HNV

HNV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Format by: Verse Paragraph
Strong's
Red Letter
Audio Bibles
The Blue Letter Bible

2 Kings 25 :: Hebrew Names Version (HNV)

toggle collapse
Choose a new font size and typeface
Audio Bibles

Nebuchadnezzar Besieges Jerusalem

(2Ch 36:15–21; Jer 52:4–30 )
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:1 - It happened in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nevukhadnetztzar king of Bavel came, he and all his army, against Yerushalayim, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:2 - So the city was besieged to the eleventh year of king Tzidkiyahu.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:3 - On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:4 - Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden (now the Kasdim were against the city round about); and the king went by the way of the `Aravah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:5 - But the army of the Kasdim pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Yericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:6 - Then they took the king, and carried him up to the king of Bavel to Rivlah; and they gave judgment on him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:7 - They killed the sons of Tzidkiyahu before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Tzidkiyahu, and bound him in fetters, and carried him to Bavel.

Jerusalem Burned and Plundered

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:8 - Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nevukhadnetztzar, king of Bavel, came Nevuzar'adan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Bavel, to Yerushalayim.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:9 - He burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house; and all the houses of Yerushalayim, even every great house, burnt he with fire.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:10 - All the army of the Kasdim, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down the walls of Yerushalayim round about.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:11 - The residue of the people who were left in the city, and those who fell away, who fell to the king of Bavel, and the residue of the multitude, did Nevuzar'adan the captain of the guard carry away captive.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:12 - But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to work the vineyards and fields.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:13 - The pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases and the brazen sea that were in the house of the LORD, did the Kasdim break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Bavel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:14 - The pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass with which they ministered, took they away.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:15 - The fire pans, and the basins, that which was of gold, in gold, and that which was of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:16 - The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases, which Shlomo had made for the house of the LORD, the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:17 - The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a capital of brass was on it; and the height of the capital was three cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capital round about, all of brass: and like to these had the second pillar with network.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:18 - The captain of the guard took Serayah the chief Kohen, and Tzefanyah the second Kohen, and the three keepers of the threshold:
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:19 - and out of the city he took an officer who was set over the men of war; and five men of those who saw the king's face, who were found in the city; and the Sofer, the captain of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the city.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:20 - Nevuzar'adan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Bavel to Rivlah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:21 - The king of Bavel struck them, and put them to death at Rivlah in the land of Hamat. So Yehudah was carried away captive out of his land.

Gedaliah Made Governor

(Jer 40:5—41:18 )
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:22 - As for the people who were left in the land of Yehudah, whom Nevukhadnetztzar king of Bavel had left, even over them he made Gedalyahu the son of Achikam, the son of Shafan, governor.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:23 - Now when all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Bavel had made Gedalyahu governor, they came to Gedalyahu to Mitzpah, even Yishma'el the son of Netanyah, and Yochanan the son of Kareach, and Serayah the son of Tanchumet the Netofatite, and Ya`azanyah the son of the Ma`akhatite, they and their men.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:24 - Gedalyahu swore to them and to their men, and said to them, Don't be afraid because of the servants of the Kasdim: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Bavel, and it shall be well with you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:25 - But it happened in the seventh month, that Yishma'el the son of Netanyah, the son of Elishama, of the royal seed came, and ten men with him, and struck Gedalyahu, so that he died, and the Yehudim and the Kasdim that were with him at Mitzpah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:26 - All the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces, arose, and came to Mitzrayim; for they were afraid of the Kasdim.
(Jer 52:31–34 )
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:27 - It happened in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Yehoiakim king of Yehudah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-Merodakh king of Bavel, in the year that he began to reign, did lift up the head of Yehoiakim king of Yehudah out of prison;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:28 - and he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Bavel,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:29 - and changed his prison garments. Yehoiakim ate bread before him continually all the days of his life:
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:30 - and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him of the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.
HNV

The Hebrew Names Version is based off the World English Bible, an update of the American Standard Version of 1901. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

Pericope

Pericope taken from the NASB95 and has been graciously provided by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved.

New American Standard Bible
Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995
by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif.
All rights reserved.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
HNV
 [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
HNV

Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan