25:1 And
in
the
ninth
year
of
his
reign,
in
the
tenth
month,
on
the
tenth
day
of
the
month,
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon
came
with
all
his
army
against
Jerusalem
and
laid
siege
to
it.
And
they
built
siegeworks
all
around
it.
25:2 So
the
city
was
besieged
till
the
eleventh
year
of
King
Zedekiah.
25:3 On
the
ninth
day
of
the
fourth
month
the
famine
was
so
severe
in
the
city
that
there
was
no
food
for
the
people
of
the
land.
25:4 Then
a
breach
was
made
in
the
city,
and
all
the
men
of
war
fled
by
night
by
the
way
of
the
gate
between
the
two
walls,
by
the
king's
garden,
though
the
Chaldeans
were
around
the
city.
And
they
went
in
the
direction
of
the
Arabah.
25:5 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.
25:6 Then
they
captured
the
king
and
brought
him
up
to
the
king
of
Babylon
at
Riblah,
and
they
passed
sentence
on
him.
25:7 They
slaughtered
the
sons
of
Zedekiah
before
his
eyes,
and
put
out
the
eyes
of
Zedekiah
and
bound
him
in
chains
and
took
him
to
Babylon.
25:8 In
the
fifth
month,
on
the
seventh
day
of
the
month--that
was
the
nineteenth
year
of
King
Nebuchadnezzar,
king
of
Babylon--Nebuzaradan,
the
captain
of
the
bodyguard,
a
servant
of
the
king
of
Babylon,
came
to
Jerusalem.
25:9 And
he
burned
the
house
of
the
LORD
and
the
king's
house
and
all
the
houses
of
Jerusalem;
every
great
house
he
burned
down.
25:10 And
all
the
army
of
the
Chaldeans,
who
were
with
the
captain
of
the
guard,
broke
down
the
walls
around
Jerusalem.
25:11 And
the
rest
of
the
people
who
were
left
in
the
city
and
the
deserters
who
had
deserted
to
the
king
of
Babylon,
together
with
the
rest
of
the
multitude,
Nebuzaradan
the
captain
of
the
guard
carried
into
exile.
25:12 But
the
captain
of
the
guard
left
some
of
the
poorest
of
the
land
to
be
vinedressers
and
plowmen.
25:13 And
the
pillars
of
bronze
that
were
in
the
house
of
the
LORD,
and
the
stands
and
the
bronze
sea
that
were
in
the
house
of
the
LORD,
the
Chaldeans
broke
in
pieces
and
carried
the
bronze
to
Babylon.
25:14 And
they
took
away
the
pots
and
the
shovels
and
the
snuffers
and
the
dishes
for
incense
and
all
the
vessels
of
bronze
used
in
the
temple
service,
25:15 the
fire
pans
also
and
the
bowls.
What
was
of
gold
the
captain
of
the
guard
took
away
as
gold,
and
what
was
of
silver,
as
silver.
25:16 As
for
the
two
pillars,
the
one
sea,
and
the
stands
that
Solomon
had
made
for
the
house
of
the
LORD,
the
bronze
of
all
these
vessels
was
beyond
weight.
25:17 The
height
of
the
one
pillar
was
eighteen
cubits,
and
on
it
was
a
capital
of
bronze.
The
height
of
the
capital
was
three
cubits.
A
latticework
and
pomegranates,
all
of
bronze,
were
all
around
the
capital.
And
the
second
pillar
had
the
same,
with
the
latticework.
25:18 And
the
captain
of
the
guard
took
Seraiah
the
chief
priest
and
Zephaniah
the
second
priest
and
the
three
keepers
of
the
threshold,
25:19 and
from
the
city
he
took
an
officer
who
had
been
in
command
of
the
men
of
war,
and
five
men
of
the
king's
council
who
were
found
in
the
city,
and
the
secretary
of
the
commander
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.
25:20 And
Nebuzaradan
the
captain
of
the
guard
took
them
and
brought
them
to
the
king
of
Babylon
at
Riblah.
25:21 And
the
king
of
Babylon
struck
them
down
and
put
them
to
death
at
Riblah
in
the
land
of
Hamath.
So
Judah
was
taken
into
exile
out
of
its
land.
25:22 And
over
the
people
who
remained
in
the
land
of
Judah,
whom
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon
had
left,
he
appointed
Gedaliah
the
son
of
Ahikam,
son
of
Shaphan,
governor.
25:23 Now
when
all
the
captains
and
their
men
heard
that
the
king
of
Babylon
had
appointed
Gedaliah
governor,
they
came
with
their
men
to
Gedaliah
at
Mizpah,
namely,
Ishmael
the
son
of
Nethaniah,
and
Johanan
the
son
of
Kareah,
and
Seraiah
the
son
of
Tanhumeth
the
Netophathite,
and
Jaazaniah
the
son
of
the
Maacathite.
25:24 And
Gedaliah
swore
to
them
and
their
men,
saying,
"Do
not
be
afraid
because
of
the
Chaldean
officials.
Live
in
the
land
and
serve
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
it
shall
be
well
with
you."
25:25 But
in
the
seventh
month,
Ishmael
the
son
of
Nethaniah,
son
of
Elishama,
of
the
royal
family,
came
with
ten
men
and
struck
down
Gedaliah
and
put
him
to
death
along
with
the
Jews
and
the
Chaldeans
who
were
with
him
at
Mizpah.
25:26 Then
all
the
people,
both
small
and
great,
and
the
captains
of
the
forces
arose
and
went
to
Egypt,
for
they
were
afraid
of
the
Chaldeans.
25:27 And
in
the
thirty-seventh
year
of
the
exile
of
Jehoiachin
king
of
Judah,
in
the
twelfth
month,
on
the
twenty-seventh
day
of
the
month,
Evil-merodach
king
of
Babylon,
in
the
year
that
he
began
to
reign,
graciously
freed
Jehoiachin
king
of
Judah
from
prison.
25:28 And
he
spoke
kindly
to
him
and
gave
him
a
seat
above
the
seats
of
the
kings
who
were
with
him
in
Babylon.
25:29 So
Jehoiachin
put
off
his
prison
garments.
And
every
day
of
his
life
he
dined
regularly
at
the
king's
table,
25:30 and
for
his
allowance,
a
regular
allowance
was
given
him
by
the
king,
according
to
his
daily
needs,
as
long
as
he
lived.