strkjv@2Kings:24:1
@ In his
days
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon
came
up
, and
Jehoiakim
became his
servant
three
years
: then he
turned
and
rebelled
against him.
strkjv@2Kings:24:2
@ And the
LORD
sent
against him
bands
of the
Chaldees
, and
bands
of the
Syrians
, and
bands
of the
Moabites
, and
bands
of the
children
of
Ammon
, and
sent
them against
Judah
to
destroy
it, according to the
word
of the
LORD
, which he
spake
by
his
servants
the
prophets
.
strkjv@2Kings:24:3
@ Surely at the
commandment
of the
LORD
came this upon
Judah
, to
remove
them out of his
sight
, for the
sins
of
Manasseh
, according to all that he
did
;
strkjv@2Kings:24:4
@ And also for the
innocent
blood
that he
shed
: for he
filled
Jerusalem
with
innocent
blood
; which the
LORD
would
not
pardon
.
strkjv@2Kings:24:5
@ Now the
rest
of the
acts
of
Jehoiakim
, and all that he
did
, are they not
written
in the
book
of the
chronicles
of the
kings
of
Judah
?
strkjv@2Kings:24:6
@ So
Jehoiakim
slept
with his
fathers
: and
Jehoiachin
his
son
reigned
in his stead.
strkjv@2Kings:24:7
@ And the
king
of
Egypt
came
not
again
any more out of his
land
: for the
king
of
Babylon
had
taken
from the
river
of
Egypt
unto the
river
Euphrates
all that pertained to the
king
of
Egypt
.
strkjv@2Kings:24:8
@
Jehoiachin
was
eighteen
sh@
years
old
when he began to
reign
, and he
reigned
in
Jerusalem
three
months
. And his
mothers
name
was
Nehushta
, the
daughter
of
Elnathan
of
Jerusalem
.
strkjv@2Kings:24:9
@ And he
did
that which was
evil
in the
sight
of the
LORD
, according to all that his
father
had
done
.
strkjv@2Kings:24:10
@ At that
time
the
servants
of
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon
came
up
against
Jerusalem
, and the
city
was
besieged
.
strkjv@2Kings:24:11
@ And
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon
came
against the
city
, and his
servants
did
besiege
it.
strkjv@2Kings:24:12
@ And
Jehoiachin
the
king
of
Judah
went
out
to the
king
of
Babylon
, he, and his
mother
, and his
servants
, and his
princes
, and his
officers
: and the
king
of
Babylon
took
him in the
eighth
year
of his
reign
.
strkjv@2Kings:24:13
@ And he carried
out
thence all the
treasures
of the
house
of the
LORD
, and the
treasures
of the
kings
house
, and cut in
pieces
all the
vessels
of
gold
which
Solomon
king
of
Israel
had
made
in the
temple
of the
LORD
, as the
LORD
had
said
.
strkjv@2Kings:24:14
@ And he carried
away
all
Jerusalem
, and all the
princes
, and all the mighty
men
of
valour
, even
ten
thousand
captives
, and all the
craftsmen
and
smiths
: none
remained
,
save
the poorest
sort
of the
people
of the
land
.
strkjv@2Kings:24:15
@ And he carried
away
Jehoiachin
to
Babylon
, and the
kings
mother
, and the
kings
wives
, and his
officers
, and the
mighty
of the
land
, those
carried
he into
captivity
from
Jerusalem
to
Babylon
.
strkjv@2Kings:24:16
@ And all the
men
of
might
, even
seven
thousand
, and
craftsmen
and
smiths
a
thousand
, all that were
strong
and
apt
for
war
, even them the
king
of
Babylon
brought
captive
to
Babylon
.
strkjv@2Kings:24:17
@ And the
king
of
Babylon
made
Mattaniah
his fathers
brother
king
in his stead, and
changed
his
name
to
Zedekiah
.
strkjv@2Kings:24:18
@
Zedekiah
was
twenty
and
one
years
old
when he began to
reign
, and he
reigned
eleven
H6240
years
in
Jerusalem
. And his
mothers
name
was
Hamutal
, the
daughter
of
Jeremiah
of
Libnah
.
strkjv@2Kings:24:19
@ And he
did
that which was
evil
in the
sight
of the
LORD
, according to all that
Jehoiakim
had
done
.
strkjv@2Kings:24:20
@ For through the
anger
of the
LORD
it came to pass in
Jerusalem
and
Judah
, until he had cast them
out
from his
presence
, that
Zedekiah
rebelled
against the
king
of
Babylon
.
strkjv@2Kings:25:1
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Kings:25:2
@ And the
city
was
besieged
unto the
eleventh
H6240
year
of
king
Zedekiah
.
strkjv@2Kings:25:3
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Kings:25:4
@ 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
kings
garden
: (now the
Chaldees
were against the
city
round
about
: ) and the king
went
the
way
toward the
plain
.
strkjv@2Kings:25:5
@ 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.
strkjv@2Kings:25:6
@ So they
took
the
king
, and brought him
up
to the
king
of
Babylon
to
Riblah
; and they
gave
judgment
upon him.
strkjv@2Kings:25:7
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Kings:25:8
@ And in the
fifth
month
, on the
seventh
day of the
month
, which is the
nineteenth
H8141
year
of
king
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon
,
came
Nebuzaradan
,
captain
of the
guard
, a
servant
of the
king
of
Babylon
, unto
Jerusalem
:
strkjv@2Kings:25:9
@ And he
burnt
the
house
of the
LORD
, and the
kings
house
, and all the
houses
of
Jerusalem
, and every
great
mans
house
burnt
he with
fire
.
strkjv@2Kings:25:10
@ And all the
army
of the
Chaldees
, that were with the
captain
of the
guard
, brake
down
the
walls
of
Jerusalem
round
about
.
strkjv@2Kings:25:11
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Kings:25:12
@ But the
captain
of the
guard
left
of the
poor
of the
land
to be
vinedressers
and
husbandmen
.
strkjv@2Kings:25:13
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Kings:25:14
@ And the
pots
, and the
shovels
, and the
snuffers
, and the
spoons
, and all the
vessels
of
brass
wherewith they
ministered
, took they
away
.
strkjv@2Kings:25:15
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Kings:25:16
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Kings:25:17
@ The
height
of the
one
pillar
was
eighteen
sh@
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
.
strkjv@2Kings:25:18
@ And the
captain
of the
guard
took
Seraiah
the
chief
priest
, and
Zephaniah
the
second
priest
, and the
three
keepers
of the
door
:
strkjv@2Kings:25:19
@ 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
kings
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
:
strkjv@2Kings:25:20
@ And
Nebuzaradan
captain
of the
guard
took
these, and
brought
them to the
king
of
Babylon
to
Riblah
:
strkjv@2Kings:25:21
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Kings:25:22
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Kings:25:23
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Kings:25:24
@ 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.
strkjv@2Kings:25:25
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Kings:25:26
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Kings:25:27
@ And it came to pass in the
seven
and
thirtieth
year
of the
captivity
of
Jehoiachin
king
of
Judah
, in the
twelfth
sh@
month
, on the
seven
and
twentieth
day of the
month
, that
Evilmerodach
Eviyl
king
of
Babylon
in the
year
that he began to
reign
did lift
up
the
head
of
Jehoiachin
king
of
Judah
out of
prison
;
strkjv@2Kings:25:28
@ And he
spake
kindly
to him, and
set
his
throne
above the
throne
of the
kings
that were with him in
Babylon
;
strkjv@2Kings:25:29
@ And
changed
his
prison
garments
: and he did
eat
bread
continually
before
him all the
days
of his
life
.
strkjv@2Kings:25:30
@ And his
allowance
was a
continual
allowance
given
him of the
king
, a
daily
rate
for every
day
, all the
days
of his
life
.
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