13 Now the Chaldeanssmashed to pieces the bronze pillars which were in the house of the Lord, and the stands and the bronze 25:13 I.e., a very large basinSea which were in the house of the Lord, and carried the 25:13 Lit bronze of thembronze to Babylon. 14 And they took away the pots, the shovels, the 25:14 I.e., wick trimmersshears, the spoons, and all the bronze utensils 25:14 Lit with which they servedwhich 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 Solomonhad made for the house of the Lord—25:16 Lit there was no weight for the bronze ofthe bronze of all these articles was too heavy to weigh. 17 The height of the one pillar was 25:17 About 27 ft. or 8 meighteen cubits, and a bronze capital was on it; the height of the capital was 25:17 About 4.5 ft. or 1.3 mthree 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 Seraiahthe chief priest and Zephaniahthe second priest, with the three 25:18 Lit keepers of the thresholddoorkeepers. 19 And from the city he took one official who was overseer of the men of war, and five 25:19 Lit men of those seeing the king’s faceof the king’s advisers who were found in the city; and the 25:19 Or scribe, a captainscribe 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 Nebuzaradanthe captain of the bodyguards took them and brought them to the king of Babylonat Riblah. 21 Then the king of Babylonstruck them down and put them to death at Riblahin the land of Hamath. So Judah went into exile from its land.
Gedaliah Made Governor
22 Now as for the people who were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzarking of Babylonhad left, he appointed Gedaliahthe son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphanover them. 23 When all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylonhad appointed Gedaliahgovernor, they came to Gedaliahat Mizpah, namely, Ishmaelthe son of Nethaniah, Johananthe son of Kareah, Seraiahthe son of Tanhumeththe Netophathite, and Jaazaniahthe son of the Maacathite, they and their men. 24 And Gedaliahswore to them and their men and said to them, "Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans; live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well for you."
25 But it happened in the seventh month, that Ishmaelthe son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal 25:25 Lit seedfamily, came 25:25 Lit and ten men with himwith ten men and struck Gedaliahdown so that he died along with the Jews and the Chaldeanswho were with him at Mizpah. 26 Then all the people, from the small to the great, and the captains of the forces set out and came to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.
27 Now it came about in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachinking of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, that Evil-merodachking of Babylon, in the year that he became king, 25:27 Lit raised the head ofreleased Jehoiachinking of Judah from 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 So 25:29 Lit heJehoiachin changed his prison clothes, and 25:29 Lit ate breadhad his meals in 25:29 Lit his presencethe king’s presence regularly all the days of his life; 30 and as his allowance, a regular allowance was given to him by the king, a portion for each day, all the days of his life.
Pessoa
H5019
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).
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).