Jeremiah 52
1 Zedekiah was
one and
twenty years old when he began to
reign, and he
reigned eleven years in
Jerusalem. And his
mother's name was
Hamutal the
daughter of
Jeremiah of
Libnah. 2 And he
did that which was
evil in the
eyes of the
LORD, according to all that
Jehoiakim had
done.
3 For
through the
anger of the
LORD it came to pass in
Jerusalem and
Judah, till he had cast them
out from his
presence, that
Zedekiah rebelled against the
king of
Babylon. 4 And it came to pass in the
ninth year of his
reign, in the
tenth month, in the
tenth day of the
month, that
Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon came, he and all his
army, against
Jerusalem, and
pitched against it, and
built forts against it round
about. 5 So the
city was
besieged unto the
eleventh year of
king Zedekiah. 6 And in the
fourth month, in the
ninth day of the
month, the
famine was
sore in the
city, so that there was no
bread for the
people of the
land. 7 Then the
city was broken
up, and all the
men of
war fled, and went
forth out of the
city by
night by the
way of the
gate between the two
walls, which was by the
king's garden; (now the
Chaldeans were by the
city round about:) and they
went by the
way of the
plain. 8 But the
army of the
Chaldeans pursued after the
king, and
overtook Zedekiah in the
plains of
Jericho; and all his
army was
scattered from him.
9 Then they
took the
king, and carried him
up unto the
king of
Babylon to
Riblah in the
land of
Hamath; where he
gave judgment upon him.
10 And the
king of
Babylon slew the
sons of
Zedekiah before his
eyes: he
slew also all the
princes of
Judah in
Riblah. 11 Then he put
out the
eyes of
Zedekiah; and the
king of
Babylon bound him in
chains, and
carried him to
Babylon, and
put him in
prison till the
day of his
death. 12 Now in the
fifth month, in the
tenth day of the
month, which was the
nineteenth year of
Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the
guard, which
served the
king of
Babylon, into
Jerusalem, 13 And
burned the
house of the
LORD, and the
king's house; and all the
houses of
Jerusalem, and all the
houses of the
great men,
burned he with
fire: 14 And all the
army of the
Chaldeans, that were with the
captain of the
guard, brake
down all the
walls of
Jerusalem round
about. 15 Then
Nebuzaradan the
captain of the
guard carried away
captive certain of the
poor of the
people, and the
residue of the
people that
remained in the
city, and those that fell
away, that
fell to the
king of
Babylon, and the
rest of the
multitude. 16 But
Nebuzaradan the
captain of the
guard left certain of the
poor of the
land for
vinedressers and for
husbandmen.
17 Also 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, the
Chaldeans brake, and
carried all the
brass of them to
Babylon. 18 The
caldrons also, and the
shovels, and the
snuffers, and the
bowls, and the
spoons, and all the
vessels of
brass wherewith they
ministered, took they
away.
19 And the
basons, and the
firepans, and the
bowls, and the
caldrons, and the
candlesticks, and the
spoons, and the
cups; that which was of
gold in
gold, and that which was of
silver in
silver, took the
captain of the
guard away.
20 The
two pillars, one sea, and
twelve brasen bulls that were under the
bases, which
king Solomon had
made in the
house of the
LORD: the
brass of all these
vessels was without
weight. 21 And concerning the
pillars, the
height of
one pillar was
eighteen cubits; and a
fillet of
twelve cubits did
compass it; and the
thickness thereof was
four fingers: it was
hollow.
22 And a
chapiter of
brass was upon it; and the
height of
one chapiter was
five cubits, with
network and
pomegranates upon the
chapiters round
about, all of
brass. The
second pillar also and the
pomegranates were like unto these.
23 And there were
ninety and
six pomegranates on a
side; and all the
pomegranates upon the
network were an
hundred round
about. 24 And the
captain of the
guard took Seraiah the
chief priest, and
Zephaniah the
second priest, and the
three keepers of the
door: 25 He
took also out of the
city an eunuch, which had the
charge of the
men of
war; and
seven men of them that were
near the
king's person, which were
found in the
city; and the
principal scribe of the
host, who
mustered the
people of the
land; and
threescore men of the
people of the
land, that were
found in the
midst of the
city. 26 So
Nebuzaradan the
captain of the
guard took them, and
brought them to the
king of
Babylon to
Riblah. 27 And the
king of
Babylon smote them, and put them to
death in
Riblah in the
land of
Hamath. Thus
Judah was carried away
captive out of his own
land. 28 This is the
people whom
Nebuchadrezzar carried away
captive: in the
seventh year three thousand Jews and
three and
twenty: 29 In the
eighteenth year of
Nebuchadrezzar he carried away
captive from
Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and
two persons: 30 In the
three and
twentieth year of
Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the
captain of the
guard carried away
captive of the
Jews seven hundred forty and
five persons: all the
persons were
four thousand and
six hundred. 31 And it came to pass in the
seven and
thirtieth year of the
captivity of
Jehoiachin king of
Judah, in the
twelfth month, in the
five and
twentieth day of the
month, that
Evilmerodach king of
Babylon in the first
year of his
reign lifted
up the
head of
Jehoiachin king of
Judah, and brought him
forth out of
prison,
32 And
spake kindly unto him, and
set his
throne above the
throne of the
kings that were with him in
Babylon, 33 And
changed his
prison garments: and he did
continually eat bread before him all the
days of his
life. 34 And for his
diet, there was a
continual diet given him of the
king of
Babylon, every day a
portion until the
day of his
death, all the
days of his
life.