Dual Panel1Now in the ninth<8671> year<8141> of his reign<4427>, on the tenth<6218> day of the tenth<6224> month<2320>, Nebuchadnezzar<5019> king<4428> of Babylon<894> came<935>, he and all<3605> his army<2428>, against<5921> Jerusalem<3389>, camped<2583> against<5921> it and built<1129> a siege<1785> wall<1785> all<5439> around<5439> it.
2So the city<5892> was under siege<4692> until<5704> the eleventh<6249><6240> year<8141> of King<4428> Zedekiah<6667>.
3On the ninth<8672> day of the fourth month<2320> the famine<7458> was so severe<2388> in the city<5892> that there was no<3808> food<3899> for the people<5971> of the land<776>.
4Then the city<5892> was broken<1234> into, and all<3605> the men<376> of war<4421> fled by night<3915> by way<1870> of the gate<8179> between<996> the two walls<2346> beside<5921> the king's<4428> garden<1588>, though the Chaldeans<3778> were all<5439> around<5439> the city<5892>. And they went<1980> by way<1870> of the Arabah<6160>.
5But the army<2428> of the Chaldeans<3778> pursued<7291> the king<4428> and overtook<5381> him in the plains<6160> of Jericho<3405> and all<3605> his army<2428> was scattered<6327> from him.
6Then they captured<8610> the king<4428> and brought<5927> him to the king<4428> of Babylon<894> at Riblah<7247>, and he passed<1696> sentence<1696> on him.
7They slaughtered<7819> the sons<1121> of Zedekiah<6667> before his eyes<5869>, then put<5786> out the eyes<5869> of Zedekiah<6667> and bound<631> him with bronze<5178> fetters<5178> and brought<935> him to Babylon<894>.
8Now on the seventh<7651> day of the fifth<2549> month<2320>, which<1931> was the nineteenth<8672><6240> year<8141> of King<4428> Nebuchadnezzar<5019>, king<4428> of Babylon<894>, Nebuzaradan<5018> the captain<7227> of the guard<2876>, a servant<5650> of the king<4428> of Babylon<894>, came<935> to Jerusalem<3389>.
9He burned<8313> the house<1004> of the LORD<3068>, the king's<4428> house<1004>, and all<3605> the houses<1004> of Jerusalem<3389>; even every<3605> great<1419> house<1004> he burned<8313> with fire<784>.
10So all<3605> the army<2428> of the Chaldeans<3778> who<834> were with the captain<7227> of the guard<2876> broke<5422> down<5422> the walls<2346> around<5439> Jerusalem<3389>.
11Then the rest<3499> of the people<5971> who were left<7604> in the city<5892> and the deserters<5307> who<834> had deserted<5307> to the king<4428> of Babylon<894> and the rest<3499> of the people<5971>, Nebuzaradan<5018> the captain<7227> of the guard<2876> carried<1540> away<1540> into exile<1540>.
12But the captain<7227> of the guard<2876> left<7604> some<4480> of the poorest<1803> of the land<776> to be vinedressers<3755> and plowmen<3009>.
13Now the bronze<5178> pillars<5982> which<834> were in the house<1004> of the LORD<3068>, and the stands<4350> and the bronze<5178> sea<3220> which<834> were in the house<1004> of the LORD<3068>, the Chaldeans<3778> broke<7665> in pieces<7665> and carried<5375> the bronze<5178> to Babylon<894>.
14They took<3947> away the pots<5518>, the shovels<3257>, the snuffers<4212>, the spoons<3709>, and all<3605> the bronze<5178> vessels<3627> which<834> were used<8334> in temple service<8334>.
15The captain<7227> of the guard<2876> also took<3947> away the firepans<4289> and the basins<4219>, what<834> was fine<3701> gold<2091> and what<834> was fine<3701> silver<3701>.
16The two<8147> pillars<5982>, the one<259> sea<3220>, and the stands<4350> which<834> Solomon<8010> had made<6213> for the house<1004> of the LORD<3068>--the bronze<5178> of all<3605> these<428> vessels<3627> was beyond<3808> weight<4948>.
17The height<6967> of the one<259> pillar<5982> was eighteen<8083><6240> cubits<520>, and a bronze<5178> capital<3805> was on it; the height<6967> of the capital<3805> was three<7969> cubits<520>, with a network<7639> and pomegranates<7416> on the capital<3805> all<5439> around<5439>, all<3605> of bronze<5178>. And the second<8145> pillar<5982> was like these<428> with network<7639>.
18Then the captain<7227> of the guard<2876> took<3947> Seraiah<8304> the chief<7218> priest<3548> and Zephaniah<6846> the second<4932> priest<3548>, with the three<7969> officers<8104> of the temple<5592>.
19From the city<5892> he took<3947> one<259> official<5631> who<834> was overseer<6496> of the men<376> of war<4421>, and five<2568> of the king's<4428> advisers<582><7200> who<834> were found<4672> in the city<5892>; and the scribe<5613> of the captain<8269> of the army<6635> who mustered<6633> the people<5971> of the land<776>; and sixty<8346> men<376> of the people<5971> of the land<776> who were found<4672> in the city<5892>.
20Nebuzaradan<5018> the captain<7227> of the guard<2876> took<3947> them and brought<1980> them to the king<4428> of Babylon<894> at Riblah<7247>.
21Then the king<4428> of Babylon<894> struck<5221> them down and put<4191> them to death<4191> at Riblah<7247> in the land<776> of Hamath<2574>. So Judah<3063> was led<1540> away<1540> into exile<1540> from its land<127>.
22Now as for the people<5971> who were left<7604> in the land<776> of Judah<3063>, whom<834> Nebuchadnezzar<5019> king<4428> of Babylon<894> had left<7604>, he appointed<6485> Gedaliah<1436> the son<1121> of Ahikam<296>, the son<1121> of Shaphan<8227> over<5921> them.
23When all<3605> the captains<8269> of the forces<2428>, they and their men<376>, heard<8085> that the king<4428> of Babylon<894> had appointed<6485> Gedaliah<1436> governor, they came<935> to Gedaliah<1436> to Mizpah<4709>, namely, Ishmael<3458> the son<1121> of Nethaniah<5418>, and Johanan<3076> the son<1121> of Kareah<7143>, and Seraiah<8304> the son<1121> of Tanhumeth<8576> the Netophathite<5200>, and Jaazaniah<2970> the son<1121> of the Maacathite<4602>, they and their men<376>.
24Gedaliah<1436> swore<7650> to them and their men<376> and said<559> to them, "Do not be afraid<3372> of the servants<5650> of the Chaldeans<3778>; live<3427> in the land<776> and serve<5647> the king<4428> of Babylon<894>, and it will be well<3190> with you."
25But it came<1961> about in the seventh<7637> month<2320>, that Ishmael<3458> the son<1121> of Nethaniah<5418>, the son<1121> of Elishama<476>, of the royal<4410> family<2233>, came<935> with ten<6235> men<376> and struck<5221> Gedaliah<1436> down so that he died<4191> along with the Jews<3064> and the Chaldeans<3778> who<834> were with him at Mizpah<4709>.
26Then all<3605> the people<5971>, both<4480> small<6996> and great<1419>, and the captains<8269> of the forces<2428> arose<6965> and went<935> to Egypt<4714>; for they were afraid<3372> of the Chaldeans<3778>.
27Now it came<1961> about in the thirty-seventh<7970><7651> year<8141> of the exile<1546> of Jehoiachin<3078> king<4428> of Judah<3063>, in the twelfth<8147><6240> month<2320>, on the twenty-seventh<6242><7651> day of the month<2320>, that Evil-merodach<192> king<4428> of Babylon<894>, in the year<8141> that he became<4427> king<4427>, released<5375><7218> Jehoiachin<3078> king<4428> of Judah<3063> from prison<1004><3608>;
28and he spoke<1696> kindly<2899> to him and set<5414> his throne<3678> above<4480><5921> the throne<3678> of the kings<4428> who<834> were with him in Babylon<894>.
29Jehoiachin changed<8132> his prison<3608> clothes<899> and had<398> his meals<3899> in the king's presence<6440> regularly<8548> all<3605> the days<3117> of his life<2425>;
30and for his allowance<737>, a regular<8548> allowance<737> was given<5414> him by the king<4428>, a portion<1697> for each<3117> day<3117>, all<3605> the days<3117> of his life<2425>.