1 And it came to pass in the ninth{H8671} year{H8141} of his reign{H4427}{(H8800)}, 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}{(H8804)}, he, and all his host{H2428}, against Jerusalem{H3389}, and pitched{H2583}{(H8799)} against it; and they built{H1129}{(H8799)} forts{H1785} against it round about{H5439}.

2 And the city{H5892} was besieged{H935}{(H8799)}{H4692} unto the eleventh{H6249}{H6240} year{H8141} of king{H4428} Zedekiah{H6667}.

3 And on the ninth{H8672} day of the fourth month{H2320} the famine{H7458} prevailed{H2388}{(H8799)} in the city{H5892}, and there was no bread{H3899} for the people{H5971} of the land{H776}.

4 And the city{H5892} was broken up{H1234}{(H8735)}, 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{H4428} garden{H1588}:(now the Chaldees{H3778} were against the city{H5892} round about{H5439}:) and the king went{H3212}{(H8799)} the way{H1870} toward the plain{H6160}.

5 And the army{H2428} of the Chaldees{H3778} pursued{H7291}{(H8799)} after{H310} the king{H4428}, and overtook{H5381}{(H8686)} him in the plains{H6160} of Jericho{H3405}: and all his army{H2428} were scattered{H6327}{(H8738)} from him.

6 So they took{H8610}{(H8799)} the king{H4428}, and brought him up{H5927}{(H8686)} to the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} to Riblah{H7247}; and they gave{H1696}{(H8762)} judgment{H4941} upon him.

7 And they slew{H7819}{(H8804)} the sons{H1121} of Zedekiah{H6667} before his eyes{H5869}, and put out{H5786}{(H8765)} the eyes{H5869} of Zedekiah{H6667}, and bound{H631}{(H8799)} him with fetters{H5178} of brass{H5178}, and carried{H935}{(H8686)} him to Babylon{H894}.

8 And in the fifth{H2549} month{H2320}, on the seventh{H7651} day of the month{H2320}, which is the nineteenth{H8672}{H6240}{H8141} year{H8141} of king{H4428} Nebuchadnezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon{H894}, came{H935}{(H8804)} Nebuzaradan{H5018}, captain{H7227} of the guard{H2876}, a servant{H5650} of the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894}, unto Jerusalem{H3389}:

9 And he burnt{H8313}{(H8799)} the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, and the king's{H4428} house{H1004}, and all the houses{H1004} of Jerusalem{H3389}, and every great{H1419} man's house{H1004} burnt{H8313}{(H8804)} he with fire{H784}.

10 And all the army{H2428} of the Chaldees{H3778}, that were with the captain{H7227} of the guard{H2876}, brake down{H5422}{(H8804)} the walls{H2346} of Jerusalem{H3389} round about{H5439}.

11 Now the rest{H3499} of the people{H5971} that were left{H7604}{(H8737)} in the city{H5892}, and the fugitives{H5307}{(H8802)} that fell away{H5307}{(H8804)} 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}{(H8689)}.

12 But the captain{H7227} of the guard{H2876} left{H7604}{(H8689)} of the poor{H1803} of the land{H776} to be vinedressers{H3755} and husbandmen{H3009}{(H8802)}{(H8675)}{H1461}{(H8801)}.

13 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}{(H8765)}, and carried{H5375}{(H8799)} the brass{H5178} of them to Babylon{H894}.

14 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}{(H8762)}, took they away{H3947}{(H8804)}.

15 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}{(H8804)}.

16 The two{H8147} pillars{H5982}, one{H259} sea{H3220}, and the bases{H4350} which Solomon{H8010} had made{H6213}{(H8804)} for the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}; the brass{H5178} of all these vessels{H3627} was without{H3808} weight{H4948}.

17 The height{H6967} of the one{H259} pillar{H5982} was eighteen{H8083}{H6240} 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}.

18 And the captain{H7227} of the guard{H2876} took{H3947}{(H8799)} Seraiah{H8304} the chief{H7218} priest{H3548}, and Zephaniah{H6846} the second{H4932} priest{H3548}, and the three{H7969} keepers{H8104}{(H8802)} of the door{H5592}:

19 And out of the city{H5892} he took{H3947}{(H8804)} an{H259} officer{H5631} that was set{H6496} over the men{H582} of war{H4421}, and five{H2568} men{H582} of them that were{H7200}{(H8802)} in the king's{H4428} presence{H6440}, which were found{H4672}{(H8738)} in the city{H5892}, and the principal{H8269} scribe{H5608}{(H8802)} of the host{H6635}, which mustered{H6633}{(H8688)} the people{H5971} of the land{H776}, and threescore{H8346} men{H376} of the people{H5971} of the land{H776} that were found{H4672}{(H8737)} in the city{H5892}:

20 And Nebuzaradan{H5018} captain{H7227} of the guard{H2876} took{H3947}{(H8799)} these, and brought{H3212}{(H8686)} them to the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} to Riblah{H7247}:

21 And the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} smote{H5221}{(H8686)} them, and slew{H4191}{(H8686)} them at Riblah{H7247} in the land{H776} of Hamath{H2574}. So Judah{H3063} was carried away{H1540}{(H8799)} out of their land{H127}.

22 And as for the people{H5971} that remained{H7604}{(H8737)} in the land{H776} of Judah{H3063}, whom Nebuchadnezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} had left{H7604}{(H8689)}, even over them he made Gedaliah{H1436} the son{H1121} of Ahikam{H296}, the son{H1121} of Shaphan{H8227}, ruler{H6485}{(H8686)}.

23 And when all the captains{H8269} of the armies{H2428}, they and their men{H582}, heard{H8085}{(H8799)} that the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} had made Gedaliah{H1436} governor{H6485}{(H8689)}, there came{H935}{(H8799)} 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}.

24 And Gedaliah{H1436} sware{H7650}{(H8735)} to them, and to their men{H582}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Fear{H3372}{(H8799)} not to be the servants{H5650} of the Chaldees{H3778}: dwell{H3427}{(H8798)} in the land{H776}, and serve{H5647}{(H8798)} the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894}; and it shall be well{H3190}{(H8799)} with you.

25 But it came 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}{(H8804)}, and ten{H6235} men{H582} with him, and smote{H5221}{(H8686)} Gedaliah{H1436}, that he died{H4191}{(H8799)}, and the Jews{H3064} and the Chaldees{H3778} that were with him at Mizpah{H4709}.

26 And all the people{H5971}, both small{H6996} and great{H1419}, and the captains{H8269} of the armies{H2428}, arose{H6965}{(H8799)}, and came{H935}{(H8799)} to Egypt{H4714}: for they were afraid{H3372}{(H8804)} of{H6440} the Chaldees{H3778}.

27 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}{H6240} 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}{(H8800)} did lift up{H5375}{(H8804)} the head{H7218} of Jehoiachin{H3078} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063} out of prison{H1004}{H3608};

28 And he spake{H1696}{(H8762)} kindly{H2896} to him, and set{H5414}{(H8799)} his throne{H3678} above the throne{H3678} of the kings{H4428} that were with him in Babylon{H894};

29 And changed{H8132}{(H8765)} his prison{H3608} garments{H899}: and he did eat{H398}{(H8804)} bread{H3899} continually{H8548} before{H6440} him all the days{H3117} of his life{H2416}.

30 And his allowance{H737} was a continual{H8548} allowance{H737} given{H5414}{(H8738)} him of the king{H4428}, a daily{H3117}{H3117} rate{H1697} for every day{H3117}, all the days{H3117} of his life{H2416}.