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drb @2Kings:25:1 @And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign , in the tenth month , the tenth day of the month , that Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon came , he and all his army against Jerusalem : and they surrounded it : end raised works round about it . drb @2Kings:25:2 @And the city was shut up and besieged till the eleventh year of king Sedecias , drb @2Kings:25:3 @The ninth day of the month : and a famine prevailed in the city , and there was no bread for the people of the land . drb @2Kings:25:4 @And a breach was made into the city : and all the men of war fled in the night between the two walls by the king 's garden , (now the Chaldees besieged the city round about ,) and Sedecias fled by the way that leadeth to the plains of the wilderness . drb @2Kings:25:5 @And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king , and overtook him in the plains of Jericho : and all the warriors that were with him were scattered , and left him : drb @2Kings:25:6 @So they took the king , and brought him to the king of Babylon to Reblatha , and he gave judgment upon him . drb @2Kings:25:7 @And he slew the sons of Sedecias before his face , and he put out his eyes , and bound him with chains , and brought him to Babylon . drb @2Kings:25:8 @In the fifth month , the seventh day of the month , that is , the nineteenth year of the king of Babylon , came Nabuzardan commander of the army , a servant of the king of Babylon , into Jerusalem . drb @2Kings:25:9 @And he burnt the house of the Lord , and the king 's house , and the houses of Jerusalem , and every house he burnt with fire drb @2Kings:25:10 @And all the army of the Chaldees , which was with the commander of the troops , broke down the walls of Jerusalem round about . drb @2Kings:25:11 @And Nabuzardan the commander of the army , carried away the rest of the people that remained in the city , and the fugitives that had gone over to the king of Babylon , and the remnant of the common people . drb @2Kings:25:12 @But of the poor of the land he left some dressers of vines and husbandmen . drb @2Kings:25:13 @And the pillars of brass that were in the temple of the Lord , and the bases , and the sea of brass which was in the house of the Lord , the Chaldees broke in pieces , and carried all the brass of them to Babylon . drb @2Kings:25:14 @They took away also the pots of brass , and the mazers , and the forks , and the cups , and the mortars , and all the vessels of brass with which they ministered . drb @2Kings:25:15 @Moreover also the censers , and the bowls , such as were of gold in gold , and such as were of silver in silver , the general of the army took away . drb @2Kings:25:16 @That is , two pillars , one sea , and the bases which Solomon had made in the temple of the Lord : the brass of all these vessels was without weight . drb @2Kings:25:17 @One pillar was eighteen cubits high , and the chapiter of brass which was upon it was three cubits high : and the network , and the pomegranates that were upon the chapiter of the pillar , were all of brass : and the second pillar had the like adorning . drb @2Kings:25:18 @And the general of the army took Seraias the chief priest , and Sophonias the second priest , and three doorkeepers . drb @2Kings:25:19 @And out of the city one eunuch , who was captain over the men of war : and five men of them that had stood before the king , whom he found in the city , and Sopher the captain of the army who exercised the young soldiers of the people of the land : and threescore men of the common people , who were found in the city . drb @2Kings:25:20 @These Nabuzardan the general of the army took away , and carried them to the king of Babylon to Reblatha . drb @2Kings:25:21 @And the king of Babylon smote them , and slew them at Reblatha in the land of Emath : so Juda was carried away out of their land . drb @2Kings:25:22 @But over the people that remained in the land of Juda , which Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had left , he gave the government to Godolias the son of Ahicam the son of Saphan . drb @2Kings:25:23 @And when all the captains of the soldiers had heard this , they and the men that were with them , to wit , that the king of Babylon had made Godolias governor , they came to Godolias to Maspha , Ismael the son of Nathanias , and Johanan the son of Caree , and Saraia the son of Thanehumeth the Netophathite , and Jezonias the son of Maachathi , they and their men . drb @2Kings:25:24 @And Godolias swore to them and to their men , saying : Be not afraid to serve the Chaldees : stay in the land , and serve the king of Babylon , and it shall be well with you . drb @2Kings:25:25 @But it came to pass in the seventh month , that Ismael the son of Nathanias , the son of Elisama of the seed royal came , and ten men with him : and smote Godolias so that he died : and also the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him in Maspha . drb @2Kings:25:26 @And all the people both little and great , and the captains of the soldiers , rising up went to Egypt , fearing the Chaldees . drb @2Kings:25:27 @And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Joachin king of Juda , in the twelfth month the seven and twentieth day of the month : Evilmerodach king of Babylon , in the year that he began to reign , lifted up the head of Joachin king of Juda out of prison . drb @2Kings:25:28 @And he spoke kindly to him : and he set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon . drb @2Kings:25:29 @And he changed his garments which he had in prison , and he ate bread always before him , all the days of his life . drb @2Kings:25:30 @And he appointed him a continual allowance , which was also given him by the king day by day , all the days of his life .

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