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Nebuchadnezzar Besieges Jerusalem

Now in the ninth year of his reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, camped against it and built a siege wall all around it.

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Nebuchadnezzar Besieges Jerusalem

And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, [that] Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built turrets against it round about.

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So the city was under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

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And the city was besieged until the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

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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.

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On the ninth of the [fourth] month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.

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Then the city was broken into, and all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls beside the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans were all around the city. And they went by way of the Arabah.

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And the city was broken into; and all the men of war [fled] by night, by the way of the gate between the two walls, which [leads] to the king's garden (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about); and they went the way toward the plain.

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But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho and all his army was scattered from him.

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And the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.

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Then they captured the king and brought him to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and he passed sentence on him.

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And they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon unto Riblah; and they pronounced judgment upon him,

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They slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, then put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him with bronze fetters and brought him to Babylon.

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and slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with chains of brass, and carried him to Babylon.

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Jerusalem Burned and Plundered

Now on the seventh day of the fifth 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.

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The Temple Destroyed

And in the fifth month, on the seventh of the month, which was in the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzar-adan, captain of the body-guard, servant of the king of Babylon, came unto Jerusalem;

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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.

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and he burned the house of Jehovah, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; and every great [man's] house he burned with fire.

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So all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.

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And all the army of the Chaldeans that were with the captain of the body-guard broke down the walls of Jerusalem round about.

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Then 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 people, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away into exile.

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And Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard carried away captive the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the deserters that had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.

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But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.

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But the captain of the body-guard left of the poor of the land for vinedressers and husbandmen.

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Now the bronze pillars which were in the house of the LORD, and the stands and the bronze sea which were in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans broke in pieces and carried the bronze to Babylon.

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And the brazen pillars that were in the house of Jehovah, and the bases, and the brazen sea that was in the house of Jehovah, the Chaldeans broke in pieces, and carried the brass thereof to Babylon.

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They took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the spoons, and all the bronze vessels which were used in temple service.

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The cauldrons also and the shovels and the knives and the cups, and all the vessels of copper wherewith they ministered, they took away.

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The captain of the guard also took away the firepans and the basins, what was fine gold and what was fine silver.

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And the censers and the bowls, that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, the captain of the body-guard took away.

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The two pillars, the one sea, and the stands which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD — the bronze of all these vessels was beyond weight.

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The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of Jehovah: for the brass of all these vessels there was no weight.

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The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a bronze capital was on it; the height of the capital was three cubits, with a network and pomegranates on the capital all around, all of bronze. And the second pillar was like these with network.

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The height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the capital upon it was brass, and the height of the capital three cubits; and the network and the pomegranates, upon the capital round about, all of brass: and similarly for the second pillar with the network.

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Then the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest, with the three officers of the temple.

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And the captain of the body-guard took Seraiah the high priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers.

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From the city he took one official who was overseer of the men of war, and five of the king’s advisers who were found in the city; and the scribe 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.

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And out of the city he took a chamberlain that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, who were found in the city, and the scribe of the captain of the host, who enrolled the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land that were found in the city.

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Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

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And Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah;

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Then the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was led away into exile from its land.

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and the king of Babylon smote them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his land.

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Gedaliah Made Governor

Now as for the people who were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, he appointed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan over them.

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Gedaliah Made Governor of Judah

And [as for] the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left behind, over them he appointed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan.

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When all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, 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, they and their men.

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And all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah, and they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, 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 a Maachathite, they and their men.

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Gedaliah swore 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 be well with you.”

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And Gedaliah swore unto them and to their men, and said to them, Fear not to be servants of the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

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But it came about in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal family, came with ten men and struck Gedaliah down so that he died along with the Jews and the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.

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And it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal seed, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldeans that were with him at Mizpah.

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Then 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.

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And 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.

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Now it came about in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he became king, released Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison;

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Jehoiachin Released from Prison

And it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh of the month, [that] Evil-Merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;

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and he spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon.

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and he spoke kindly to him, and set his seat above the seat of the kings that were with him in Babylon.

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Jehoiachin changed his prison clothes and had his meals in the king’s presence regularly all the days of his life;

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And he changed his prison garments; and he ate bread before him continually all the days of his life;

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and for his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king, a portion for each day, all the days of his life.

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and his allowance was a continual allowance given him by the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.

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2 Kings 25

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