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2 Kings 25 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Nebuchadnezzar Besieges Jerusalem

(2Ch 36:15–21; Jer 52:4–30 )

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Now in the ninth H8671 year H8141 of his reign H4427, on the tenth H6218 day of the tenth H6224 month H2320, Nebuchadnezzar H5019 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 came H935, he and all H3605 his army H2428, against H5921 Jerusalem H3389, camped H2583 against H5921 it, and built H1129 a siege H1785 wall H1785 all H5439 around H5439 [fn]it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:2 - So the city H5892 was under siege H4692 until H5704 the eleventh H6249 H6240 year H8141 of King H4428 Zedekiah H6667.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:3 - On the ninth H8672 day of the fourth month H2320 the famine H7458 was so severe H2388 in the city H5892 that there was no H3808 food H3899 for the people H5971 of the land H776.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:4 - Then the city H5892 was broken H1234 into, and all H3605 the men H376 of war H4421 fled by night H3915 by way H1870 of the gate H8179 between H996 the two walls H2346 that were beside H5921 the king’s H4428 garden H1588, though the Chaldeans H3778 were all H5439 around H5439 the city H5892. And [fn]they went H1980 by way H1870 of the Arabah H6160.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:5 - But the army H2428 of the Chaldeans H3778 pursued H7291 the king H4428 and overtook H5381 him in the plains H6160 of Jericho H3405, and all H3605 his army H2428 was scattered H6327 from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:6 - Then they captured H8610 the king H4428 and brought H5927 him up H5927 to the king H4428 of Babylon H894 at Riblah H7247, and he [fn]passed H1696 sentence H4941 on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:7 - And they slaughtered H7819 the sons H1121 of Zedekiah H6667 before his eyes H5869, then put H5786 out H5786 Zedekiah’s H6667 eyes H5869 and bound H631 him with bronze H5178 shackles H5178, and brought H935 him to Babylon H894.

Jerusalem Burned and Plundered

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Now on the seventh H7651 day of the fifth H2549 month H2320, which H1931 was the nineteenth H8672 H6240 year H8141 of King H4428 Nebuchadnezzar H5019, king H4428 of Babylon H894, Nebuzaradan H5018 the captain H7227 of the bodyguards H2876, a servant H5650 of the king H4428 of Babylon H894, came H935 to Jerusalem H3389.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:9 - And he burned H8313 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, the king’s H4428 house H1004, and all H3605 the houses H1004 of Jerusalem H3389; even every H3605 great H1419 house H1004 he burned H8313 with fire H784.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:10 - So all H3605 the army H2428 of the Chaldeans H3778 who H834 were with the captain H7227 of the bodyguards H2876 tore H5422 down H5422 the walls H2346 around H5439 Jerusalem H3389.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:11 - Then Nebuzaradan H5018, the captain H7227 of the bodyguards H2876, led H1540 into H1540 exile H1540 the rest H3499 of the people H5971 who were left H7604 in the city H5892 and the deserters H5307 who H834 had deserted H5307 to the king H4428 of Babylon H894, and the rest H3499 of the [fn]people H5971.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:12 - But the captain H7227 of the bodyguards H2876 left H7604 some H4480 of the poorest H1803 of the land H776 to be vinedressers H3755 and farmers H3009.

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Now the Chaldeans H3778 smashed H7665 to H7665 pieces H7665 the bronze H5178 pillars H5982 which H834 were in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, and the stands H4350 and the bronze H5178 [fn]Sea H3220 which H834 were in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, and carried H5375 the [fn]bronze H5178 to Babylon H894.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:14 - And they took H3947 away the pots H5518, the shovels H3257, the [fn]shears H4212, the spoons H3709, and all H3605 the bronze H5178 utensils H3627 [fn]which H834 were used H8334 in temple H8334 service H8334.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:15 - The captain H7227 of the bodyguards H2876 also took H3947 away the firepans H4289 and the basins H4219, what H834 was fine H2091 gold H2091 and what H834 was fine H3701 silver H3701.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:16 - The two H8147 pillars H5982, the one H259 Sea H3220, and the stands H4350 which H834 Solomon H8010 had made H6213 for the house H1004 of the LORD H3068—[fn]the bronze H5178 of all H3605 these H428 articles H3627 was too H3808 heavy H4948 to H4948 weigh H4948.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:17 - The height H6967 of the one H259 pillar H5982 was [fn]eighteen H8083 H6240 cubits H520, and a bronze H5178 capital H3805 was on it; the height H6967 of the capital H3805 was [fn]three H7969 cubits H520, with latticework H7639 and pomegranates H7416 on the capital H3805 all H5439 around H5439, all H3605 of bronze H5178. And the second H8145 pillar H5982 was like these H428, same features with latticework H7639.

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Then the captain H7227 of the bodyguards H2876 took H3947 Seraiah H8304 the chief H7218 priest H3548 and Zephaniah H6846 the second H4932 priest H3548, with the three H7969 [fn]doorkeepers H8104 H5592.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:19 - And from the city H5892 he took H3947 one H259 official H5631 who H834 was overseer H6496 of the men H376 of war H4421, and five H2568 [fn]of the king’s H4428 advisers H582 H7200 who H834 were found H4672 in the city H5892; and the [fn]scribe H5608 of the captain H8269 of the army H6635 who mustered H6633 the people H5971 of the land H776; and sixty H8346 men H376 of the people H5971 of the land H776 who were found H4672 in the city H5892.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:20 - Nebuzaradan H5018 the captain H7227 of the bodyguards H2876 took H3947 them and brought H1980 them to the king H4428 of Babylon H894 at Riblah H7247.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:21 - Then the king H4428 of Babylon H894 struck H5221 them down and put H4191 them to H4191 death H4191 at Riblah H7247 in the land H776 of Hamath H2574. So Judah H3063 went H1540 into H1540 exile H1540 from its land H127.

Gedaliah Made Governor

(Jer 40:5—41:18 )

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Now as for the people H5971 who were left H7604 in the land H776 of Judah H3063, whom H834 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 had left H7604, he appointed H6485 Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam H296, the son H1121 of Shaphan H8227 over H5921 them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:23 - When all H3605 the captains H8269 of the forces H2428, they and their men H376, heard H8085 that the king H4428 of Babylon H894 had appointed H6485 Gedaliah H1436 governor, they came H935 to Gedaliah H1436 at Mizpah H4709, namely, Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah H5418, Johanan H3076 the son H1121 of Kareah H7143, Seraiah H8304 the son H1121 of Tanhumeth H8576 the Netophathite H5200, and Jaazaniah H2970 the son H1121 of the Maacathite H4602, they and their men H376.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:24 - And Gedaliah H1436 swore H7650 to them and their men H376 and said H559 to them, “Do not be H3372 afraid H3372 of the servants H5650 of the Chaldeans H3778; live H3427 in the land H776 and serve H5647 the king H4428 of Babylon H894, and it will go H3190 well H3190 for you.”

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But it happened H1961 in the seventh H7637 month H2320, that Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah H5418, the son H1121 of Elishama H476, of the royal H4410 [fn]family H2233, came H935 [fn]with ten H6235 men H376 and struck H5221 Gedaliah H1436 down so that he died H4191 along with the Jews H3064 and the Chaldeans H3778 who H834 were with him at Mizpah H4709.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:26 - Then all H3605 the people H5971, from the small H6996 to the great H1419, and the captains H8269 of the forces H2428 set H6965 out H6965 and came H935 to Egypt H4714; for they were H3372 afraid H3372 of the Chaldeans H3778.
(Jer 52:31–34 )

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Now it came H1961 about H1961 in the thirty-seventh H7970 H7651 year H8141 of the exile H1546 of Jehoiachin H3078 king H4428 of Judah H3063, in the twelfth H8147 H6240 month H2320, on the twenty-seventh H6242 H7651 day of the month H2320, that Evil-merodach H192 king H4428 of Babylon H894, in the year H8141 that he became H4427 king H4427, [fn]released H5375 H7218 Jehoiachin H3078 king H4428 of Judah H3063 from prison H1004 H3608;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:28 - and he spoke H1696 kindly H2896 to him and set H5414 his throne H3678 above H4480 H5921 the throne H3678 of the kings H4428 who H834 were with him in Babylon H894.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:29 - So [fn]Jehoiachin changed H8132 his prison H3608 clothes H899, and [fn]had H398 his meals H3899 in [fn]the king’s presence H6440 regularly H8548 all H3605 the days H3117 of his life H2416;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:30 - and as his allowance H737, a regular H8548 allowance H737 was given H5414 to him by the king H4428, a portion H1697 for each H3117 day H3117, all H3605 the days H3117 of his life H2416.
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NASB20 Footnotes
Lit against it
As in some mss and ancient versions; MT he
Lit spoke judgment with him
Lit multitude
I.e., a very large basin
Lit bronze of them
I.e., wick trimmers
Lit with which they served
Lit there was no weight for the bronze of
About 27 ft. or 8 m
About 4.5 ft. or 1.3 m
Lit keepers of the threshold
Lit men of those seeing the king’s face
Or scribe, a captain
Lit seed
Lit and ten men with him
Lit raised the head of
Lit he
Lit ate bread
Lit his presence
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