Nebuchadnezzar & All His Army Came Against Jerusalem |
2 Kings 25:1-30 2 Kings [in Smaller Chunks] |
It [happened during] the 9th year [Zedekiah ruled,] in the 10th month, [on] the 10th day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar, [Babylon's] king, came [with] all his [army] against Jerusalem & pitched [tents] against it. |
They built [battle mounds & surrounded it]. The city was [surrounded] until Zedekiah's 11th year [as] king. On the 9th day of the 4th month, the famine was so [severe] in the city & there [wasn't any] bread for the people of the land. |
The [city's wall] was broken & all the men of war fled [at] night by the [road] of the gate between the 2 walls, by the king's garden. (Now the Chaldees, [a.k.a. Chaldeans & Babylonian's, surrounded] the city) & the king [took the road] toward the plain. |
The army of the Chaldees pursued after the king & [captured] him in the plains of Jericho & all the [army] scattered from him. They [captured] king [Zedekiah] & brought him to Riblah up to [Babylon's] king & [sentenced] him. |
They [killed Zedekiah's] sons [in front of] him & put out [Zedekiah's] eyes, [blinding him]. [They] bound him in brass shackles & carried him to Babylon. |
In the 5th month, on the 7th day of the month, [during] the 19th year Nebuchadnezzar [ruled as Babylon's] king, Nebuzar Adan, captain of the guard, servant of [Babylon's] king, came to Jerusalem. |
He burnt the [Lord's] house & all [Jerusalem's] houses & the houses of the [important] men with fire. All the [Chaldean army,] with the captain of the guard [broke] down all the walls [around] Jerusalem. |
Now, Nebuzar Adan, the captain of the guard, carried away: the rest of the people [who] were left in the city, & the [deserters who joined with Babylon's] king & the [rest] of the multitude. |
But the captain of the guard left the poor of the land, to [take care of the vineyards & the fields]. The [Chaldeans] broke in pieces & carried away the brass pillars, [basins & brass] sea, that [were] in the [Lord's] house & carried the brass [with] them to Babylon. |
They [also] took away all of the brass [articles used for ministering:] the pots, shovels, [candle] snuffers & spoons. The captains of the guard took away the firepans, bowls & [other things] of gold or silver. |
The brass of all these [articles] & the 2 [brass] pillars, 1 sea, & [basins that] Solomon had made for the [Lord's] house, was [beyond measurement]. The height of [each of the 2 identical] pillars was 18 cubits, the brass [capital on top of the pillar,] was 3 cubits, the [decorative brass wreath,] the brass pomegranates [surrounding] the brass [capital]. |
The captain of the guard [captured:] Seraiah, the chief priest; Zephaniah, the 2nd priest & 3 doorkeepers. [Outside] the city, [Nebuzar Adan put] an officer over the men of war, the 5 [advisors to] the king, the [chief] scribe of the [army, who] mustered the people of the land & 60 men found in the city & brought them to Riblah, to [Babylon's] king. |
[Babylon's] king [struck them down & killed] them in Riblah, in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away [captive] out of their land. The people [who] remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar, [Babylon's] king left, Gedaliah, [Ahikam's] son, [who was] the son of Shaphan [was made] the ruler [over them]. |
When all the captains of the armies & their men heard that [Babylon's] king made Gedaliah governor there, [these] came to [confront] Gedaliah [at] Mizpah: Ishmael, [Nethaniah's] son; Johanan, [Careah's] son; Seraiah, [Tanhumeth's] son, [a] Netophathite & Jaazaniah, the son of a Maachathite, [with] their men. |
Gedaliah [swore] to them & to their men & said, [Don't be afraid] to be the servants of the [Chaldeans a.k.a. Babylonians]. [Live] in the land & serve [Babylon's] king & all shall be well [for] you. |
It [happened] in the 7th month, that Ishmael, [Nethaniah's] son, [who was] the son of Elishama, of royal [ancestors] came with 10 men & [assassinated] Gedaliah. |
He & all the Jews & [Chaldeans] with him in Mizpah died. All the people [powerless & powerful] & the captains of the armies arose & came to Egypt, [because] they were afraid of the [Chaldeans]. |
It [happened] in the 37th year [of] Jehoiachin, [Judah's king's] captivity, [on] the 12th month, on the 27th day of the month, Evil Merodach, [a.k.a. Awel-Marduk, Babylon's new] king, began to [rule, he released] Jehoiachin from prison. |
[Evil Merodach spoke] kindly to [Jehoiachin & put] his throne above the [thrones] of the kings that were with him in Babylon. |
[Jehoiachin] changed [out of] his prison [clothing] & [ate food] continually before [Babylon's king the rest] of his life. [Jehoiachin] was given a continual allowance [from] the king, a daily rate for every day, [the rest] of his life. |