52:1 Zedekiah
was
twenty-one
years
old
when
he
became
king;
and
he
reigned
eleven
years
in
Jerusalem.
His
mother's
name
was
Hamutal
the
daughter
of
Jeremiah
of
Libnah.
52:2 And
he
did
what
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
LORD,
according
to
all
that
Jehoiakim
had
done.
52:3 For
because
of
the
anger
of
the
LORD
things
came
to
the
point
in
Jerusalem
and
Judah
that
he
cast
them
out
from
his
presence.
And
Zedekiah
rebelled
against
the
king
of
Babylon.
52:4 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.
52:5 So
the
city
was
besieged
till
the
eleventh
year
of
King
Zedekiah.
52:6 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.
52:7 Then
a
breach
was
made
in
the
city,
and
all
the
men
of
war
fled
and
went
out
from
the
city
by
night
by
the
way
of
a
gate
between
the
two
walls,
by
the
king's
garden,
while
the
Chaldeans
were
around
the
city.
And
they
went
in
the
direction
of
the
Arabah.
52:8 But
the
army
of
the
Chaldeans
pursued
the
king
and
overtook
Zedekiah
in
the
plains
of
Jericho.
And
all
his
army
was
scattered
from
him.
52:9 Then
they
captured
the
king
and
brought
him
up
to
the
king
of
Babylon
at
Riblah
in
the
land
of
Hamath,
and
he
passed
sentence
on
him.
52:10 The
king
of
Babylon
slaughtered
the
sons
of
Zedekiah
before
his
eyes,
and
also
slaughtered
all
the
officials
of
Judah
at
Riblah.
52:11 He
put
out
the
eyes
of
Zedekiah,
and
bound
him
in
chains,
and
the
king
of
Babylon
took
him
to
Babylon,
and
put
him
in
prison
till
the
day
of
his
death.
52:12 In
the
fifth
month,
on
the
tenth
day
of
the
month--that
was
the
nineteenth
year
of
King
Nebuchadnezzar,
king
of
Babylon--Nebuzaradan
the
captain
of
the
bodyguard,
who
served
the
king
of
Babylon,
entered
Jerusalem.
52:13 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.
52:14 And
all
the
army
of
the
Chaldeans,
who
were
with
the
captain
of
the
guard,
broke
down
all
the
walls
around
Jerusalem.
52:15 And
Nebuzaradan
the
captain
of
the
guard
carried
away
captive
some
of
the
poorest
of
the
people
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
artisans.
52:16 But
Nebuzaradan
the
captain
of
the
guard
left
some
of
the
poorest
of
the
land
to
be
vinedressers
and
plowmen.
52:17 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
all
the
bronze
to
Babylon.
52:18 And
they
took
away
the
pots
and
the
shovels
and
the
snuffers
and
the
basins
and
the
dishes
for
incense
and
all
the
vessels
of
bronze
used
in
the
temple
service;
52:19 also
the
small
bowls
and
the
fire
pans
and
the
basins
and
the
pots
and
the
lampstands
and
the
dishes
for
incense
and
the
bowls
for
drink
offerings.
What
was
of
gold
the
captain
of
the
guard
took
away
as
gold,
and
what
was
of
silver,
as
silver.
52:20 As
for
the
two
pillars,
the
one
sea,
the
twelve
bronze
bulls
that
were
under
the
sea,
and
the
stands,
which
Solomon
the
king
had
made
for
the
house
of
the
LORD,
the
bronze
of
all
these
things
was
beyond
weight.
52:21 As
for
the
pillars,
the
height
of
the
one
pillar
was
eighteen
cubits,
its
circumference
was
twelve
cubits,
and
its
thickness
was
four
fingers,
and
it
was
hollow.
52:22 On
it
was
a
capital
of
bronze.
The
height
of
the
one
capital
was
five
cubits.
A
network
and
pomegranates,
all
of
bronze,
were
around
the
capital.
And
the
second
pillar
had
the
same,
with
pomegranates.
52:23 There
were
ninety-six
pomegranates
on
the
sides;
all
the
pomegranates
were
a
hundred
upon
the
network
all
around.
52:24 And
the
captain
of
the
guard
took
Seraiah
the
chief
priest,
and
Zephaniah
the
second
priest,
and
the
three
keepers
of
the
threshold;
52:25 and
from
the
city
he
took
an
officer
who
had
been
in
command
of
the
men
of
war,
and
seven
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
midst
of
the
city.
52:26 And
Nebuzaradan
the
captain
of
the
guard
took
them
and
brought
them
to
the
king
of
Babylon
at
Riblah.
52:27 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.
52:28 This
is
the
number
of
the
people
whom
Nebuchadnezzar
carried
away
captive:
in
the
seventh
year,
3,023
Judeans;
52:29 in
the
eighteenth
year
of
Nebuchadnezzar
he
carried
away
captive
from
Jerusalem
832
persons;
52:30 in
the
twenty-third
year
of
Nebuchadnezzar,
Nebuzaradan
the
captain
of
the
guard
carried
away
captive
of
the
Judeans
745
persons;
all
the
persons
were
4,600.
52:31 And
in
the
thirty-seventh
year
of
the
exile
of
Jehoiachin
king
of
Judah,
in
the
twelfth
month,
on
the
twenty-fifth
day
of
the
month,
Evil-merodach
king
of
Babylon,
in
the
year
that
he
became
king,
graciously
freed
Jehoiachin
king
of
Judah
and
brought
him
out
of
prison.
52:32 And
he
spoke
kindly
to
him,
and
gave
him
a
seat
above
the
seats
of
the
kings
who
were
with
him
in
Babylon.
52:33 So
Jehoiachin
put
off
his
prison
garments.
And
every
day
of
his
life
he
dined
regularly
at
the
king's
table,
52:34 and
for
his
allowance,
a
regular
allowance
was
given
him
by
the
king
according
to
his
daily
need,
until
the
day
of
his
death,
as
long
as
he
lived.
