Now in the ninth H8671 year H8141 of his reign H4427, on the tenth H6218 day of the tenth H6224 month H2320, Nebuchadnezzar H5019 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 came H935, he and all H3605 his army H2428, against H5921 Jerusalem H3389, camped H2583 against H5921 it, and built H1129 a siege H1785 wall H1785 all H5439 around H5439 [fn]it.
Now on the seventh H7651 day of the fifth H2549 month H2320, which H1931 was the nineteenth H8672 H6240 year H8141 of King H4428 Nebuchadnezzar H5019, king H4428 of Babylon H894, Nebuzaradan H5018 the captain H7227 of the bodyguards H2876, a servant H5650 of the king H4428 of Babylon H894, came H935 to Jerusalem H3389.
Now the Chaldeans H3778 smashed H7665 to H7665 pieces H7665 the bronze H5178 pillars H5982 which H834 were in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, and the stands H4350 and the bronze H5178 [fn]Sea H3220 which H834 were in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, and carried H5375 the [fn]bronze H5178 to Babylon H894.
But it happened H1961 in the seventh H7637 month H2320, that Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah H5418, the son H1121 of Elishama H476, of the royal H4410 [fn]family H2233, came H935 [fn]with ten H6235 men H376 and struck H5221 Gedaliah H1436 down so that he died H4191 along with the Jews H3064 and the Chaldeans H3778 who H834 were with him at Mizpah H4709.
Now it came H1961 about H1961 in the thirty-seventh H7970 H7651 year H8141 of the exile H1546 of Jehoiachin H3078 king H4428 of Judah H3063, in the twelfth H8147 H6240 month H2320, on the twenty-seventh H6242 H7651 day of the month H2320, that Evil-merodach H192 king H4428 of Babylon H894, in the year H8141 that he became H4427 king H4427, [fn]released H5375 H7218 Jehoiachin H3078 king H4428 of Judah H3063 from prison H1004 H3608;
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