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1. Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army during Zedekiah's ninth year as king, on the tenth day of the tenth month. He made a camp around the city and piled dirt against the city walls to attack it.
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1. And it came to pass H1961 in the ninth H8671 year H8141 of his reign H4427 , in the tenth H6224 month H2320 , in the tenth H6218 day of the month H2320 , that Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 came H935 , he H1931 , and all H3605 his host H2428 , against H5921 Jerusalem H3389 , and pitched H2583 against H5921 it ; and they built H1129 forts H1785 against H5921 it round about H5439 .
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2. The city was under attack until Zedekiah's eleventh year as king.
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2. And the city H5892 was besieged H935 H4692 unto H5704 the eleventh H6249 H6240 year H8141 of king H4428 Zedekiah H6667 .
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3. By the ninth day of the fourth month, the hunger was terrible in the city. There was no food for the people to eat.
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3. And on the ninth H8672 day of the fourth month H2320 the famine H7458 prevailed H2388 in the city H5892 , and there was H1961 no H3808 bread H3899 for the people H5971 of the land H776 .
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4. Then the city was broken into, and the whole army ran away at night through the gate between the two walls by the king's garden. While the Babylonians were still surrounding the city, Zedekiah and his men ran away toward the Jordan Valley.
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4. And the city H5892 was broken up H1234 , and all H3605 the men H376 of war H4421 fled by night H3915 by the way H1870 of the gate H8179 between H996 two walls H2346 , which H834 is by H5921 the king H4428 's garden H1588 : (now the Chaldees H3778 were against H5921 the city H5892 round about H5439 :) and the king went H1980 the way H1870 toward the plain H6160 .
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5. But the Babylonian army chased King Zedekiah and caught up with him in the plains of Jericho. All of his army was scattered from him,
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5. And the army H2428 of the Chaldees H3778 pursued H7291 after H310 the king H4428 , and overtook H5381 him in the plains H6160 of Jericho H3405 : and all H3605 his army H2428 were scattered H6327 from H4480 H5921 him.
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6. so they captured Zedekiah and took him to the king of Babylon at Riblah. There he passed sentence on Zedekiah.
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6. So they took H8610 H853 the king H4428 , and brought him up H5927 H853 to H413 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 to Riblah H7247 ; and they gave H1696 judgment H4941 upon H854 him.
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7. They killed Zedekiah's sons as he watched. Then they put out his eyes and put bronze chains on him and took him to Babylon.
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7. And they slew H7819 the sons H1121 of Zedekiah H6667 before his eyes H5869 , and put out H5786 H853 the eyes H5869 of Zedekiah H6667 , and bound H631 him with fetters of brass H5178 , and carried H935 him to Babylon H894 .
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8. Nebuzaradan was the commander of the king's special guards. This officer of the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem on the seventh day of the fifth month, in Nebuchadnezzar's nineteenth year as king of Babylon.
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8. And in the fifth H2549 month H2320 , on the seventh H7651 day of the month H2320 , which H1931 is the nineteenth H8672 H6240 year H8141 of king H4428 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 , came H935 Nebuzaradan H5018 , captain H7227 of the guard H2876 , a servant H5650 of the king H4428 of Babylon H894 , unto Jerusalem H3389 :
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9. Nebuzaradan set fire to the Temple of the Lord and the palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every important building was burned.
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9. And he burnt H8313 H853 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , and the king H4428 's house H1004 , and all H3605 the houses H1004 of Jerusalem H3389 , and every H3605 great H1419 man's house H1004 burnt H8313 he with fire H784 .
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10. The whole Babylonian army, led by the commander of the king's special guards, broke down the walls around Jerusalem.
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10. And all H3605 the army H2428 of the Chaldees H3778 , that H834 were with the captain H7227 of the guard H2876 , broke down H5422 the walls H2346 of Jerusalem H3389 round about H5439 .
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11. Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, captured the people left in Jerusalem, those who had surrendered to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the people.
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11. Now the rest H3499 of the people H5971 that were left H7604 in the city H5892 , and the fugitives H5307 that H834 fell away H5307 to H5921 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 , with the remnant H3499 of the multitude H1995 , did Nebuzaradan H5018 the captain H7227 of the guard H2876 carry away H1540 .
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12. But the commander left behind some of the poorest people of the land to take care of the vineyards and fields.
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12. But the captain H7227 of the guard H2876 left H7604 of the poor H4480 H1803 of the land H776 to be vinedressers H3755 and husbandmen H3009 .
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13. The Babylonians broke up the bronze pillars, the bronze stands, and the large bronze bowl, which was called the Sea, in the Temple of the Lord. Then they carried the bronze to Babylon.
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13. And the pillars H5982 of brass H5178 that H834 were in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , and the bases H4350 , and the brazen H5178 sea H3220 that H834 was in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , did the Chaldees H3778 break in pieces H7665 , and carried H5375 H853 the brass H5178 of them to Babylon H894 .
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14. They also took the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes, and all the bronze objects used to serve in the Temple.
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14. And the pots H5518 , and the shovels H3257 , and the snuffers H4212 , and the spoons H3709 , and all H3605 the vessels H3627 of brass H5178 wherewith H834 they ministered H8334 , took they away H3947 .
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15. The commander of the king's special guards took away the pans for carrying hot coals, the bowls, and everything made of pure gold or silver.
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15. And the firepans H4289 , and the bowls H4219 , and such things as H834 were of gold H2091 , in gold H2091 , and of silver H3701 , in silver H3701 , the captain H7227 of the guard H2876 took away H3947 .
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16. There were two pillars and the large bronze bowl and the movable stands which Solomon had made for the Temple of the Lord. There was so much bronze that it could not be weighed.
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16. The two H8147 pillars H5982 , one H259 sea H3220 , and the bases H4350 which H834 Solomon H8010 had made H6213 for the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 ; the brass H5178 of all H3605 these H428 vessels H3627 was H1961 without H3808 weight H4948 .
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17. Each pillar was about twenty-seven feet high. The bronze capital on top of the pillar was about four and one-half feet high. It was decorated with a net design and bronze pomegranates all around it. The other pillar also had a net design and was like the first pillar.
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17. The height H6967 of the one H259 pillar H5982 was eighteen H8083 H6240 cubits H520 , and the chapiter H3805 upon H5921 it was brass H5178 : and the height H6967 of the chapiter H3805 three H7969 cubits H520 ; and the wreathen work H7639 , and pomegranates H7416 upon H5921 the chapiter H3805 round about H5439 , all H3605 of brass H5178 : and like unto these H428 had the second H8145 pillar H5982 with H5921 wreathen work H7639 .
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18. The commander of the guards took some prisoners -- Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest next in rank, and the three doorkeepers.
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18. And the captain H7227 of the guard H2876 took H3947 H853 Seraiah H8304 the chief H7218 priest H3548 , and Zephaniah H6846 the second H4932 priest H3548 , and the three H7969 keepers H8104 of the door H5592 :
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19. Of the people who were still in the city, he took the officer in charge of the fighting men, as well as five people who advised the king. He took the royal secretary who selected people for the army and sixty other men who were in the city.
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19. And out of H4480 the city H5892 he took H3947 an H259 officer H5631 that H834 H1931 was set H6496 over H5921 the men H376 of war H4421 , and five H2568 men H376 of them that were H4480 H7200 in the king H4428 's presence H6440 , which H834 were found H4672 in the city H5892 , and the principal H8269 scribe H5608 of the host H6635 , which mustered H6633 H853 the people H5971 of the land H776 , and threescore H8346 men H376 of the people H4480 H5971 of the land H776 that were found H4672 in the city H5892 :
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20. Nebuzaradan, the commander, took all these people and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
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20. And Nebuzaradan H5018 captain H7227 of the guard H2876 took H3947 these , and brought H1980 them to H5921 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 to Riblah H7247 :
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21. There at Riblah, in the land of Hamath, the king had them killed. So the people of Judah were led away from their country as captives.
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21. And the king H4428 of Babylon H894 smote H5221 them , and slew H4191 them at Riblah H7247 in the land H776 of Hamath H2574 . So Judah H3063 was carried away H1540 out of H4480 H5921 their land H127 .
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22. Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon left some people in the land of Judah. He appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, as governor.
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22. And as for the people H5971 that remained H7604 in the land H776 of Judah H3063 , whom H834 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 had left H7604 , even over H5921 them he made H853 Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam H296 , the son H1121 of Shaphan H8227 , ruler H6485 .
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23. The army captains and their men heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, so they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah. They were Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, and their men.
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23. And when all H3605 the captains H8269 of the armies H2428 , they H1992 and their men H376 , heard H8085 that H3588 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 had made H853 Gedaliah H1436 governor H6485 , there came H935 to H413 Gedaliah H1436 to Mizpah H4709 , even Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah H5418 , and Johanan H3110 the son H1121 of Careah H7143 , and Seraiah H8304 the son H1121 of Tanhumeth H8576 the Netophathite H5200 , and Jaazaniah H2970 the son H1121 of a Maachathite H4602 , they H1992 and their men H376 .
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24. Then Gedaliah promised these army captains and their men, "Don't be afraid of the Babylonian officers. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and everything will go well for you."
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24. And Gedaliah H1436 swore H7650 to them , and to their men H376 , and said H559 unto them, Fear H3372 not H408 to be the servants H4480 H5650 of the Chaldees H3778 : dwell H3427 in the land H776 , and serve H5647 H853 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 ; and it shall be well H3190 with you.
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25. In the seventh month Ishmael son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama from the king's family, came with ten men and killed Gedaliah. They also killed the men of Judah and Babylon who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah.
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25. But it came to pass H1961 in the seventh H7637 month H2320 , that Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah H5418 , the son H1121 of Elishama H476 , of the seed H4480 H2233 royal H4410 , came H935 , and ten H6235 men H376 with H854 him , and smote H5221 H853 Gedaliah H1436 , that he died H4191 , and the Jews H3064 and the Chaldees H3778 that H834 were H1961 with H854 him at Mizpah H4709 .
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26. Then all the people, from the least important to the most important, along with the army leaders, ran away to Egypt, because they were afraid of the Babylonians.
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26. And all H3605 the people H5971 , both small H4480 H6996 and great H1419 , and the captains H8269 of the armies H2428 , arose H6965 , and came H935 to Egypt H4714 : for H3588 they were afraid H3372 of H4480 H6440 the Chaldees H3778 .
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27. Jehoiachin king of Judah was held in Babylon for thirty-seven years. In the thirty-seventh year Evil-Merodach became king of Babylon, and he let Jehoiachin out of prison on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month.
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27. And it came to pass H1961 in the seven H7651 and thirtieth H7970 year H8141 of the captivity H1546 of Jehoiachin H3078 king H4428 of Judah H3063 , in the twelfth H8147 H6240 month H2320 , on the seven H7651 and twentieth H6242 day of the month H2320 , that Evilmerodach H192 king H4428 of Babylon H894 in the year H8141 that he began to reign H4427 did lift up H5375 H853 the head H7218 of Jehoiachin H3078 king H4428 of Judah H3063 out of prison H4480 H1004 H3608 ;
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28. Evil-Merodach spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and gave him a seat of honor above the seats of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
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28. And he spoke H1696 kindly H2896 to H854 him , and set H5414 H853 his throne H3678 above H4480 H5921 the throne H3678 of the kings H4428 that H834 were with H854 him in Babylon H894 ;
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29. So Jehoiachin put away his prison clothes. For the rest of his life, he ate at the king's table.
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29. And changed H8132 H853 his prison H3608 garments H899 : and he did eat H398 bread H3899 continually H8548 before H6440 him all H3605 the days H3117 of his life H2416 .
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30. Every day, for as long as Jehoiachin lived, the king gave him an allowance.
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30. And his allowance H737 was a continual H8548 allowance H737 given H5414 him of H4480 H854 the king H4428 , a daily H3117 rate H1697 for every day H3117 , all H3605 the days H3117 of his life H2416 .
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