Jeremiah:52

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* Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem ; and his mother 's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah . * And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD , according to all that Jehoiakim had done . * For through the anger of the LORD did it come to pass in Jerusalem and Judah , until He had cast them out from His presence . And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon . * And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign , in the tenth month , in the tenth day of the month , that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came , he and all his army , against Jerusalem , and encamped against it ; and they built forts against it round about . * So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah . * In the fourth month , in the ninth day of the month , the famine was sore in the city , so that there was no bread for the people of the land . * Then a breach was made in the city , and all the men of war fled , and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls , which was by the king 's garden--now the Chaldeans were against the city round about--and they went by the way of the Arabah . * But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king , and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho ; and all his army was scattered from him . * Then they took the king , and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath ; and he gave judgment upon him . * And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes ; he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah . * And he put out the eyes of Zedekiah ; and the king of Babylon bound him in fetters , and carried him to Babylon , and put him in prison till the day of his death . * Now in the fifth month , in the tenth day of the month , which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadrezzar , king of Babylon , came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard , who stood before the king of Babylon , into Jerusalem ; * and he burned the house of the LORD , and the king 's house ; and all the houses of Jerusalem , even every great man 's house , burned he with fire . * And all the army of the Chaldeans , that were with the captain of the guard , broke down all the walls of Jerusalem round about . * Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the poorest sort of the people , and the residue of the people that remained in the city , and those that fell away , that fell to the king of Babylon , and the residue of the multitude . * But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poorest 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 brazen sea that were in the house of the LORD , did the Chaldeans break in pieces , and carried all the brass of them to Babylon . * The pots also , and the shovels , and the snuffers , and the basins , and the pans , and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered , took they away . * And the cups , and the fire-pans , and the basins , and the pots , and the candlesticks , and the pans , and the bowls--that which was of gold , in gold , and that which was of silver , in silver--the captain of the guard took away . * The two pillars , the one sea , and the twelve brazen bulls that were under the bases , which king Solomon had made for the house of the LORD--the brass of all these vessels was without weight . * And as for the pillars , the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits ; and a line of twelve cubits did compass it ; and the thickness thereof was four fingers ; it was hollow . * And a capital of brass was upon it ; and the height of the one capital was five cubits , with network and pomegranates upon the capital round about , all of brass ; and the second pillar also had like unto these , and pomegranates . * And there were ninety and six pomegranates on the outside ; all the pomegranates were a hundred upon the network round about . * 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 seven men of them that saw the king 's face , who were found in the city ; and the scribe of the captain of the host , who mustered the people of the land ; and threescore men of the people of the land , that were found in the midst of the city . * And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them , and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah . * And the king of Babylon smote them , and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath . So Judah was carried away captive out of his land . * This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive : in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty ; * in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar , from Jerusalem , eight hundred thirty and two persons ; * in the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons ; all the persons were four thousand and six hundred . * And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah , in the twelfth month , in the five and twentieth day of the month , that Evil-merodach king of Babylon , in the first year of his reign , lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah , and brought him forth out of prison . * And he spoke kindly to him , and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon . * And he changed his prison garments , and did eat bread before him continually all the days of his life . * And for his allowance , there was a continual allowance given him of the king of Babylon , every day a portion until the day of his death , all the days of his life .

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