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2 Kings 25
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25 1 Jerusalem is besieged of Nebuchadnezzar, and taken. 7 The sons of Zedekiah are slain before his eyes, and after are his own eyes put out. 11 Judah is brought to Babylon. 25 Gedaliah is slain. 27 Jehoiachin is exalted.

1 (A)And in the [a]ninth year of his reign, the [b]tenth month, and tenth day of the month Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and they built [c]forts against it round about it.

2 So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

3 And the ninth day of the month the famine was [d]sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

4 Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night, by the way of the [e]gate, which is between two walls that was by the king’s garden: now the Chaldeans were by the city round about: and the king went by the way of the wilderness.

5 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and took him in the deserts of Jericho, and all his host was scattered from him.

6 Then they took the king, and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah, where they [f]gave judgment upon him.

7 And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon.

8 And in the fifth month, and [g]seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan [h]chief steward and servant of the king of Babylon, to Jerusalem,

9 And burnt the house of the Lord, and the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the great houses burnt he with fire.

10 And all the army of the Chaldeans that were with the chief steward, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.

11 And the rest of the people that were left in the city, and those that were fled and [i]fallen to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan chief steward carry away captive.

12 But the chief steward left of the poor of the land to dress the vines, and to till the land.

13 (B)Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the Lord, and the bases, and the brazen Sea that was in the house of the Lord, did the Chaldeans break, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.

14 The pots [j]also and the besoms, and the instruments of music, and the incense dishes, and all the vessels of brass that they ministered in, took they away.

15 And the ash pans, and the basins, and all that was of gold, and that was of silver, took the chief steward away,

16 With the two pillars, one Sea and the bases, which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

17 (C)The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter thereon was brass, and the height of the chapiter was with network three cubits, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and likewise was the second pillar with the network.

18 And the chief steward took Seraiah the chief Priest, and Zephaniah the [k]second Priest, and the three keepers of the door.

19 And out of the city he took an Eunuch that had the oversight of the men of war, and [l]five men of them that were in the King’s presence, which were found in the city, and Sopher captain of the host, who mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the city.

20 And Nebuzaradan the chief steward took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.

21 And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his own land.

22 (D)Howbeit, there remained people in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon left, and made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan ruler over them.

23 Then when all the captains of the host and their men heard, that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, to wit, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of Maachathi, they and their men.

24 And Gedaliah [m]sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and ye shall be well.

25 (E)But in the seventh month Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the king’s seed, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, and he died, and so did he the Jews, and the Chaldeans that were with him at Mizpah.

26 Then all the people both small and great, and the captains of the army arose, and came to [n]Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.

27 Notwithstanding in the seven and thirtieth year after [o]Jehoiachin King of Judah was carried away, in the twelfth month and the seven and twentieth day of the month, Evil-Merodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign, did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of the prison,

28 And spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,

29 And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him, all the days of his life.

30 And his [p]portion was a continual portion given him by the king, every day a certain, all the days of his life.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 25:1 That is, of Zedekiah.
  2. 2 Kings 25:1 Which the Hebrews call Tebet, and it containeth part of December, and part of January.
  3. 2 Kings 25:1 Or, a mount.
  4. 2 Kings 25:3 Insomuch that the mothers did eat their children, Lam. 4:10.
  5. 2 Kings 25:4 Which was a postern door, or some secret gate to issue out at.
  6. 2 Kings 25:6 Or, condemned him for his perjury and treason, 2 Chron. 36:13.
  7. 2 Kings 25:8 Jeremiah writeth, Jer. 52:12, the tenth day, because the fire continued from the seventh day to the tenth.
  8. 2 Kings 25:8 Or, captain of the guard.
  9. 2 Kings 25:11 While the siege endured.
  10. 2 Kings 25:14 Of these read Exod. 27:3.
  11. 2 Kings 25:18 That is, one appointed to succeed in the high Priest’s room, if he were sick or else otherwise letted.
  12. 2 Kings 25:19 Jeremiah maketh mention of seven, but here he speaketh of them that were the chiefest.
  13. 2 Kings 25:24 That is, he did exhort them in the Name of the Lord, according to Jeremiah’s counsel, to submit themselves to Nebuchadnezzar, seeing it was the revealed will of the Lord.
  14. 2 Kings 25:26 Contrary to Jeremiah’s counsel, Jer. 40–43.
  15. 2 Kings 25:27 Thus long was he, his wife and his children in Babylon, whom Nebuchadnezzar’s son, after his father’s death preferred to honor: thus by God’s providence the seed of David was preserved even unto Christ.
  16. 2 Kings 25:30 Meaning, that he had an ordinary in the court.
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25 En el año noveno del reinado de Sedequías, a los diez días del mes décimo, Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, marchó con todo su ejército y atacó a Jerusalén. Acampó frente a la ciudad y construyó torres de asalto a su alrededor. 2 La ciudad estuvo sitiada hasta el año undécimo del reinado de Sedequías.

3 A los nueve días del mes cuarto,[a] cuando el hambre se agravó en la ciudad y no había más alimento para el pueblo, 4 se abrió una brecha en el muro de la ciudad, de modo que, aunque los babilonios[b] la tenían cercada, todo el ejército se escapó de noche por la puerta que estaba entre los dos muros, junto al jardín real. Huyeron camino al Arabá,[c] 5 pero el ejército babilonio persiguió al rey Sedequías hasta alcanzarlo en la llanura de Jericó. Sus soldados se dispersaron, abandonándolo, 6 y los babilonios lo capturaron.

Luego lo llevaron ante el rey de Babilonia, que estaba en Riblá. Allí Sedequías recibió su sentencia. 7 Ante sus propios ojos degollaron a sus hijos y después le sacaron los ojos, lo ataron con cadenas de bronce y lo llevaron a Babilonia.

8 A los siete días del mes quinto del año diecinueve del reinado de Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, su ministro Nabuzaradán, que era el comandante de la guardia, fue a Jerusalén 9 y prendió fuego al Templo del Señor, al palacio real y a todas las casas de Jerusalén, incluso a todos los edificios importantes. 10 Entonces todo el ejército de los babilonios bajo su mando derribó las murallas que rodeaban la ciudad. 11 Además, Nabuzaradán, comandante de la guardia, deportó a la gente que quedaba en la ciudad, es decir, al resto de la muchedumbre y a los que se habían aliado con el rey de Babilonia. 12 Sin embargo, dejó a algunos de los más pobres para que se encargaran de los viñedos y de los campos.

13 Los babilonios quebraron las columnas de bronce, las bases y la fuente[d] de bronce que estaban en el Templo del Señor, y se llevaron el bronce a Babilonia. 14 También se llevaron las ollas, las tenazas, los cortapabilos, la vajilla y todos los utensilios de bronce que se usaban para el culto. 15 Además, el comandante de la guardia tomó los incensarios y los tazones, todo lo cual era de oro y de plata.

16 El bronce de las dos columnas, de la fuente y de las bases, que Salomón había hecho para el Templo del Señor, era tanto que no se podía pesar. 17 Cada columna medía dieciocho codos[e] de altura. El capitel de bronce que estaba encima de cada columna medía tres codos[f] de altura y estaba decorado alrededor con una red y con granadas de bronce. Las dos columnas tenían el mismo adorno.

18 El comandante de la guardia tomó presos a Seraías, sacerdote principal, a Sofonías, sacerdote de segundo rango, y a los tres porteros. 19 De los que quedaban en la ciudad, apresó al oficial encargado de las tropas, a cinco de los servidores personales del rey, al cronista principal del ejército —encargado de reclutar soldados de entre el pueblo— y a sesenta ciudadanos que todavía estaban en la ciudad. 20 Después de apresarlos, Nabuzaradán, comandante de la guardia, se los llevó al rey de Babilonia, que estaba en Riblá. 21 Allí, en el territorio de Jamat, el rey los hizo ejecutar.

Así Judá fue desterrado y llevado cautivo.

22 Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, nombró a Guedalías, hijo de Ajicán y nieto de Safán, para gobernar a la gente que había dejado en Judá. 23 Cuando los oficiales del ejército de Judá y sus tropas se enteraron de que el rey de Babilonia había nombrado gobernador a Guedalías, fueron a ver a este en Mizpa. Los oficiales eran Ismael, hijo de Netanías; Johanán, hijo de Carea; Seraías, hijo de Tanjumet, oriundo de Netofa; y Jazanías, hijo de un hombre de Macá. 24 Guedalías hizo este juramento a ellos y a sus tropas: «No teman a los oficiales babilonios. Si ustedes se quedan en el país y sirven al rey de Babilonia, les aseguro que les irá bien».

25 Pero a los siete meses, Ismael, hijo de Netanías y nieto de Elisama, de estirpe real, junto con diez hombres que lo acompañaban, fueron y asesinaron a Guedalías; también mataron a los hombres de Judá y a los babilonios que formaban parte de su séquito en Mizpa. 26 Luego de eso todos huyeron a Egipto, grandes y pequeños, junto con los oficiales del ejército, pues temían a los babilonios.

Liberación del rey Joaquín(A)

27 En el día veintisiete del mes duodécimo del año treinta y siete del exilio de Joaquín, rey de Judá, Evil Merodac, rey de Babilonia, en el año primero de su reinado, sacó a Joaquín de la cárcel. 28 Lo trató amablemente y le dio una posición más alta que la de los otros reyes que estaban con él en Babilonia. 29 Joaquín dejó su ropa de prisionero y por el resto de su vida comió a la mesa del rey. 30 Además, durante toda su vida Joaquín gozó de una pensión diaria que le proveía el rey de Babilonia.

Footnotes

  1. 25:3 cuarto. El texto hebreo no incluye esta palabra, pero véase Jer 52:6.
  2. 25:4 Lit. caldeos.
  3. 25:4 Arabá. Alt. valle del Jordán.
  4. 25:13 la fuente. Lit. el mar; también en v. 16.
  5. 25:17 Es decir, aprox. 8 m.
  6. 25:17 Es decir, aprox. 1.4 m.
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The Fall and Captivity of Judah(A)

25 Now it came to pass (B)in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and encamped against it; and they built a siege wall against it all around. 2 So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. 3 By the ninth day of the (C)fourth month the famine had become so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.

4 Then (D)the city wall was broken through, and all the men of war fled at night by way of the gate between two walls, which was by the king’s garden, even though the Chaldeans were still encamped all around against the city. And (E)the king[a] went by way of the [b]plain. 5 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and they overtook him in the plains of Jericho. All his army was scattered from him. 6 So they took the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon (F)at Riblah, and they pronounced judgment on him. 7 Then they killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, (G)put[c] out the eyes of Zedekiah, bound him with bronze fetters, and took him to Babylon.

8 And in the fifth month, (H)on the seventh day of the month (which was (I)the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), (J)Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 9 (K)He burned the house of the Lord (L)and the king’s house; all the houses of Jerusalem, that is, all the houses of the great, (M)he burned with fire. 10 And all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard (N)broke down the walls of Jerusalem all around.

11 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive (O)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. 12 But the captain of the guard (P)left some of the poor of the land as vinedressers and farmers. 13 (Q)The bronze (R)pillars that were in the house of the Lord, and (S)the carts and (T)the bronze Sea that were in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke in pieces, and (U)carried their bronze to Babylon. 14 They also took away (V)the pots, the shovels, the trimmers, the spoons, and all the bronze utensils with which the priests ministered. 15 The firepans and the basins, the things of solid gold and solid silver, the captain of the guard took away. 16 The two pillars, one Sea, and the carts, which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord, (W)the bronze of all these articles was beyond measure. 17 (X)The height of one pillar was [d]eighteen cubits, and the capital on it was of bronze. The height of the capital was three cubits, and the network and pomegranates all around the capital were all of bronze. The second pillar was the same, with a network.

18 (Y)And the captain of the guard took (Z)Seraiah the chief priest, (AA)Zephaniah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers. 19 He also took out of the city an officer who had charge of the men of war, (AB)five men of [e]the king’s close associates who were found in the city, the chief recruiting officer 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 So Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, took these and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. 21 Then the king of Babylon struck them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. (AC)Thus Judah was carried away captive from its own land.

Gedaliah Made Governor of Judah(AD)

22 Then he made Gedaliah the son of (AE)Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor over (AF)the people who remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left. 23 Now when all the (AG)captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, Johanan the son of Careah, Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and [f]Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men. 24 And Gedaliah took an oath before them and their men, and said to them, “Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.”

25 But (AH)it happened in the seventh month that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal family, came with ten men and struck and killed Gedaliah, the Jews, as well as the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah. 26 And all the people, small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose (AI)and went to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.

Jehoiachin Released from Prison(AJ)

27 (AK)Now it came to pass 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, that [g]Evil-Merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, (AL)released Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison. 28 He spoke kindly to him, and gave him a more prominent seat than those of the kings who were with him in Babylon. 29 So Jehoiachin changed from his prison garments, and he (AM)ate [h]bread regularly before the king all the days of his life. 30 And as for his [i]provisions, there was a [j]regular ration given him by the king, a portion for each day, all the days of his life.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 25:4 Lit. he
  2. 2 Kings 25:4 Or Arabah, the Jordan Valley
  3. 2 Kings 25:7 blinded
  4. 2 Kings 25:17 About 27 feet
  5. 2 Kings 25:19 Lit. those seeing the king’s face
  6. 2 Kings 25:23 Jezaniah, Jer. 40:8
  7. 2 Kings 25:27 Lit. Man of Marduk
  8. 2 Kings 25:29 Food
  9. 2 Kings 25:30 Lit. allowance
  10. 2 Kings 25:30 Lit. allowance
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