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2 Kings 25 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Nebuchadnezzar Besieges Jerusalem

(2Ch 36:15–21; Jer 52:4–30 )

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Now in the ninth year of his reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, camped against it, and built a siege wall all around [fn]it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:2 - So the city was under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:3 - On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:4 - Then the city was broken into, and all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls that were beside the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans were all around the city. And [fn]they went by way of the Arabah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:5 - But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was scattered from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:6 - Then they captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and he [fn]passed sentence on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:7 - And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, then put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze shackles, and brought him to Babylon.

Jerusalem Burned and Plundered

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Now on the seventh day of the fifth month, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguards, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:9 - And he burned the house of the LORD, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every great house he burned with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:10 - So all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the bodyguards tore down the walls around Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:11 - Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the bodyguards, led into exile the rest of the people who were left in the city and the deserters who had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the [fn]people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:12 - But the captain of the bodyguards left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.

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Now the Chaldeans smashed to pieces the bronze pillars which were in the house of the LORD, and the stands and the bronze [fn]Sea which were in the house of the LORD, and carried the [fn]bronze to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:14 - And they took away the pots, the shovels, the [fn]shears, the spoons, and all the bronze utensils [fn]which were used in temple service.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:15 - The captain of the bodyguards also took away the firepans and the basins, what was fine gold and what was fine silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:16 - The two pillars, the one Sea, and the stands which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD—[fn]the bronze of all these articles was too heavy to weigh.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:17 - The height of the one pillar was [fn]eighteen cubits, and a bronze capital was on it; the height of the capital was [fn]three cubits, with latticework and pomegranates on the capital all around, all of bronze. And the second pillar was like these, same features with latticework.

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Then the captain of the bodyguards took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest, with the three [fn]doorkeepers.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:19 - And from the city he took one official who was overseer of the men of war, and five [fn]of the king’s advisers who were found in the city; and the [fn]scribe of the captain of the army who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:20 - Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguards took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:21 - Then the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah went into exile from its land.

Gedaliah Made Governor

(Jer 40:5—41:18 )

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Now as for the people who were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, he appointed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:23 - When all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah, namely, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, Johanan the son of Kareah, Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:24 - And Gedaliah swore to them and their men and said to them, “Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans; live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well for you.”

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But it happened in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal [fn]family, came [fn]with ten men and struck Gedaliah down so that he died along with the Jews and the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:26 - Then all the people, from the small to the great, and the captains of the forces set out and came to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.
(Jer 52:31–34 )

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Now it came about in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he became king, [fn]released Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:28 - and he spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:29 - So [fn]Jehoiachin changed his prison clothes, and [fn]had his meals in [fn]the king’s presence regularly all the days of his life;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:30 - and as his allowance, a regular allowance was given to him by the king, a portion for each day, all the days of his life.
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NASB20 Footnotes
Lit against it
As in some mss and ancient versions; MT he
Lit spoke judgment with him
Lit multitude
I.e., a very large basin
Lit bronze of them
I.e., wick trimmers
Lit with which they served
Lit there was no weight for the bronze of
About 27 ft. or 8 m
About 4.5 ft. or 1.3 m
Lit keepers of the threshold
Lit men of those seeing the king’s face
Or scribe, a captain
Lit seed
Lit and ten men with him
Lit raised the head of
Lit he
Lit ate bread
Lit his presence
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