12_2KI_25_01 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign , in the tenth month , in the tenth [ day ] of the month , [ that ] Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came , he , And all his host , against Jerusalem , And pitched against it : And they built forts against it round about .
12_2KI_25_02 And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah .
12_2KI_25_03 And on the ninth [ day ] of the [ fourth ] month the famine prevailed in the city , And there was no bread for the people of the land .
12_2KI_25_04 And the city was broken up , And all the men of war [ fled ] by night by the way of the gate between two walls , which [ Is ] by the king's garden : [ now the Chaldees [ were ] against the city round about : ] And [ the king ] went the way toward the plain .
12_2KI_25_05 And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king , And overtook him in the plains of Jericho : And all his army were scattered from him .
12_2KI_25_06 So they took the king , And brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah ; And they gave judgment upon him .
12_2KI_25_07 And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes , And put out the eyes of Zedekiah , And bound him with fetters of brass , And carried him to Babylon .
12_2KI_25_08 And in the fifth month , on the seventh [ day ] of the month , which [ Is ] the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon , came Nebuzaradan , captain of the guard , A servant of the king of Babylon , unto Jerusalem :
12_2KI_25_09 And he burnt the house of the LORD , And the king's house , And all the houses of Jerusalem , And every great [ man's ] house burnt he with fire .
12_2KI_25_10 And all the army of the Chaldees , that [ were with ] the captain of the guard , brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about .
12_2KI_25_11 now the rest of the people [ that were ] left in the city , And the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon , with the remnant of the multitude , did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away .
12_2KI_25_12 but the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land [ to be ] vinedressers And husbandmen .
12_2KI_25_13 And the pillars of brass that [ were ] in the house of the LORD , And the bases , And the brazen sea that [ was ] in the house of the LORD , did the Chaldees break in pieces , And carried the brass of them to Babylon .
12_2KI_25_14 And the pots , And the shovels , And the snuffers , And the spoons , And all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered , took they away .
12_2KI_25_15 And the firepans , And the bowls , [ And ] such things as [ were ] of gold , [ in ] gold , And of silver , [ in ] silver , the captain of the guard took away .
12_2KI_25_16 the two pillars , one sea , And the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD ; the brass of all These vessels was without weight .
12_2KI_25_17 the height of the one pillar [ was ] eighteen cubits , And the chapiter upon it [ was ] brass : And the height of the chapiter three cubits ; And the wreathen work , And pomegranates upon the chapiter round about , all of brass : And like unto These had the second pillar with wreathen work .
12_2KI_25_18 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest , And Zephaniah the second priest , And the three keepers of the door :
12_2KI_25_19 And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war , And five men of them that were in the king's presence , which were found in the city , And the principal scribe of the host , which mustered the people of the land , And threescore men of the people of the land [ that were ] found in the city :
12_2KI_25_20 And Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took These , And brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah :
12_2KI_25_21 And the king of Babylon smote them , And slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath . So Judah was carried away out of their land .
12_2KI_25_22 And [ as for ] the people that remained in the land of Judah , whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left , even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam , the son of Shaphan , ruler .
12_2KI_25_23 And when all the captains of the armies , they And their men , heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor , there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah , even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah , And Johanan the son of Careah , And Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite , And Jaazaniah the son of A Maachathite , they And their men .
12_2KI_25_24 And Gedaliah sware to them , And to their men , And said unto them , Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees : dwell in the land , And serve the king of Babylon ; And it shall be Well with you .
12_2KI_25_25 but it came to pass in the seventh month , that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah , the son of Elishama , of the seed royal , came , And ten men with him , And smote Gedaliah , that he died , And the Jews And the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah .
12_2KI_25_26 And all the people , Both small And great , And the captains of the armies , arose , And came to Egypt : for they were afraid of the Chaldees .
12_2KI_25_27 And it came to pass in the seven And thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah , in the twelfth month , on the seven And twentieth [ day ] of the month , [ that ] Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison ;
12_2KI_25_28 And he spake kindly to him , And set his throne above the throne of the kings that [ were ] with him in Babylon ;
12_2KI_25_29 And changed his prison garments : And he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life .
12_2KI_25_30 And his allowance [ was ] A continual allowance given him of the king , A daily rate for every day , all the days of his life .