1Zedekiah[H6667] was one[H259] and twenty[H6242]years[H8141]old[H1121] when he began to reign[H4427], and he reigned[H4427]eleven[H259]years[H8141] in Jerusalem[H3389]. And his mother's name[H8034] was Hamutal[H2537] the daughter[H1323] of Jeremiah[H3414] of Libnah[H3841].
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And he did[H6213] that which was evil[H7451] in the eyes[H5869] of the LORD[H3068], according to all that Jehoiakim[H3079] had done[H6213].
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For through[H5921] the anger[H639] of the LORD[H3068] it came to pass in Jerusalem[H3389] and Judah[H3063], till he had cast them out[H7993] from his presence[H6440], that Zedekiah[H6667]rebelled[H4775] against the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894].
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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 Nebuchadrezzar[H5019]king[H4428] of Babylon[H894]came[H935], he and all his army[H2428], against Jerusalem[H3389], and pitched[H2583] against it, and built[H1129]forts[H1785] against it round about[H5439].
5So[H935] the city[H5892] was besieged[H4692] unto the eleventh[H6249]year[H8141] of king[H4428]Zedekiah[H6667].
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And in the fourth[H7243]month[H2320], in the ninth[H8672] day of the month[H2320], the famine[H7458] was sore[H2388] in the city[H5892], so that there was no bread[H3899] for the people[H5971] of the land[H776].
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Then the city[H5892] was broken up[H1234], and all the men[H582] of war[H4421]fled[H1272], and went[H3212]forth[H3318] out of the city[H5892] by night[H3915] by the way[H1870] of the gate[H8179] between the two walls[H2346], which was by the king's garden;(now the Chaldeans[H3778] were by the city[H5892] round about[H5439]:) and they went[H3212] by the way[H1870] of the plain[H6160].
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But the army[H2428] of the Chaldeans[H3778]pursued[H7291]after[H310] the king[H4428], and overtook[H5381]Zedekiah[H6667] in the plains[H6160] of Jericho[H3405]; and all his army[H2428] was scattered[H6327] from him.
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Then they took[H8610] the king[H4428], and carried him up[H5927] unto the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] to Riblah[H7247] in the land[H776] of Hamath[H2574]; where he gave[H1696]judgment[H4941] upon him.
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And the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894]slew[H7819] the sons[H1121] of Zedekiah[H6667] before his eyes[H5869]: he slew[H7819] also all the princes[H8269] of Judah[H3063] in Riblah[H7247].
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Then he put[H5414]out[H5786] the eyes[H5869] of Zedekiah[H6667]; and the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894]bound[H631] him in chains[H5178], and carried[H935] him to Babylon[H894], and put[H5414] him in prison[H1004] till the day[H3117] of his death[H4194].
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Now in the fifth[H2549]month[H2320], in the tenth[H6218] day of the month[H2320], which was the nineteenth[H8672]year[H8141] of Nebuchadrezzar[H5019]king[H4428] of Babylon[H894], came[H935]Nebuzaradan[H5018], captain[H7227] of the guard[H2876], which served[H5975] the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894], into Jerusalem[H3389],
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And burned[H8313] the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], and the king's house[H1004]; and all the houses[H1004] of Jerusalem[H3389], and all the houses[H1004] of the great[H1419] men, burned[H8313] he with fire[H784]:
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And all the army[H2428] of the Chaldeans[H3778], that were with the captain[H7227] of the guard[H2876], brake down[H5422] all the walls[H2346] of Jerusalem[H3389] round about[H5439].
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Then Nebuzaradan[H5018] the captain[H7227] of the guard[H2876] carried away[H5307]captive[H1540] certain of the poor[H1803] of the people[H5971], and the residue[H3499] of the people[H5971] that remained[H7604] in the city[H5892], and those that fell[H5307]away[H5307], that fell[H5307] to the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894], and the rest[H3499] of the multitude[H527].
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But Nebuzaradan[H5018] the captain[H7227] of the guard[H2876]left[H7604] certain of the poor[H1803] of the land[H776] for vinedressers[H3755] and for husbandmen[H3009].
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Also 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], the Chaldeans[H3778]brake[H7665], and carried[H5375] all the brass[H5178] of them to Babylon[H894].
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The caldrons[H5518] also, and the shovels[H3257], and the snuffers[H4212], and the bowls[H4219], 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 basons[H5592], and the firepans[H4289], and the bowls[H4219], and the caldrons[H5518], and the candlesticks[H4501], and the spoons[H3709], and the cups[H4518]; that which was of gold[H2091] in gold[H2091], and that which was of silver[H3701] in silver[H3701], took[H3947] the captain[H7227] of the guard[H2876]away[H3947].
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The two[H8147]pillars[H5982], one[H259]sea[H3220], and twelve[H8147]brasen[H5178]bulls[H1241] that were under the bases[H4350], which king[H4428]Solomon[H8010] had made[H6213] in the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068]: the brass[H5178] of all these vessels[H3627] was without weight[H4948].
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And concerning the pillars[H5982], the height[H6967] of one[H259]pillar[H5982] was eighteen[H8083]cubits[H520]; and a fillet[H2339] of twelve[H8147]cubits[H520] did compass[H5437] it; and the thickness[H5672] thereof was four[H702]fingers[H676]: it was hollow[H5014].
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And a chapiter[H3805] of brass[H5178] was upon it; and the height[H6967] of one[H259]chapiter[H3805] was five[H2568]cubits[H520], with network[H7639] and pomegranates[H7416] upon the chapiters[H3805] round about[H5439], all of brass[H5178]. The second[H8145]pillar[H5982] also and the pomegranates[H7416] were like unto these.
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And there were ninety[H8673] and six[H8337]pomegranates[H7416] on a side[H7307]; and all the pomegranates[H7416] upon the network[H7639] were an hundred[H3967] round about[H5439].
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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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He took[H3947] also out of the city[H5892]an[H259]eunuch[H5631], which had the charge[H6496] of the men[H582] of war[H4421]; and seven[H7651]men[H376] of them that were near[H7200] the king's person[H6440], which were found[H4672] in the city[H5892]; and the principal[H8269]scribe[H5608] of the host[H6635], who mustered[H6633] the people[H5971] of the land[H776]; and threescore[H8346]men[H376] of the people[H5971] of the land[H776], that were found[H4672] in the midst[H8432] of the city[H5892].
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So Nebuzaradan[H5018] the captain[H7227] of the guard[H2876]took[H3947] them, 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 put them to death[H4191] in Riblah[H7247] in the land[H127] of Hamath[H2574]. Thus Judah[H3063] was carried away captive[H1540] out of his own land[H776].
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This is the people[H5971] whom Nebuchadrezzar[H5019] carried away captive[H1540]: in the seventh[H7651]year[H8141]three[H7969]thousand[H505]Jews[H3064] and three[H7969] and twenty[H6242]:
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In the eighteenth[H8083]year[H8141] of Nebuchadrezzar[H5019] he carried away captive[H1540] from Jerusalem[H3389]eight[H8083]hundred[H3967]thirty[H7970] and two[H8147]persons[H5315]:
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In the three[H7969] and twentieth[H6242]year[H8141] of Nebuchadrezzar[H5019]Nebuzaradan[H5018] the captain[H7227] of the guard[H2876] carried away captive[H1540] of the Jews[H3064]seven[H7651]hundred[H3967]forty[H705] and five[H2568]persons[H5315]: all the persons[H5315] were four[H702]thousand[H505] and six[H8337]hundred[H3967].
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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], in the five[H2568] and twentieth[H6242] day of the month[H2320], that Evilmerodach[H192]king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] in the first year[H8141] of his reign[H4438] lifted up[H5375] the head[H7218] of Jehoiachin[H3078]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], and brought him forth[H3318] out of prison[H1004],
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And spake[H1696]kindly[H2896] unto him, and set[H5414] his throne[H3678]above[H4605] the throne[H3678] of the kings[H4428] that were with him in Babylon[H894],
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And changed[H8138] his prison[H3608]garments[H899]: and he did continually[H8548]eat[H398]bread[H3899]before[H6440] him all the days[H3117] of his life[H2416].
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And for his diet[H737], there was a continual[H8548]diet[H737]given[H5414] him of the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894], every[H3117]day[H3117] a portion[H1697] until the day[H3117] of his death[H4194], all the days[H3117] of his life[H2416].