They slaughtered Zedekiah’s sons before his eyes. Finally, the king of Babylon blinded Zedekiah, bound him in bronze chains, and took him to Babylon.(A)

Jerusalem Destroyed

On(B) the seventh day of the fifth month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.(C) He burned the Lord’s temple,(D) the king’s palace,(E) and all the houses of Jerusalem; he burned down(F) all the great houses.

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Then they killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, (A)put[a] out the eyes of Zedekiah, bound him with bronze fetters, and took him to Babylon.

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

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 25:7 blinded

And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.

And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:

And he burnt the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire.

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