Jerusalem Burned and Plundered

(A)Now on the seventh day of the (B)fifth month, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguards, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. And (C)he burned the house of the Lord, (D)the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every great house he burned with fire. 10 So all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the bodyguards (E)tore down the walls around Jerusalem. 11 Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the bodyguards, led into exile (F)the rest of the people who were left in the city and the deserters who had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the [a]people. 12 But the captain of the bodyguards left some of (G)the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 25:11 Lit multitude

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