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2 Kings 24:20-25:7
New International Version
2 Kings 24:20-25:7
New International Version
20 It was because of the Lord’s anger that all this happened to Jerusalem and Judah, and in the end he thrust(A) them from his presence.(B)
The Fall of Jerusalem(C)(D)(E)
Now Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
25 So in the ninth(F) year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar(G) king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army. He encamped outside the city and built siege works(H) 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(I) 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,(J) 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(K) 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,(L) 6 and he was captured.(M)
He was taken to the king of Babylon at Riblah,(N) 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.(O)
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 24:20-25:7
New American Standard Bible
2 Kings 24:20-25:7
New American Standard Bible
20 For it was (A)due to the anger of the Lord that this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He cast them out of His presence. And (B)Zedekiah revolted against the king of Babylon.
Nebuchadnezzar Besieges Jerusalem
25 (C)Now in the ninth year of his reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, (D)Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, camped against it, and (E)built a siege wall all around [a]it. 2 So the city was under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. 3 On the ninth day of the fourth month (F)the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land. 4 (G)Then the city was broken into, and all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls that were beside (H)the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans were all around the city. And [b]they went by way of the Arabah. 5 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was scattered from him. 6 Then (I)they captured the king and (J)brought him up to the king of Babylon at (K)Riblah, and he [c]passed sentence on him. 7 And (L)they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, then (M)put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze shackles, and brought him to Babylon.
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 25:1 Lit against it
- 2 Kings 25:4 As in some mss and ancient versions; MT he
- 2 Kings 25:6 Lit spoke judgment with him
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