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2 Kungaboken 25
Svenska Folkbibeln
2 Kungaboken 25
Svenska Folkbibeln
Jerusalem faller
25 Sidkia gjorde uppror mot kungen i Babel. På tionde dagen i den tionde månaden av Sidkias nionde regeringsår[a] kom den babyloniske kungen Nebukadnessar med hela sin här till Jerusalem och belägrade staden. De byggde en belägringsmur runt omkring den. 2 Staden var belägrad ända till kung Sidkias elfte regeringsår. 3 Men på nionde dagen i månaden[b] var hungersnöden så stor i staden att folket i landet inte hade något att äta. 4 Staden stormades och allt krigsfolket flydde under natten genom porten mellan de båda murarna, den port som ledde till den kungliga trädgården, medan kaldeerna låg runt omkring staden. Kungen tog vägen åt Hedmarken till.
5 Men kaldeernas här förföljde kungen och hann upp honom på Jerikos hedmarker, sedan hela hans här hade övergivit honom och skingrats. 6 De grep Sidkia och förde honom till den babyloniske kungen i Ribla. Där uttalades domen över honom. 7 Man avrättade Sidkias barn inför hans ögon, och på Sidkia själv stack man ut ögonen. Man fängslade honom med kopparkedjor och förde honom till Babel.
Templet blir förstört
8 På sjunde dagen i den femte månaden av den babyloniske kungen Nebukadnessars nittonde regeringsår,[c] kom den babyloniske kungens tjänare Nebusaradan, som var överste för drabanterna, till Jerusalem. 9 Han brände upp Herrens hus och det kungliga palatset. Alla hus i Jerusalem, alla de förnämas hus brände han upp i eld. 10 Murarna runt omkring Jerusalem bröts ner av hela den här av kaldeer som översten för drabanterna hade med sig. 11 Återstoden av folket - de som var kvar i staden och de överlöpare som hade gått över till kungen i Babel, liksom den övriga hopen - förde Nebusaradan, översten för drabanterna, bort i fångenskap. 12 Men av de fattigaste i landet lämnade översten för drabanterna kvar några att sköta vingårdarna och åkrarna.
13 Kopparpelarna i Herrens hus, bäckenställen och kopparhavet i Herrens hus slog kaldeerna sönder och förde kopparn till Babel. 14 Och askkärlen, skovlarna, knivarna, skålarna och alla kopparkärl som hade använts vid gudstjänsten tog de med sig. 15 Likaså tog översten för drabanterna fyrfaten och offerskålarna, allt som var av rent guld eller av rent silver. 16 Vad gäller de två pelarna, havet och bäckenställen, som Salomo hade låtit göra till Herrens hus, så kunde kopparn i alla dessa föremål inte vägas. 17 Arton alnar hög var den ena pelaren och ovanpå den var ett pelarhuvud av koppar. Pelarhuvudet var tre alnar högt och ett nätverk av granatäpplen fanns på pelarhuvudet runt omkring, alltsammans av koppar. Likadant var nätverket på den andra pelaren.
Juda rikes undergång
18 Översten för drabanterna tog översteprästen Seraja och Sefanja, prästen närmast under honom, likaså de tre som höll vakt vid ingången. 19 Och från staden tog han en hovman, den som var anförare för krigsfolket, och fem av kungens närmaste män som påträffades i staden, likaså överbefälhavarens sekreterare, som brukade skriva ut folket i landet till krigstjänst, och sextio andra män av landets folk som påträffades i staden. 20 Dessa tog Nebusaradan, översten för drabanterna, och förde dem till den babyloniske kungen i Ribla. 21 Och kungen i Babel lät avrätta dem där, i Ribla i Hamats land. Så blev Juda bortfört från sitt land.
Gedalja sätts över de kvarblivna i Juda
22 Men över det folk som blev kvar i Juda land, det folk som Nebukadnessar, kungen i Babel, lät bli kvar, satte han Gedalja, son till Ahikam, son till Safan. 23 När alla krigsbefälhavare tillsammans med sina män fick höra att kungen i Babel hade satt Gedalja över landet, kom de till Gedalja i Mispa, nämligen Ismael, Netanjas son, Johanan, Kareas son, netofatiten Seraja, Tanhumets son, och Jaasanja, maakatitens son, med sina män. 24 Gedalja gav dem och deras män sin ed och sade till dem: "Frukta inte för kaldeernas tjänare. Stanna kvar i landet och tjäna kungen i Babel så skall det gå er väl."
25 Men i sjunde månaden kom Ismael, son till Netanja, son till Elisama av kunglig börd, och hade med sig tio män. De slog ihjäl Gedalja, likaså de judar och kaldeer som var hos honom i Mispa. 26 Då bröt allt folket upp, från den minste till den störste, tillsammans med härförarna och begav sig till Egypten. De fruktade nämligen för kaldeerna.
Jojakin befrias ur fängelset
27 Men i det trettiosjunde året sedan Jojakin, Juda kung, hade blivit bortförd i fångenskap, i tolfte månaden, på tjugosjunde dagen i månaden,[d] tog Evil-Merodak, kungen i Babel - samma år han blev kung - Jojakin, Juda kung, till nåder och förde honom ut ur fängelset. 28 Han talade vänligt med honom och gav honom främsta platsen bland de kungar som var hos honom i Babel. 29 Han fick lägga av sin fångdräkt och ständigt äta vid kungens bord så länge han levde. 30 Ett fast underhåll fick han från kungen, visst för varje dag, så länge han levde.
Footnotes
- 2 Kungaboken 25:1 15 januari år 587 f. Kr.
- 2 Kungaboken 25:3 nionde dagen i månaden 18 juli 586 f. Kr. Se not till Jer 52:6.
- 2 Kungaboken 25:8 14 augusti 586 f. Kr.
- 2 Kungaboken 25:27 22 mars 561 f. Kr.
2 Kings 25
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2 Kings 25
New International Version
25 So in the ninth(A) year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar(B) king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army. He encamped outside the city and built siege works(C) all around it. 2 The city was kept under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
3 By the ninth day of the fourth[a] month the famine(D) in the city had become so severe that there was no food for the people to eat. 4 Then the city wall was broken through,(E) and the whole army fled at night through the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden, though the Babylonians[b] were surrounding(F) the city. They fled toward the Arabah,[c] 5 but the Babylonian[d] army pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho. All his soldiers were separated from him and scattered,(G) 6 and he was captured.(H)
He was taken to the king of Babylon at Riblah,(I) where sentence was pronounced on him. 7 They killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon.(J)
8 On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard, an official of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 9 He set fire(K) to the temple of the Lord, the royal palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every important building he burned down.(L) 10 The whole Babylonian army under the commander of the imperial guard broke down the walls(M) around Jerusalem. 11 Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard carried into exile(N) the people who remained in the city, along with the rest of the populace and those who had deserted to the king of Babylon.(O) 12 But the commander left behind some of the poorest people(P) of the land to work the vineyards and fields.
13 The Babylonians broke(Q) up the bronze pillars, the movable stands and the bronze Sea that were at the temple of the Lord and they carried the bronze to Babylon. 14 They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes(R) and all the bronze articles(S) used in the temple service. 15 The commander of the imperial guard took away the censers and sprinkling bowls—all that were made of pure gold or silver.(T)
16 The bronze from the two pillars, the Sea and the movable stands, which Solomon had made for the temple of the Lord, was more than could be weighed. 17 Each pillar(U) was eighteen cubits[e] high. The bronze capital on top of one pillar was three cubits[f] high and was decorated with a network and pomegranates of bronze all around. The other pillar, with its network, was similar.
18 The commander of the guard took as prisoners Seraiah(V) the chief priest, Zephaniah(W) the priest next in rank and the three doorkeepers.(X) 19 Of those still in the city, he took the officer in charge of the fighting men, and five royal advisers. He also took the secretary who was chief officer in charge of conscripting the people of the land and sixty of the conscripts who were found in the city. 20 Nebuzaradan the commander took them all and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. 21 There at Riblah,(Y) in the land of Hamath, the king had them executed.(Z)
So Judah went into captivity,(AA) away from her land.(AB)
22 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah(AC) son of Ahikam,(AD) the son of Shaphan, to be over the people he had left behind in Judah. 23 When all the army officers and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, Jaazaniah the son of the Maakathite, and their men. 24 Gedaliah took an oath to reassure them and their men. “Do not be afraid of the Babylonian officials,” he said. “Settle down in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well with you.”
25 In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was of royal blood, came with ten men and assassinated(AE) Gedaliah and also the men of Judah and the Babylonians who were with him at Mizpah.(AF) 26 At this, all the people from the least to the greatest, together with the army officers, fled to Egypt(AG) for fear of the Babylonians.
Jehoiachin Released(AH)
27 In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the year Awel-Marduk became king of Babylon, he released Jehoiachin(AI) king of Judah from prison. He did this on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month. 28 He spoke kindly(AJ) to him and gave him a seat of honor(AK) higher than those of the other kings who were with him in Babylon. 29 So Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes and for the rest of his life ate regularly at the king’s table.(AL) 30 Day by day the king gave Jehoiachin a regular allowance as long as he lived.(AM)
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 25:3 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Jer. 52:6); Masoretic Text does not have fourth.
- 2 Kings 25:4 Or Chaldeans; also in verses 13, 25 and 26
- 2 Kings 25:4 Or the Jordan Valley
- 2 Kings 25:5 Or Chaldean; also in verses 10 and 24
- 2 Kings 25:17 That is, about 27 feet or about 8.1 meters
- 2 Kings 25:17 That is, about 4 1/2 feet or about 1.4 meters
2 Kings 25
World English Bible
2 Kings 25
World English Bible
25 In the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it around it. 2 So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. 3 On the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land. 4 Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden (now the Chaldeans were against the city around it); and the king went by the way of the Arabah. 5 But the Chaldean army pursued the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him. 6 Then they captured the king and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they passed judgment on him. 7 They killed Zedekiah’s sons before his eyes, then put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
8 Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 9 He burned Yahweh’s house, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem. He burned every great house with fire. 10 All the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down the walls around Jerusalem. 11 Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive the rest of the people who were left in the city and those who had deserted to the king of Babylon—all the rest of the multitude. 12 But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to work the vineyards and fields.
13 The Chaldeans broke up the pillars of bronze that were in Yahweh’s house and the bases and the bronze sea that were in Yahweh’s house, and carried the bronze pieces to Babylon. 14 They took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the spoons, and all the vessels of bronze with which they ministered. 15 The captain of the guard took away the fire pans, the basins, that which was of gold, for gold, and that which was of silver, for silver. 16 The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases, which Solomon had made for Yahweh’s house, the bronze of all these vessels was not weighed. 17 The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits,[a] and a capital of bronze was on it. The height of the capital was three cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capital around it, all of bronze; and the second pillar with its network was like these.
18 The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold; 19 and out of the city he took an officer who was set over the men of war; and five men of those who saw the king’s face, who were found in the city; and the scribe, the captain of the army, who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the city. 20 Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. 21 The king of Babylon attacked them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.
22 As for the people who were left in the land of Judah whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor. 23 Now when all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, Johanan the son of Kareah, Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men. 24 Gedaliah swore to them and to their men, and said to them, “Don’t be afraid because of the servants of the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.”
25 But in the seventh month, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal offspring came, and ten men with him, and struck Gedaliah so that he died, with the Jews and the Chaldeans that were with him at Mizpah. 26 All the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces arose and came to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans. 27 In the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, released Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison, 28 and he spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon, 29 and changed his prison garments. Jehoiachin ate bread before him continually all the days of his life; 30 and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him from the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.
Footnotes
- 25:17 A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
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