2 Kings 25
The Fall of
Jerusalem |
Jer. 39.1 · 11.1 |
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And it came to pass in the ninth year of
his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnez'zar king of Babylon came, he, and all his
host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; Jer. 21.1-10 ; 34.1-5 · Ezek. 24.2 and they built forts against it round about.
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And the city was besieged unto the
eleventh year of king Zedeki'ah.
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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.
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And the city was broken up, Ezek.
33.21 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.
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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.
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So they took the king, and brought him up
to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon
him.
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And they slew the sons of Zedeki'ah
before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedeki'ah, and bound him
with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon. Ezek. 12.13
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The Captivity of
Judah |
2 Chr. 36.17-21 · Jer.
39.8-10 · 2.12-30 |
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And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king
Nebuchadnez'zar king of Babylon, came Neb'uzar-a'dan, captain of the
guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:
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and he burnt the house of the LORD, 1 Kgs. 9.8 and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and
every great man's house burnt he with fire.
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And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of
Jerusalem round about.
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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 Neb'uzar-a'dan the
captain of the guard carry away.
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But the captain of the guard left of the
poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
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And the pillars of brass 1 Kgs.
7.15-22 · 2
Chr. 3.15-17 that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brazen sea 1 Kgs.
7.23-26 · 2
Chr. 4.2-5 that was in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried
the brass of them to Babylon.
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And the pots, and the shovels, and the
snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith
they ministered, took they away. 1 Kgs. 7.45 · 2 Chr. 4.16
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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.
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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.
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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 wreathed work, and
pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like
unto these had the second pillar with wreathed work.
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And the captain of the guard took
Serai'ah the chief priest, and Zephani'ah the second priest, and the
three keepers of the door:
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and out of the city he took an officer
that was set over the 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:
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and Neb'uzar-a'dan captain of the guard
took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to
Riblah:
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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.
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The Remnant Flee to
Egypt |
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And as for the people that
remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnez'zar king of Babylon
had left, even over them he made Gedali'ah the son of Ahi'kam, the
son of Shaphan, ruler.
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And when all the captains of the armies,
they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made
Gedali'ah governor, there came to Gedali'ah to Mizpah, even
Ish'ma-el the son of Nethani'ah, and Jo'hanan the son of Care'ah,
and Serai'ah the son of Tan'humeth the Netoph'athite, and
Ja-azani'ah the son of a Ma-ach'athite, they and their
men.
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And Gedali'ah 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. Jer. 40.7-9
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But it came to pass in the seventh month,
that Ish'ma-el the son of Nethani'ah, the son of Elish'ama, of the
seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedali'ah, that he
died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah. Jer.
41.1-3
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And all the people, both small and great,
and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: Jer.
43.5-7 for they were afraid of the Chaldees.
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Jehoiachin Released
and Honored in Babylon |
Jer. 52.31-34 |
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And it came to pass in the seven and
thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoi'achin king of Judah, in the
twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-mer'odach king of Babylon in the year that he began
to reign did lift up the head of Jehoi'achin king of Judah out of
prison;
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and he spake kindly to him, and set his
throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in
Babylon;
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and changed his prison garments: and he
did eat bread continually before him all the days of his
life.
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And his allowance was a continual
allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the
days of his life.
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