So they took the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon (A)at Riblah, and they pronounced judgment on him. Then they killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, (B)put[a] out the eyes of Zedekiah, bound him with bronze fetters, and took him to Babylon.

And in the fifth month, (C)on the seventh day of the month (which was (D)the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), (E)Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. (F)He burned the house of the Lord (G)and the king’s house; all the houses of Jerusalem, that is, all the houses of the great, (H)he burned with fire. 10 And all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard (I)broke down the walls of Jerusalem all around.

11 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive (J)the rest of the people who remained in the city and the defectors who had deserted to the king of Babylon, with the rest of the multitude.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 25:7 blinded

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