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| 1So in the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army. He encamped outside the city and built siege works all around it. | 1Now in the ninth year of his reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, camped against it and built a siege wall all around it. |
| 2The city was kept under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. | 2So the city was under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. |
| 3By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city had become so severe that there was no food for the people to eat. | 3On 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. |
| 4Then the city wall was broken through, and the whole army fled at night through the gate between the two walls near the king's garden, though the Babylonians were surrounding the city. They fled toward the Arabah, | 4Then the city was broken into, and all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls beside the king's garden, though the Chaldeans were all around the city. And they went by way of the Arabah. |
| 5but the Babylonian army pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho. All his soldiers were separated from him and scattered, | 5But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho and all his army was scattered from him. |
| 6and he was captured. He was taken to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where sentence was pronounced on him. | 6Then they captured the king and brought him to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and he passed sentence on him. |
| 7They killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon. | 7They slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, then put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him with bronze fetters and brought him to Babylon. |
| 8On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard, an official of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. | 8Now on the seventh day of the fifth month, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. |
| 9He set fire to the temple of the LORD, the royal palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every important building he burned down. | 9He burned the house of the LORD, the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every great house he burned with fire. |
| 10The whole Babylonian army under the commander of the imperial guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem. | 10So all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem. |
| 11Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the rest of the populace and those who had deserted to the king of Babylon. | 11Then 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 people, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away into exile. |
| 12But the commander left behind some of the poorest people of the land to work the vineyards and fields. | 12But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen. |
| 13The Babylonians broke up the bronze pillars, the movable stands and the bronze Sea that were at the temple of the LORD and they carried the bronze to Babylon. | 13Now the bronze pillars which were in the house of the LORD, and the stands and the bronze sea which were in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans broke in pieces and carried the bronze to Babylon. |
| 14They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes and all the bronze articles used in the temple service. | 14They took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the spoons, and all the bronze vessels which were used in temple service. |
| 15The commander of the imperial guard took away the censers and sprinkling bowls--all that were made of pure gold or silver. | 15The captain of the guard also took away the firepans and the basins, what was fine gold and what was fine silver. |
| 16The bronze from the two pillars, the Sea and the movable stands, which Solomon had made for the temple of the LORD, was more than could be weighed. | 16The two pillars, the one sea, and the stands which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD-- the bronze of all these vessels was beyond weight. |
| 17Each pillar was eighteen cubits high. The bronze capital on top of one pillar was three cubits high and was decorated with a network and pomegranates of bronze all around. The other pillar, with its network, was similar. | 17The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a bronze capital was on it; the height of the capital was three cubits, with a network and pomegranates on the capital all around, all of bronze. And the second pillar was like these with network. |
| 18The commander of the guard took as prisoners Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest next in rank and the three doorkeepers. | 18Then the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest, with the three officers of the temple. |
| 19Of those still in the city, he took the officer in charge of the fighting men, and five royal advisers. He also took the secretary who was chief officer in charge of conscripting the people of the land and sixty of the conscripts who were found in the city. | 19From the city he took one official who was overseer of the men of war, and five of the king's advisers who were found in the city; and the 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. |
| 20Nebuzaradan the commander took them all and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. | 20Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. |
| 21There at Riblah, in the land of Hamath, the king had them executed. So Judah went into captivity, away from her land. | 21Then the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was led away into exile from its land. |
| 22Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to be over the people he had left behind in Judah. | 22Now 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. |
| 23When all the army officers and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah--Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, Jaazaniah the son of the Maakathite, and their men. | 23When all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, namely, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men. |
| 24Gedaliah took an oath to reassure them and their men. "Do not be afraid of the Babylonian officials," he said. "Settle down in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well with you." | 24Gedaliah 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 be well with you." |
| 25In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was of royal blood, came with ten men and assassinated Gedaliah and also the men of Judah and the Babylonians who were with him at Mizpah. | 25But it came about in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal family, came with ten men and struck Gedaliah down so that he died along with the Jews and the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah. |
| 26At this, all the people from the least to the greatest, together with the army officers, fled to Egypt for fear of the Babylonians. | 26Then all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces arose and went to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans. |
| 27In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the year Awel-Marduk became king of Babylon, he released Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison. He did this on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month. | 27Now 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, released Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison; |
| 28He spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat of honor higher than those of the other kings who were with him in Babylon. | 28and he spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon. |
| 29So Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes and for the rest of his life ate regularly at the king's table. | 29Jehoiachin changed his prison clothes and had his meals in the king's presence regularly all the days of his life; |
| 30Day by day the king gave Jehoiachin a regular allowance as long as he lived. | 30and for his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king, a portion for each day, all the days of his life. |
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