1 Then it happened that, in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, he and his entire army, arrived against Jerusalem. And they encircled it, and they constructed fortifications all around it.
2 And the city was enclosed and besieged, even until the eleventh year of king Zedekiah,
3 on the ninth day of the month. And a famine prevailed in the city; neither was there bread for the people of the land.
4 And the city was breached. And all the men of war fled in the night along the way of the gate which is between the double wall at the garden of the king. Now the Chaldeans were besieging the city on all sides. And so Zedekiah fled along the way which leads to the plains of the wilderness.
5 And the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and they overtook him in the plains of Jericho. And all the warriors who were with him were dispersed, and they abandoned him.
6 Therefore, having apprehended him, they led the king to the king of Babylon at Riblah. And he was speaking with him in judgment.
7 Then he killed the sons of Zedekiah before him, and he dug out his eyes, and he bound him with chains, and he led him away to Babylon.
8 In the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, the same is the nineteenth year of the king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the leader of the army, a servant of the king of Babylon, went into Jerusalem.
9 And he set fire to the house of the Lord, and to the house of the king. And the houses of Jerusalem, and every great house, he burned with fire.
10 And the entire army of the Chaldeans, which was with the leader of the military, tore down the walls of Jerusalem all around.
11 Then Nebuzaradan, the leader of the military, carried away the rest of the people, who had remained in the city, and the fugitives, who had fled over to the king of Babylon, and the remnant of the common people.
12 But he left behind some vinedressers and farmers from the poor of the land.
13 Now the pillars of brass which were in the temple of the Lord, and the bases, and the sea of brass, which was in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke apart. And they took all the brass to Babylon.
14 Also, they took away the cooking pots of brass, and the scoops, and the forks, and the cups, and the little mortars, and all the articles of brass with which they were ministering.
15 And the leader of the military even took away the censers and the bowls, whatever was of gold for the gold, and whatever was of silver for the silver,
16 and also the two pillars, the one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the temple of the Lord. The brass of all these items was beyond measure.
17 One pillar had eighteen cubits in height. And the head of brass upon it was three cubits in height. And the network and pomegranates upon the head of the pillar were all of brass. And the second pillar had a similar adornment.
18 Also, the leader of the military took away Seraiah, the chief priest, and Zephaniah, the second priest, and three doorkeepers,
19 and from the city, one eunuch, who was in charge of the men of war, and five men out of those who had stood before the king, whom he found in the city, and Sopher, the leader of the army who trained the young soldiers from the people of the land, and sixty men from the common people, who had been found in the city.
20 Taking them, Nebuzaradan, the leader of the military, led them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
21 And the king of Babylon struck them and killed them at Riblah, in the land of Hamath. And Judah was taken away from his land.
22 But over the people who had remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, had permitted, he appointed as ruler Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan.
23 And when all the commanders of the military had heard this, they and the men who were with them, specifically, that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah, they went to Gedaliah at Mizpah: Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and Seraiah, the son of Tanhumeth, the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah, the son of a Maacathite, they and their companions.
24 And Gedaliah swore to them and to their companions, saying: “Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Remain in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.”
25 But it happened that, in the seventh month, Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of royal offspring, and ten men with him, went and struck Gedaliah, who then died, along with the Jews and the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.
26 And all the people, from small to great, and the leaders of the military, rising up, went away to Egypt, fearing the Chaldeans.
27 Truly, it happened that, in the thirty-seventh year of the transmigration of Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evilmerodach, the king of Babylon, in the year when he had begun to reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, from prison.
28 And he spoke kindly to him. And he set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him at Babylon.
29 And he changed his garments that he had worn in prison. And he ate bread before him always, during all the days of his life.
30 Also, he appointed to him an allowance without ceasing, which also was given to him by the king, for each day, during all the days of his life.
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Chapter 25 of 2 kings narrates the final fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the temple by the Babylonians. King Zedekiah was captured and taken to Nebuchadnezzar, who ordered the execution of his children before him. The city of Jerusalem was completely destroyed and its inhabitants were taken captive to Babylon. Here are five verses related to the topics covered in this chapter:
Jeremiah 52:13: "And burned the house of the Lord, and the house of the king, as well as all the houses of Jerusalem; all the important houses he burned them." This verse confirms the complete destruction of Jerusalem and the temple by the Babylonian army.
Jeremiah 52:17: "But the guard of the Chaldeans broke the bronze columns that were in the house of the Lord, and the foundations, and the sea of bronze that was in the house of the Lord, and took all the bronze to Babylon." This verse details the looting of the house of the Lord by the Babylonians.
2 Kings 25:11: "Then the king of Babylon deported the people to Babylon, and they became their slaves to this day." This verse reports that the Jews were taken captive to Babylon as a result of the destruction of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 52:27: "And Jehoiakim removed his prisoner clothes and ate regularly in the presence of the king of Babylon every day of his life." This verse refers to Jehoaquim, who was released from prison by Babylonian King Evil-Merodaque and received a privileged treatment for the rest of his life.
Jeremiah 52:31-34: "In the thirtieth seventh year of the exile of Joaquim, king of Judah, on the twenty-five of the tenth month, Evil-Merodaque, king of Babylon, issued an order in favor of Joaquim and freed him from prison. He spoke gently to Joaquim and gave him a place above the other kings who were with him in Babylon. So Joaquim took his clothes from prisoner and ate in the presence of the king of Babylon every day of his life. And his daily livelihood It was provided by the king of Babylon until the day of his death, for all the days of his life. " These verses tell how King Joaquim was released from prison and had a privileged treatment by the Babylonian king Evil-Merodaque until his death.
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