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And it came[H935] to pass in the ninth[H8671]year[H8141] of his reign[H4427], in the tenth[H6224]month[H2320], in the tenth[H6218] day of the month[H2320], that Nebuchadnezzar[H5019]king[H4428] of Babylon[H894]came[H935], he, and all his host[H2428], against Jerusalem[H3389], and pitched[H2583] against it; and they built[H1129]forts[H1785] against it round about[H5439].
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And the city[H5892] was besieged[H935] unto the eleventh[H6249]year[H8141] of king[H4428]Zedekiah[H6667].
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And on the ninth[H8672] day of the fourth month[H2320] the famine[H7458]prevailed[H2388] in the city[H5892], and there was no bread[H3899] for the people[H5971] of the land[H776].
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And the city[H5892] was broken up[H1234], and all the men[H582] of war[H4421] fled by night[H3915] by the way[H1870] of the gate[H8179] between two walls[H2346], which is by the king's garden:(now the Chaldees[H3778] were against the city[H5892] round about[H5439]:) and the king went[H3212] the way[H1870] toward the plain[H6160].
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And the army[H2428] of the Chaldees[H3778]pursued[H7291]after[H310] the king[H4428], and overtook[H5381] him in the plains[H6160] of Jericho[H3405]: and all his army[H2428] were scattered[H6327] from him.
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So they took[H8610] the king[H4428], and brought him up[H5927] to the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] to Riblah[H7247]; and they gave[H1696]judgment[H4941] upon him.
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And they slew[H7819] the sons[H1121] of Zedekiah[H6667] before his eyes[H5869], and put out[H5786] the eyes[H5869] of Zedekiah[H6667], and bound[H631] him with fetters[H5178] of brass[H5178], and carried[H935] him to Babylon[H894].
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And in the fifth[H2549]month[H2320], on the seventh[H7651] day of the month[H2320], which is the nineteenth[H8672]year[H8141] of king[H4428]Nebuchadnezzar[H5019]king[H4428] of Babylon[H894], came[H935]Nebuzaradan[H5018], captain[H7227] of the guard[H2876], a servant[H5650] of the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894], unto Jerusalem[H3389]:
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And he burnt[H8313] the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], and the king's house[H1004], and all the houses[H1004] of Jerusalem[H3389], and every great[H1419] man's house[H1004]burnt[H8313] he with fire[H784].
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And all the army[H2428] of the Chaldees[H3778], that were with the captain[H7227] of the guard[H2876], brake down[H5422] the walls[H2346] of Jerusalem[H3389] round about[H5439].
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Now the rest[H3499] of the people[H5971] that were left[H7604] in the city[H5892], and the fugitives[H5307] that fell away[H5307] to the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894], with the remnant[H3499] of the multitude[H1995], did Nebuzaradan[H5018] the captain[H7227] of the guard[H2876] carry away[H1540].
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But the captain[H7227] of the guard[H2876]left[H7604] of the poor[H1803] of the land[H776] to be vinedressers[H3755] and husbandmen[H3009].
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And the pillars[H5982] of brass[H5178] that were in the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], and the bases[H4350], and the brasen[H5178]sea[H3220] that was in the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], did the Chaldees[H3778] break in pieces[H7665], and carried[H5375] the brass[H5178] of them to Babylon[H894].
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And the pots[H5518], and the shovels[H3257], and the snuffers[H4212], and the spoons[H3709], and all the vessels[H3627] of brass[H5178] wherewith they ministered[H8334], took they away[H3947].
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And the firepans[H4289], and the bowls[H4219], and such things as were of gold[H2091], in gold[H2091], and of silver[H3701], in silver[H3701], the captain[H7227] of the guard[H2876] took away[H3947].
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The two[H8147]pillars[H5982], one[H259]sea[H3220], and the bases[H4350] which Solomon[H8010] had made[H6213] for the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068]; the brass[H5178] of all these vessels[H3627] was without[H3808]weight[H4948].
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The height[H6967] of the one[H259]pillar[H5982] was eighteen[H8083]cubits[H520], and the chapiter[H3805] upon it was brass[H5178]: and the height[H6967] of the chapiter[H3805]three[H7969]cubits[H520]; and the wreathen work[H7639], and pomegranates[H7416] upon the chapiter[H3805] round about[H5439], all of brass[H5178]: and like unto these had the second[H8145]pillar[H5982] with wreathen work[H7639].
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And the captain[H7227] of the guard[H2876]took[H3947]Seraiah[H8304] the chief[H7218]priest[H3548], and Zephaniah[H6846] the second[H4932]priest[H3548], and the three[H7969]keepers[H8104] of the door[H5592]:
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And out of the city[H5892] he took[H3947]an[H259]officer[H5631] that was set[H6496] over the men[H582] of war[H4421], and five[H2568]men[H376] of them that were[H7200] in the king's presence[H6440], which were[H7200]found[H4672] in the city[H5892], and the principal[H8269]scribe[H5608] of the host[H6635], which mustered[H6633] the people[H5971] of the land[H776], and threescore[H8346]men[H376] of the people[H5971] of the land[H776] that were[H7200]found[H4672] in the city[H5892]:
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And Nebuzaradan[H5018]captain[H7227] of the guard[H2876]took[H3947] these, and brought[H3212] them to the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] to Riblah[H7247]:
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And the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894]smote[H5221] them, and slew[H4191] them at Riblah[H7247] in the land[H776] of Hamath[H2574]. So Judah[H3063] was carried away[H1540] out of their land[H127].
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And as for the people[H5971] that remained[H7604] in the land[H776] of Judah[H3063], whom Nebuchadnezzar[H5019]king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] had left[H7604], even over them he made Gedaliah[H1436] the son[H1121] of Ahikam[H296], the son[H1121] of Shaphan[H8227], ruler[H6485].
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And when all the captains[H8269] of the armies[H2428], they and their men[H582], heard[H8085] that the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] had made Gedaliah[H1436]governor[H6485], there came[H935] to Gedaliah[H1436] to Mizpah[H4709], even Ishmael[H3458] the son[H1121] of Nethaniah[H5418], and Johanan[H3110] the son[H1121] of Careah[H7143], and Seraiah[H8304] the son[H1121] of Tanhumeth[H8576] the Netophathite[H5200], and Jaazaniah[H2970] the son[H1121] of a Maachathite[H4602], they and their men[H582].
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And Gedaliah[H1436]sware[H7650] to them, and to their men[H582], and said[H559] unto them, Fear[H3372] not to be the servants[H5650] of the Chaldees[H3778]: dwell[H3427] in the land[H776], and serve[H5647] the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894]; and it shall be well[H3190] with you.
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But it came[H935] to pass in the seventh[H7637]month[H2320], that Ishmael[H3458] the son[H1121] of Nethaniah[H5418], the son[H1121] of Elishama[H476], of the seed[H2233]royal[H4410], came[H935], and ten[H6235]men[H582] with him, and smote[H5221]Gedaliah[H1436], that he died[H4191], and the Jews[H3064] and the Chaldees[H3778] that were with him at Mizpah[H4709].
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And all the people[H5971], both small[H6996] and great[H1419], and the captains[H8269]of[H6440] the armies[H2428], arose[H6965], and came[H935] to Egypt[H4714]: for they were afraid[H3372]of[H6440] the Chaldees[H3778].
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And it came to pass in the seven[H7651] and thirtieth[H7970]year[H8141] of the captivity[H1546] of Jehoiachin[H3078]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], in the twelfth[H8147]month[H2320], on the seven[H7651] and twentieth[H6242] day of the month[H2320], that Evilmerodach[H192]king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] in the year[H8141] that he began to reign[H4427] did lift up[H5375] the head[H7218] of Jehoiachin[H3078]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] out of prison[H1004];
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And he spake[H1696]kindly[H2896] to him, and set[H5414] his throne[H3678] above the throne[H3678] of the kings[H4428] that were with him in Babylon[H894];
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And changed[H8132] his prison[H3608]garments[H899]: and he did eat[H398]bread[H3899]continually[H8548]before[H6440] him all the days[H3117] of his life[H2416].
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And his allowance[H737] was a continual[H8548]allowance[H737]given[H5414] him of the king[H4428], a daily[H3117]rate[H1697] for every day[H3117], all the days[H3117] of his life[H2416].