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1. So King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came against Jerusalem with his whole army and set up camp outside it. They built siege ramps all around it. He arrived on the tenth day of the tenth month in the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign.
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1. And it came to pass H1961 in the ninth H8671 year H8141 of his reign H4427 , in the tenth H6224 month H2320 , in the tenth H6218 day of the month H2320 , that Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 came H935 , he H1931 , and all H3605 his host H2428 , against H5921 Jerusalem H3389 , and pitched H2583 against H5921 it ; and they built H1129 forts H1785 against H5921 it round about H5439 .
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2. The city remained under siege until King Zedekiah's eleventh year.
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2. And the city H5892 was besieged H935 H4692 unto H5704 the eleventh H6249 H6240 year H8141 of king H4428 Zedekiah H6667 .
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3. By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city was so severe the residents had no food.
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3. And on the ninth H8672 day of the fourth month H2320 the famine H7458 prevailed H2388 in the city H5892 , and there was H1961 no H3808 bread H3899 for the people H5971 of the land H776 .
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4. The enemy broke through the city walls, and all the soldiers tried to escape. They left the city during the night. They went through the gate between the two walls that is near the king's garden. (The Babylonians were all around the city.) Then they headed for the Jordan Valley.
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4. And the city H5892 was broken up H1234 , and all H3605 the men H376 of war H4421 fled by night H3915 by the way H1870 of the gate H8179 between H996 two walls H2346 , which H834 is by H5921 the king H4428 's garden H1588 : (now the Chaldees H3778 were against H5921 the city H5892 round about H5439 :) and the king went H1980 the way H1870 toward the plain H6160 .
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5. But the Babylonian army chased after the king. They caught up with him in the plains of Jericho, and his entire army deserted him.
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5. And the army H2428 of the Chaldees H3778 pursued H7291 after H310 the king H4428 , and overtook H5381 him in the plains H6160 of Jericho H3405 : and all H3605 his army H2428 were scattered H6327 from H4480 H5921 him.
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6. They captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where he passed sentence on him.
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6. So they took H8610 H853 the king H4428 , and brought him up H5927 H853 to H413 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 to Riblah H7247 ; and they gave H1696 judgment H4941 upon H854 him.
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7. Zedekiah's sons were executed while Zedekiah was forced to watch. The king of Babylon then had Zedekiah's eyes put out, bound him in bronze chains, and carried him off to Babylon.
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7. And they slew H7819 the sons H1121 of Zedekiah H6667 before his eyes H5869 , and put out H5786 H853 the eyes H5869 of Zedekiah H6667 , and bound H631 him with fetters of brass H5178 , and carried H935 him to Babylon H894 .
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8. On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard who served the king of Babylon, arrived in Jerusalem.
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8. And in the fifth H2549 month H2320 , on the seventh H7651 day of the month H2320 , which H1931 is the nineteenth H8672 H6240 year H8141 of king H4428 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 , came H935 Nebuzaradan H5018 , captain H7227 of the guard H2876 , a servant H5650 of the king H4428 of Babylon H894 , unto Jerusalem H3389 :
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9. He burned down the LORD's temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house.
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9. And he burnt H8313 H853 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , and the king H4428 's house H1004 , and all H3605 the houses H1004 of Jerusalem H3389 , and every H3605 great H1419 man's house H1004 burnt H8313 he with fire H784 .
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10. The whole Babylonian army that came with the captain of the royal guard tore down the walls that surrounded Jerusalem.
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10. And all H3605 the army H2428 of the Chaldees H3778 , that H834 were with the captain H7227 of the guard H2876 , broke down H5422 the walls H2346 of Jerusalem H3389 round about H5439 .
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11. Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, deported the rest of the people who were left in the city, those who had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the craftsmen.
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11. Now the rest H3499 of the people H5971 that were left H7604 in the city H5892 , and the fugitives H5307 that H834 fell away H5307 to H5921 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 , with the remnant H3499 of the multitude H1995 , did Nebuzaradan H5018 the captain H7227 of the guard H2876 carry away H1540 .
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12. But he left behind some of the poor of the land and gave them fields and vineyards.
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12. But the captain H7227 of the guard H2876 left H7604 of the poor H4480 H1803 of the land H776 to be vinedressers H3755 and husbandmen H3009 .
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13. The Babylonians broke the two bronze pillars in the LORD's temple, as well as the movable stands and the big bronze basin called the "The Sea." They took the bronze to Babylon.
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13. And the pillars H5982 of brass H5178 that H834 were in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , and the bases H4350 , and the brazen H5178 sea H3220 that H834 was in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , did the Chaldees H3778 break in pieces H7665 , and carried H5375 H853 the brass H5178 of them to Babylon H894 .
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14. They also took the pots, shovels, trimming shears, pans, and all the bronze utensils used by the priests.
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14. And the pots H5518 , and the shovels H3257 , and the snuffers H4212 , and the spoons H3709 , and all H3605 the vessels H3627 of brass H5178 wherewith H834 they ministered H8334 , took they away H3947 .
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15. The captain of the royal guard took the golden and silver censers and basins.
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15. And the firepans H4289 , and the bowls H4219 , and such things as H834 were of gold H2091 , in gold H2091 , and of silver H3701 , in silver H3701 , the captain H7227 of the guard H2876 took away H3947 .
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16. The bronze of the items that King Solomon made for the LORD's temple� including the two pillars, the big bronze basin called "The Sea," the twelve bronze bulls under "The Sea," and the movable stands� was too heavy to be weighed.
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16. The two H8147 pillars H5982 , one H259 sea H3220 , and the bases H4350 which H834 Solomon H8010 had made H6213 for the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 ; the brass H5178 of all H3605 these H428 vessels H3627 was H1961 without H3808 weight H4948 .
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17. Each of the pillars was about twenty-seven feet high. The bronze top of one pillar was about four and a half feet high and had bronze latticework and pomegranate shaped ornaments all around it. The second pillar with its latticework was like it.
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17. The height H6967 of the one H259 pillar H5982 was eighteen H8083 H6240 cubits H520 , and the chapiter H3805 upon H5921 it was brass H5178 : and the height H6967 of the chapiter H3805 three H7969 cubits H520 ; and the wreathen work H7639 , and pomegranates H7416 upon H5921 the chapiter H3805 round about H5439 , all H3605 of brass H5178 : and like unto these H428 had the second H8145 pillar H5982 with H5921 wreathen work H7639 .
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18. The captain of the royal guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah, the priest who was second in rank, and the three doorkeepers.
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18. And the captain H7227 of the guard H2876 took H3947 H853 Seraiah H8304 the chief H7218 priest H3548 , and Zephaniah H6846 the second H4932 priest H3548 , and the three H7969 keepers H8104 of the door H5592 :
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19. From the city he took a eunuch who was in charge of the soldiers, five of the king's advisers who were discovered in the city, an official army secretary who drafted citizens for military service, and sixty citizens from the people of the land who were discovered in the city.
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19. And out of H4480 the city H5892 he took H3947 an H259 officer H5631 that H834 H1931 was set H6496 over H5921 the men H376 of war H4421 , and five H2568 men H376 of them that were H4480 H7200 in the king H4428 's presence H6440 , which H834 were found H4672 in the city H5892 , and the principal H8269 scribe H5608 of the host H6635 , which mustered H6633 H853 the people H5971 of the land H776 , and threescore H8346 men H376 of the people H4480 H5971 of the land H776 that were found H4672 in the city H5892 :
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20. Nebuzaradan, captain of the royal guard, took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
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20. And Nebuzaradan H5018 captain H7227 of the guard H2876 took H3947 these , and brought H1980 them to H5921 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 to Riblah H7247 :
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21. The king of Babylon ordered them to be executed at Riblah in the territory of Hamath. So Judah was deported from its land.
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21. And the king H4428 of Babylon H894 smote H5221 them , and slew H4191 them at Riblah H7247 in the land H776 of Hamath H2574 . So Judah H3063 was carried away H1540 out of H4480 H5921 their land H127 .
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22. Now King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, as governor over the people whom he allowed to remain in the land of Judah.
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22. And as for the people H5971 that remained H7604 in the land H776 of Judah H3063 , whom H834 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 had left H7604 , even over H5921 them he made H853 Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam H296 , the son H1121 of Shaphan H8227 , ruler H6485 .
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23. All of the officers of the Judahite army and their troops heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah to govern. So they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah. The officers who came were Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite.
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23. And when all H3605 the captains H8269 of the armies H2428 , they H1992 and their men H376 , heard H8085 that H3588 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 had made H853 Gedaliah H1436 governor H6485 , there came H935 to H413 Gedaliah H1436 to Mizpah H4709 , even Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah H5418 , and Johanan H3110 the son H1121 of Careah H7143 , and Seraiah H8304 the son H1121 of Tanhumeth H8576 the Netophathite H5200 , and Jaazaniah H2970 the son H1121 of a Maachathite H4602 , they H1992 and their men H376 .
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24. Gedaliah took an oath so as to give them and their troops some assurance of safety. He said, "You don't need to be afraid to submit to the Babylonian officials. Settle down in the land and submit to the king of Babylon. Then things will go well for you."
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24. And Gedaliah H1436 swore H7650 to them , and to their men H376 , and said H559 unto them, Fear H3372 not H408 to be the servants H4480 H5650 of the Chaldees H3778 : dwell H3427 in the land H776 , and serve H5647 H853 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 ; and it shall be well H3190 with you.
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25. But in the seventh month Ishmael son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten of his men and murdered Gedaliah, as well as the Judeans and Babylonians who were with him at Mizpah.
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25. But it came to pass H1961 in the seventh H7637 month H2320 , that Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah H5418 , the son H1121 of Elishama H476 , of the seed H4480 H2233 royal H4410 , came H935 , and ten H6235 men H376 with H854 him , and smote H5221 H853 Gedaliah H1436 , that he died H4191 , and the Jews H3064 and the Chaldees H3778 that H834 were H1961 with H854 him at Mizpah H4709 .
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26. Then all the people, from the youngest to the oldest, as well as the army officers, left for Egypt, because they were afraid of what the Babylonians might do.
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26. And all H3605 the people H5971 , both small H4480 H6996 and great H1419 , and the captains H8269 of the armies H2428 , arose H6965 , and came H935 to Egypt H4714 : for H3588 they were afraid H3372 of H4480 H6440 the Chaldees H3778 .
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27. In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month, King Evil-Merodach of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, pardoned King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him from prison.
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27. And it came to pass H1961 in the seven H7651 and thirtieth H7970 year H8141 of the captivity H1546 of Jehoiachin H3078 king H4428 of Judah H3063 , in the twelfth H8147 H6240 month H2320 , on the seven H7651 and twentieth H6242 day of the month H2320 , that Evilmerodach H192 king H4428 of Babylon H894 in the year H8141 that he began to reign H4427 did lift up H5375 H853 the head H7218 of Jehoiachin H3078 king H4428 of Judah H3063 out of prison H4480 H1004 H3608 ;
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28. He spoke kindly to him and gave him a more prestigious position than the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
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28. And he spoke H1696 kindly H2896 to H854 him , and set H5414 H853 his throne H3678 above H4480 H5921 the throne H3678 of the kings H4428 that H834 were with H854 him in Babylon H894 ;
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29. Jehoiachin took off his prison clothes and ate daily in the king's presence for the rest of his life.
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29. And changed H8132 H853 his prison H3608 garments H899 : and he did eat H398 bread H3899 continually H8548 before H6440 him all H3605 the days H3117 of his life H2416 .
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30. He was given daily provisions by the king for the rest of his life until the day he died.
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30. And his allowance H737 was a continual H8548 allowance H737 given H5414 him of H4480 H854 the king H4428 , a daily H3117 rate H1697 for every day H3117 , all H3605 the days H3117 of his life H2416 .
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