rwbs - 2Kings:24-25

rwbs@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.

rwbs@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 spoke by his servants the prophets. (note:)by: Hebrews. by the hand of(:note)

rwbs@2Kings:24:3 @ Surely at the commandment of the LORD came upon Judah, to remove out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;

rwbs@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.

rwbs@2Kings:24:5 @ Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

rwbs@2Kings:24:6 @ So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

rwbs@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 to the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.

rwbs@2Kings:24:8 @ Jehoiachin eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother’s name Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. (note:)Jehoiachin: also called Jeconiah and Coniah(:note)

rwbs@2Kings:24:9 @ And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done.

rwbs@2Kings:24:10 @ At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. (note:)was…: Hebrews. came into siege(:note)

rwbs@2Kings:24:11 @ And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants besieged it.

rwbs@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. (note:)officers: or, eunuchs(:note)his reign: Nebuchadnezzar’s eighth year

rwbs@2Kings:24:13 @ And he carried out from there all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s 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.

rwbs@2Kings:24:14 @ And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, except the poorest sort of the people of the land.

rwbs@2Kings:24:15 @ And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. (note:)officers: or, eunuchs(:note)

rwbs@2Kings:24:16 @ And all the men of might, seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all strong apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.

rwbs@2Kings:24:17 @ And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father’s brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

rwbs@2Kings:24:18 @ Zedekiah twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

rwbs@2Kings:24:19 @ And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

rwbs@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.

rwbs@2Kings:25:1 @ And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it on all sides.

rwbs@2Kings:25:2 @ And the city was besieged to the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

rwbs@2Kings:25:3 @ And on the ninth of the month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.

rwbs@2Kings:25:4 @ And the city was broken up, and all the men of war by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which by the king’s garden: (now the Chaldees against the city on all sides:) and went the way toward the plain.

rwbs@2Kings:25:5 @ And the army of the Chaldees pursued the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.

rwbs@2Kings:25:6 @ So they took the king, and brought him to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they pronounced sentence upon him. (note:)gave…: Hebrews. spake judgment with him(:note)

rwbs@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. (note:)put…: Hebrews. made blind(:note)

rwbs@2Kings:25:8 @ And in the fifth month, on the seventh of the month, which the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, to Jerusalem: (note:)captain…: or, chief marshal(:note)

rwbs@2Kings:25:9 @ And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great house he burnt with fire.

rwbs@2Kings:25:10 @ And all the army of the Chaldees, that the captain of the guard, broke down the walls of Jerusalem on all sides.

rwbs@2Kings:25:11 @ Now the rest of the people 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. (note:)fugitives: Hebrews. fallen away(:note)

rwbs@2Kings:25:12 @ But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land vinedressers and farmers.

rwbs@2Kings:25:13 @ And the pillars of brass that in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.

rwbs@2Kings:25:14 @ And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass by which they ministered, they took away.

rwbs@2Kings:25:15 @ And the firepans, and the basins, such things as of gold, gold, and of silver, silver, the captain of the guard took away.

rwbs@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 beyond weight. (note:)one…: Hebrews. the one sea(:note)

rwbs@2Kings:25:17 @ The height of the one pillar eighteen cubits, and the capital upon it brass: and the height of the capital three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the capital around, all of brass: and like these had the second pillar with wreathen work.

rwbs@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: (note:)door: Hebrews. threshold(:note)

rwbs@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 king’s presence, who were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land found in the city: (note:)officer: or, eunuch(:note)were in…: Hebrews. saw the king’s faceprincipal…: or, scribe of the captain of the host

rwbs@2Kings:25:20 @ And Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah:

rwbs@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.

rwbs@2Kings:25:22 @ And 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.

rwbs@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.

rwbs@2Kings:25:24 @ And Gedaliah swore to them, and to their men, and said to 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.

rwbs@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. (note:)royal: Hebrews. of the kingdom(:note)

rwbs@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.

rwbs@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 month, on the seven and twentieth of the month, Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign released Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;

rwbs@2Kings:25:28 @ And he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that with him in Babylon; (note:)kindly…: Hebrews. good things with him(:note)

rwbs@2Kings:25:29 @ And changed his prison garments: and he ate his food daily before him all the days of his life.

rwbs@2Kings:25:30 @ And his allowance a daily allowance given him by the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.