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Chapter 25
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And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign,
in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his
host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and
they built forts against it round about. |
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And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of
king Zedekiah. |
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And on the ninth day 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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And the city was broken up, and all the men of war
fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls,
which is by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees were
against the city round about:) and the king went the
way toward the plain. |
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And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king,
and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his
army were scattered from him. |
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So they took the king, and brought him up to the king
of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him. |
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And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes,
and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with
fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon. |
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And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month,
which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king
of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a
servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem: |
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And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's
house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great
man's house burnt he with fire. |
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And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the
captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem
round about. |
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Now the rest of the people that were left in the city,
and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon,
with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the
captain of the guard carry away. |
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But the captain of the guard left of the door of the
poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen. |
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And the pillars of brass that were in the house of
the LORD, and the bases, and the brazen sea that was
in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces,
and carried the brass of them to Babylon. |
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And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and
the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they
ministered, took they away. |
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And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as
were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the
captain of the guard took away. |
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The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon
had made for the house of the LORD; the brass of all
these vessels was without weight. |
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The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and
the chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the
chapiter three cubits; and the wreathed work, and pomegranates
upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like
unto these had the second pillar with wreathed work. |
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And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief
priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three
keepers of the door: |
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And out of the city he took an officer that was set
over the men of war, and five men of them that were in
the king's presence, which were found in the city, and
the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the
people of the land, and threescore men of the people
of the land that were found in the city: |
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And Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took these, and
brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah: |
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And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at
Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away
out of their land. |
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And as for the people that remained in the land of
Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left,
even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the
son of Shaphan, ruler. |
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And when all the captains of the armies, they and their
men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah
governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael
the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah,
and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and
Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men. |
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And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said
unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees:
dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and
it shall be well with you. |
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But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael
the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed
royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah,
that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were
with him at Mizpah. |
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And all the people, both small and great, and the captains
of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were
afraid of the Chaldees. |
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And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year
of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the
twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the
month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year
that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin
king of Judah out of prison; |
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And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above
the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon; |
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And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread
continually before him all the days of his life. |
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And his allowance was a continual allowance given him
of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days
of his life. |
