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⥃Nebuchadnezzar Besieges Jerusalem ^{[ 2 Chronicles 36:15–21 † Jeremiah 39:1–10 ]}

[1] And it came to pass in the ninth² year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth [day] of the month, [that] Nebuchadnezzar³ king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched⁴ against it; and they built forts against it round about.⁵ [2] And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. [3] And on the ninth [day⁶] of the [fourth] month the famine⁷ prevailed in the city, and there was no⁸ bread for the people of the land.⁹

[4] [¶]And the city¹⁰ was broken up, and all the men of war [fled¹¹] by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which [is] by the king’s garden: (now the Chaldees [were] against the city round about:) and [the king¹²] went the way toward the plain. [5] And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook¹³ him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him. [6] So they took¹⁴ the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah¹⁵; and they gave judgment upon him¹⁶. [7] And they slew¹⁷ the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out¹⁸ the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him¹⁹ with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.

⥃The Temple Destroyed ^{[ Jeremiah 52:12–23 ]}

[8] And in the fifth month²⁰, on the seventh [day] of the month, which [is] the nineteenth²¹ year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar–adan²², captain²³ of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem: [9] And he burnt²⁴ the house of the Lord, and the king’s²⁵ house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great [man’s] house burnt he with fire. [10] And all the army of the Chaldees, that [were with] the captain of the guard, brake²⁶ down the walls of Jerusalem round about. [11] Now the rest²⁷ of the people [that were] left in the city, and the fugitives²⁸ that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard carry away. [12] But the captain of the guard left of the poor²⁹ of the land [to be] vinedressers and husbandmen. [13] And the³⁰ pillars³¹ of brass that [were] in the house of the Lord, and the bases³², and the brasen sea that [was] in the house of the Lord, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon. [14] And the pots³³, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. [15] And the firepans, and the bowls, [and] such things³⁴ as [were] of gold, [in] gold, and of silver, [in] silver, the captain of the guard took away. [16] The two pillars, one sea³⁵, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord; the brass³⁶ of all these vessels was without weight. [17] The height of the one pillar³⁷ [was] eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it [was] brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.

⥃Captives Carried to Babylon ^{[ Jeremiah 52:24–30 ]}

[18] [¶]And the captain³⁸ of the guard took Seraiah³⁹ the chief priest, and Zephaniah⁴⁰ the second priest⁴¹, and the three keepers of the door⁴²: [19] And out of the city he took an officer⁴³ that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king’s presence⁴⁴, which were found in the city, and the principal⁴⁵ scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land [that were] found in the city: [20] And Nebuzar–adan captain of the guard took these, and brought⁴⁶ them to the king of Babylon to Riblah: [21] And the king⁴⁷ of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah⁴⁸ was carried away out of their land.

⥃Gedaliah Governs in Judah ^{[ Jeremiah 40:1–16 ]}

[22] And [as for] the people⁴⁹ that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah⁵⁰ the son of Ahikam⁵¹, the son of Shaphan, ruler. [23] And when⁵² all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah⁵³, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men. [24] And Gedaliah sware to them⁵⁴, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be⁵⁵ well with you.

⥃The Murder of Gedaliah ^{[ Jeremiah 41:1–10 ]}

[25] But it came to pass in the seventh⁵⁶ month, that Ishmael⁵⁷ the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal⁵⁸, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah. [26] And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.⁵⁹

⥃Jehoiachin Released from Prison ^{[ Jeremiah 52:31–34 ]}

[27] [¶]And it came to pass⁶⁰ in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth [day] of the month, [that] Evil–merodach king of Babylon⁶¹ in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head⁶² of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;⁶³ [28] And he spake kindly to him⁶⁴, and set his throne above the throne⁶⁵ of the kings that [were] with him in Babylon; [29] And changed⁶⁶ his prison garments: and he did eat bread⁶⁷ continually before him all the days of his life. [30] And his allowance [was] a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate⁶⁸ for every day, all the days of his life⁶⁹.