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1. Zedekiah was a son of twenty one years when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
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1. Zedekiah H6667 was one H259 and twenty H6242 years H8141 old H1121 when he began to reign H4427 , and he reigned H4427 eleven H6259 H6240 years H8141 in Jerusalem H3389 . And his mother H517 's name H8034 was Hamutal H2537 the daughter H1323 of Jeremiah H3414 of Libnah H4480 H3841 .
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2. And he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
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2. And he did H6213 that which was evil H7451 in the eyes H5869 of the LORD H3068 , according to all H3605 that H834 Jehoiakim H3079 had done H6213 .
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3. For it was because of the anger of Jehovah in Jerusalem and Judah that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon, until Jehovah had cast them out from His face.
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3. For H3588 through H5921 the anger H639 of the LORD H3068 it came to pass H1961 in Jerusalem H3389 and Judah H3063 , till H5704 he had cast them out H7993 H853 from H4480 H5921 his presence H6440 , that Zedekiah H6667 rebelled H4775 against the king H4428 of Babylon H894 .
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4. And in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came, he and all his army against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built a siege wall against it all around.
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4. And it came to pass H1961 in the ninth H8671 year H8141 of his reign H4427 , in the tenth H6224 month H2320 , in the tenth H6218 day of the month H2320 , that Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 came H935 , he H1931 and all H3605 his army H2428 , against H5921 Jerusalem H3389 , and pitched H2583 against H5921 it , and built H1129 forts H1785 against H5921 it round about H5439 .
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5. And the city came under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
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5. So the city H5892 was besieged H935 H4692 unto H5704 the eleventh H6249 H6240 year H8141 of king H4428 Zedekiah H6667 .
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6. And in the fourth month, in the ninth of the month, the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no food for the people of the land.
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6. And in the fourth H7243 month H2320 , in the ninth H8672 day of the month H2320 , the famine H7458 was sore H2388 in the city H5892 , so that there was H1961 no H3808 bread H3899 for the people H5971 of the land H776 .
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7. Then the city was breached, and all the men of war fled, and went out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden. And the Chaldeans lay all around the city. And they went by the way of the Arabah.
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7. Then the city H5892 was broken up H1234 , and all H3605 the men H376 of war H4421 fled H1272 , and went forth H3318 out of the city H4480 H5892 by night H3915 by the way H1870 of the gate H8179 between H996 the two walls H2346 , which H834 was by H5921 the king H4428 's garden H1588 ; (now the Chaldeans H3778 were by H5921 the city H5892 round about H5439 :) and they went H1980 by the way H1870 of the plain H6160 .
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8. But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the Arabah of Jericho. And all his army was scattered from him.
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8. But the army H2428 of the Chaldeans H3778 pursued H7291 after H310 the king H4428 , and overtook H5381 H853 Zedekiah H6667 in the plains H6160 of Jericho H3405 ; and all H3605 his army H2428 was scattered H6327 from H4480 H5921 him.
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9. And they took the king and carried him up to the king of Babylon, to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgments against him.
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9. Then they took H8610 H853 the king H4428 , and carried him up H5927 unto H413 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 to Riblah H7247 in the land H776 of Hamath H2574 ; where he gave H1696 judgment H4941 upon H854 him.
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10. And the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. He also slaughtered all the rulers of Judah in Riblah.
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10. And the king H4428 of Babylon H894 slew H7819 H853 the sons H1121 of Zedekiah H6667 before his eyes H5869 : he slew H7819 also H1571 H853 all H3605 the princes H8269 of Judah H3063 in Riblah H7247 .
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11. And he blinded the eyes of Zedekiah. And the king of Babylon bound him in bronze fetters and carried him to Babylon. And he put him in prison until the day of his death.
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11. Then he put out H5786 the eyes H5869 of Zedekiah H6667 ; and the king H4428 of Babylon H894 bound H631 him in chains H5178 , and carried H935 him to Babylon H894 , and put H5414 him in prison H1004 H6486 till H5704 the day H3117 of his death H4194 .
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12. And in the fifth month, in the tenth of the month, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the chief of the executioners, who stood before the king of Babylon, came into Jerusalem.
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12. Now in the fifth H2549 month H2320 , in the tenth H6218 day of the month H2320 , which H1931 was the nineteenth H8672 H6240 year H8141 of Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 , came H935 Nebuzaradan H5018 , captain H7227 of the guard H2876 , which served H5975 H6440 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 , into Jerusalem H3389 ,
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13. And he burned the house of Jehovah and the king's house. And he burned all the houses of Jerusalem with fire, and all the houses of the great ones.
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13. And burned H8313 H853 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , and the king H4428 's house H1004 ; and all H3605 the houses H1004 of Jerusalem H3389 , and all H3605 the houses H1004 of the great H1419 men , burned H8313 he with fire H784 :
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14. And all the army of the Chaldeans with the chief of the executioners broke down all the walls of Jerusalem all around.
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14. And all H3605 the army H2428 of the Chaldeans H3778 , that H834 were with H854 the captain H7227 of the guard H2876 , broke down H5422 all H3605 the walls H2346 of Jerusalem H3389 round about H5439 .
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15. Then Nechzaradan, the chief of the executioners, exiled some of the poor of the people, and the rest of the people who remained in the city, and those who fell away, who fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.
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15. Then Nebuzaradan H5018 the captain H7227 of the guard H2876 carried away captive H1540 certain of the poor H4480 H1803 of the people H5971 , and the residue H3499 of the people H5971 that remained H7604 in the city H5892 , and those that fell away H5307 , that H834 fell H5307 to H413 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 , and the rest H3499 of the multitude H527 .
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16. But Nebuzaradan, the chief of the executioners, left some of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for farmers.
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16. But Nebuzaradan H5018 the captain H7227 of the guard H2876 left H7604 certain of the poor H4480 H1803 of the land H776 for vinedressers H3755 and for husbandmen H3009 .
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17. Also the Chaldeans broke the pillars of bronze that were in the house of Jehovah, and the bases, and the bronze sea in the house of Jehovah, and carried all the bronze from them to Babylon.
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17. Also the pillars H5982 of brass H5178 that H834 were in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , and the bases H4350 , and the brazen H5178 sea H3220 that H834 was in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , the Chaldeans H3778 broke H7665 , and carried H5375 H853 all H3605 the brass H5178 of them to Babylon H894 .
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18. They also took away the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of bronze with which they served.
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18. The caldrons H5518 also , and the shovels H3257 , and the snuffers H4212 , and the bowls H4219 , and the spoons H3709 , and all H3605 the vessels H3627 of brass H5178 wherewith H834 they ministered H8334 , took they away H3947 .
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19. And the chief of the executioners took away the basins, and the fire-pans, and the bowls, and the pots, the lampstands, and the spoons, and the cups; what was gold, in gold, and what was silver, in silver,
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19. And the basins H5592 , and the firepans H4289 , and the bowls H4219 , and the caldrons H5518 , and the candlesticks H4501 , and the spoons H3709 , and the cups H4518 ; that which H834 was of gold H2091 in gold H2091 , and that which H834 was of silver H3701 in silver H3701 , took H3947 the captain H7227 of the guard H2876 away.
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20. the two pillars, one sea, and twelve bronze bulls that were under the bases, which King Solomon had made in the house of Jehovah. The weight of the bronze of all these vessels was not known.
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20. The two H8147 pillars H5982 , one H259 sea H3220 , and twelve H8147 H6240 brazen H5178 bulls H1241 that H834 were under H8478 the bases H4350 , which H834 king H4428 Solomon H8010 had made H6213 in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 : the brass H5178 of all H3605 these H428 vessels H3627 was H1961 without H3808 weight H4948 .
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21. And the pillars: the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a line of twelve cubits went around it, and its thickness was four fingers; it was hollow.
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21. And concerning the pillars H5982 , the height H6967 of one H259 pillar H5982 was eighteen H8083 H6240 cubits H520 ; and a fillet H2339 of twelve H8147 H6240 cubits H520 did compass H5437 it ; and the thickness H5672 thereof was four H702 fingers H676 : it was hollow H5014 .
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22. And a capital of bronze was on it; and the height of one capital was five cubits, with grating and pomegranates on the capitals all around, all of bronze. And like these was the second pillar, and the pomegranates.
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22. And a chapiter H3805 of brass H5178 was upon H5921 it ; and the height H6967 of one H259 chapiter H3805 was five H2568 cubits H520 , with network H7639 and pomegranates H7416 upon H5921 the chapiters H3805 round about H5439 , all H3605 of brass H5178 . The second H8145 pillar H5982 also and the pomegranates H7416 were like unto these H428 .
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23. And ninety-six pomegranates were on a side; all the pomegranates on the grating were a hundred all around.
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23. And there were H1961 ninety H8673 and six H8337 pomegranates H7416 on a side H7307 ; and all H3605 the pomegranates H7416 upon H5921 the network H7639 were a hundred H3967 round about H5439 .
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24. And the chief of the executioners took Seraiah the head priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers.
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24. And the captain H7227 of the guard H2876 took H3947 H853 Seraiah H8304 the chief H7218 priest H3548 , and Zephaniah H6846 the second H4932 priest H3548 , and the three H7969 keepers H8104 of the door H5592 :
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25. He also took out of the city one eunuch who was in charge of the men of war, and seven men who saw the king's face, who were found in the city, and the commander of the army's scribe who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the middle of the city.
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25. He took H3947 also out of H4480 the city H5892 a H259 eunuch H5631 , which H834 had H1961 the charge H6496 of H5921 the men H376 of war H4421 ; and seven H7651 men H376 of them that were near H4480 H7200 the king H4428 's person H6440 , which H834 were found H4672 in the city H5892 ; and the principal H8269 scribe H5608 of the host H6635 , who mustered H6633 H853 the people H5971 of the land H776 ; and threescore H8346 men H376 of the people H4480 H5971 of the land H776 , that were found H4672 in the midst H8432 of the city H5892 .
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26. And Nebuzaradan, the chief of the executioners, took them and led them to the king of Babylon, to Riblah.
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26. So Nebuzaradan H5018 the captain H7227 of the guard H2876 took H3947 them , and brought H1980 them to H413 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 to Riblah H7247 .
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27. And the king of Babylon struck them and slaughtered them in Riblah in the land of Hamath. And Judah was exiled from off his land.
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27. And the king H4428 of Babylon H894 smote H5221 them , and put them to death H4191 in Riblah H7247 in the land H776 of Hamath H2574 . Thus Judah H3063 was carried away captive H1540 out of H4480 H5921 his own land H127 .
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28. This is the people whom Nebuchadnezzar exiled: In the seventh year, three thousand and twenty three Jews;
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28. This H2088 is the people H5971 whom H834 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 carried away captive H1540 : in the seventh H7651 year H8141 three H7969 thousand H505 Jews H3064 and three H7969 and twenty H6242 :
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29. in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar, eight hundred thirty two souls from Jerusalem;
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29. In the eighteenth H8083 H6240 year H8141 of Nebuchadnezzar H5019 he carried away captive H1540 from Jerusalem H4480 H3389 eight H8083 hundred H3967 thirty H7970 and two H8147 persons H5315 :
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30. in the twenty third year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan, the chief of the executioners, exiled seven hundred forty five souls of the Jews. All the souls were four thousand and six hundred.
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30. In the three H7969 and twentieth H6242 year H8141 of Nebuchadnezzar H5019 Nebuzaradan H5018 the captain H7227 of the guard H2876 carried away captive H1540 of the Jews H3064 seven H7651 hundred H3967 forty H705 and five H2568 persons H5315 : all H3605 the persons H5315 were four H702 thousand H505 and six H8337 hundred H3967 .
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31. And it happened in the thirty seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin, king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the twenty fifth of the month, Evil-merodach, king of Babylon, in the year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin, king of Judah, and brought him from the prison house.
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31. And it came to pass H1961 in the seven H7651 and thirtieth H7970 year H8141 of the captivity H1546 of Jehoiachin H3078 king H4428 of Judah H3063 , in the twelfth H8147 H6240 month H2320 , in the five H2568 and twentieth H6242 day of the month H2320 , that Evil H192 -merodach king H4428 of Babylon H894 in the first year H8141 of his reign H4438 lifted up H5375 H853 the head H7218 of Jehoiachin H3078 king H4428 of Judah H3063 , and brought him forth H3318 H853 out of prison H4480 H1004 H3628 ,
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32. And he spoke good to him and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon.
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32. And spoke H1696 kindly H2896 unto H854 him , and set H5414 H853 his throne H3678 above H4480 H4605 the throne H3678 of the kings H4428 that H834 were with H854 him in Babylon H894 ,
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33. And he changed his prison garments, and he ate bread before his face continually all the days of his life.
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33. And changed H8138 H853 his prison H3608 garments H899 : and he did continually H8548 eat H398 bread H3899 before H6440 him all H3605 the days H3117 of his life H2416 .
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34. And his allowance, in continual allowance, was given to him from the king of Babylon, the matter of a day in its day, until the day of his death, all the days of his life.
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34. And for his diet H737 , there was a continual H8548 diet H737 given H5414 him of H4480 H854 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 , every day H3117 H3117 a portion H1697 until H5704 the day H3117 of his death H4194 , all H3605 the days H3117 of his life H2416 .
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