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The Fourth
Book of Kings 25
And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign,
in the tenth month, the tenth day of the month, that
Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon came, he and all his
army against Jerusalem: and they surrounded it: end
raised works round about it.
And the city was shut up and besieged till the eleventh
year of king Sedecias,
The ninth day of the month: and a famine prevailed in
the city, and there was no bread for the people of the
land.
And a breach was made into the city: and all the men
of war fled in the night between the two walls by the
king's garden, (now the Chaldees besieged the city round
about,) and Sedecias fled by the way that leadeth to
the plains of the wilderness.
And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king,
and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all the
warriors that were with him were scattered, and left
him:
So they took the king, and brought him to the king of
Babylon to Reblatha, and he gave judgment upon him.
And he slew the sons of Sedecias before his face, and
he put out his eyes, and bound him with chains, and
brought him to Babylon.
In the fifth month, the seventh day of the month, that
is, the nineteenth year of the king of Babylon, came
Nabuzardan commander of the army, a servant of the king
of Babylon, into Jerusalem.
And he burnt the house of the Lord, and the king's house,
and the houses of Jerusalem, and every house he burnt
with fire.
And all the army of the Chaldees, which was with the
commander of the troops, broke down the walls of Jerusalem
round about.
And Nabuzardan the commander of the army, carried away
the rest of the people that remained in the city, and
the fugitives that had gone over to the king of Babylon,
and the remnant of the common people.
But of the poor of the land he left some dressers of
vines and husbandmen.
And the pillars of brass that were in the temple of
the Lord, and the bases, and the sea of brass which
was in the house of the Lord, the Chaldees broke in
pieces, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.
They took away also the pots of brass, and the mazers,
and the forks, and the cups, and the mortars, and all
the vessels of brass with which they ministered.
Moreover also the censers, and the bowls, such as were
of gold in gold, and such as were of silver in silver,
the general of the army took away.
That is, two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon
had made in the temple of the Lord: the brass of all
these vessels was without weight.
One pillar was eighteen cubits high, and the chapiter
of brass which was upon it was three cubits high: and
the network, and the pomegranates that were upon the
chapiter of the pillar, were all of brass: and the second
pillar had the like adorning.
And the general of the army took Seraias the chief priest,
and Sophonias the second priest, and three doorkeepers.
And out of the city one eunuch, who was captain over
the men of war: and five men of them that had stood
before the king, whom he found in the city, and Sopher
the captain of the army who exercised the young soldiers
of the people of the land: and threescore men of the
common people, who were found in the city.
These Nabuzardan the general of the army took away,
and carried them to the king of Babylon to Reblatha.
And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at
Reblatha in the land of Emath: so Juda was carried away
out of their land.
But over the people that remained in the land of Juda,
which Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had left, he gave
the government to Godolias the son of Ahicam the son
of Saphan.
And when all the captains of the soldiers had heard
this, they and the men that were with them, to wit,
that the king of Babylon had made Godolias governor,
they came to Godolias to Maspha, Ismael the son of Nathanias,
and Johanan the son of Caree, and Saraia the son of
Thanehumeth the Netophathite, and Jezonias the son of
Maachathi, they and their men.
And Godolias swore to them and to their men, saying
: Be not afraid to serve the Chaldees: stay in the land,
and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well
with you.
But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ismael
the son of Nathanias, the son of Elisama of the seed
royal came, and ten men with him: and smote Godolias
so that he died: and also the Jews and the Chaldees
that were with him in Maspha.
And all the people both little and great, and the captains
of the soldiers, rising up went to Egypt, fearing the
Chaldees.
And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year
of the captivity of Joachin king of Juda, in the twelfth
month the seven and twentieth day of the month: Evilmerodach
king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign,
lifted up the head of Joachin king of Juda out of prison.
And he spoke kindly to him: and he set his throne above
the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon.
And he changed his garments which he had in prison,
and he ate bread always before him, all the days of
his life.
And he appointed him a continual allowance, which was
also given him by the king day by day, all the days
of his life. |
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