Old Testament · History

2 Kings chapter 25

In the ninth year of ’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, King of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They set up camp around the city and built all around it.The city remained until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah’s reign.By the ninth day of the fourth month, the in the city had become so severe that there was no food left for the .Then the city wall was . That night, all the soldiers fled through near the king’s garden, even though the Babylonians had the city surrounded. They escaped toward the .But the Babylonian army chased after the king and caught up with him on the . His entire army scattered and abandoned him.They captured the king and brought him to the king of Babylon at , where they on him.They Zedekiah’s sons right in front of him. Then they , bound him in , and took him to Babylon.On the seventh day of the fifth month — the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon — , the , a servant of the king of Babylon, arrived in Jerusalem.He , the royal palace, and every significant building in Jerusalem — every large structure was set on fire.The entire Babylonian army, under the commander of the imperial guard, around Jerusalem.Nebuzaradan, the commander of the imperial guard, the rest of the people left in the city, along with those who had to the king of Babylon and whatever population remained.But the commander of the guard left behind some of the to .The Babylonians smashed the in Yahweh’s temple, the , and the great bronze basin called , and hauled all the bronze off to Babylon.They also took the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes, and all the bronze equipment used in the .The commander of the guard also carried off the and the — anything that was pure gold or pure silver.The two pillars, the Sea, and the water carts that for Yahweh’s temple — the bronze from all these things was .Each pillar stood tall. The bronze capital on top of each pillar was four and a half feet high, with a lattice design and bronze all around. The second pillar was identical, with its own lattice work.The commander of the guard also took prisoner , Zephaniah the , and the three .From the city he also took a who had been in command of the fighting men, five members of the who were still in the city, the army commander’s secretary who was responsible for drafting the civilian population, and sixty ordinary citizens who were found in the city.Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guard, took them all and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.The king of Babylon at Riblah in the territory of Hamath. And so .As for the people who remained in the land of Judah — those Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left behind — he appointed son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, to .When all the and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to him at — Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, along with their men.Gedaliah to them and their men, saying, “Don’t be afraid of the . Settle in the land, serve the king of Babylon, and things will go well for you.”But in the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama — a — came with ten men and Gedaliah. They also killed the Judeans and Babylonians who were with him at Mizpah.Then all the people, , along with the army commanders, because they were terrified of the Babylonians.In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King of Judah, on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month, king of Babylon — in the year he became king — released Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison.He and gave him a who were with him in Babylon.Jehoiachin and for the rest of his life.As for his allowance, a was given to him by the king — a daily portion for each day — .