2 Kings 25
1 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. 2 And the
city was
besieged unto the
eleventh year of
king Zedekiah. 3 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. 4 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. 5 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.
6 So they
took the
king, and brought him
up to the
king of
Babylon to
Riblah; and they
gave judgment upon him.
7 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. 8 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: 9 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. 10 And all the
army of the
Chaldees, that were with the
captain of the
guard, brake
down the
walls of
Jerusalem round
about. 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 But the
captain of the
guard left of the
poor of the
land to be
vinedressers and
husbandmen.
13 And the
pillars of
brass that were in the
house of the
LORD, and the
bases, and the
brasen sea that was in the
house of the
LORD, did the
Chaldees break in
pieces, and
carried the
brass of them to
Babylon. 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.
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.
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. 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. 18 And the
captain of the
guard took Seraiah the
chief priest, and
Zephaniah the
second priest, and the
three keepers of the
door: 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: 20 And
Nebuzaradan captain of the
guard took these, and
brought them to the
king of
Babylon to
Riblah: 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. 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.
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. 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.
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. 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. 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;
28 And he
spake kindly to him, and
set his
throne above the
throne of the
kings that were with him in
Babylon; 29 And
changed his
prison garments: and he did
eat bread continually before him all the
days of his
life. 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.