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
.
And the city was besieged
unto the eleventh
year
of king
Zedekiah
.
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
.
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
.
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.
So they took the king
, and brought him up
to the king
of Babylon
to Riblah
; and they gave
judgment
upon him.
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
.
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
:
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
.
And all the army of the Chaldees
, that were with the captain
of the guard
, brake down
the walls
of Jerusalem
round about
.
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
.
But the captain of the guard
left
of the poor
of the land
to be vinedressers
and husbandmen
.
And the pillars of brass
that were in the house
of the LORD
, and the bases
, and the brasen
sea
that was in the house
of the LORD
, did the Chaldees
break in pieces
, and carried
the brass
of them to Babylon
.
And the pots, and the shovels
, and the snuffers
, and the spoons
, and all the vessels
of brass
wherewith they ministered
, took they away
.
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
.
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
.
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 wreathen work
, and pomegranates
upon the chapiter
round about
, all of brass
: and like unto these had the second
pillar
with wreathen work
.
And the captain of the guard
took
Seraiah
the chief
priest
, and Zephaniah
the second
priest
, and the three
keepers
of the door
:
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
:
And Nebuzaradan captain
of the guard
took
these, and brought
them to the king
of Babylon
to Riblah
:
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
.
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
.
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
.
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.
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
.
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
.
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
;
And he spake kindly
to him, and set
his throne
above the throne
of the kings
that were with him in Babylon
;
And changed his prison
garments
: and he did eat
bread
continually
before
him all the days
of his life
.
And his allowance was a continual
allowance
given
him of the king
, a daily
rate
for every day
, all the days
of his life
.