1
Zedekiah
[was]
one
and
twenty
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
eleven
years
in
Jerusalem.
And
his
mother’s
name
[was]
Hamutal
the
daughter
of
Jeremiah
of
Libnah.
2
And
he
did
[that
which
was]
evil
in
the
eyes
of
the
LORD,
according
to
all
that
Jehoiakim
had
done.
3
For
through
the
anger
of
the
LORD
it
came
to
pass
in
Jerusalem
and
Judah,
till
he
had
cast
them
out
from
his
presence,
that
Zedekiah
rebelled
against
the
king
of
Babylon.
4
And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
ninth
year
of
his
reign,
in
the
tenth
month,
in
the
tenth
[day]
of
the
month,
[that]
Nebuchadrezzar
king
of
Babylon
came,
he
and
all
his
army,
against
Jerusalem,
and
pitched
against
it,
and
built
forts
against
it
round
about.
5
So
the
city
was
besieged
unto
the
eleventh
year
of
king
Zedekiah.
6
And
in
the
fourth
month,
in
the
ninth
[day]
of
the
month,
the
famine
was
sore
in
the
city,
so
that
there
was
no
bread
for
the
people
of
the
land.
7
Then
the
city
was
broken
up,
and
all
the
men
of
war
fled,
and
went
forth
out
of
the
city
by
night
by
the
way
of
the
gate
between
the
two
walls,
which
[was]
by
the
king’s
garden;
(now
the
Chaldeans
[were]
by
the
city
round
about:)
and
they
went
by
the
way
of
the
plain.
8
But
the
army
of
the
Chaldeans
pursued
after
the
king,
and
overtook
Zedekiah
in
the
plains
of
Jericho;
and
all
his
army
was
scattered
from
him.
9
Then
they
took
the
king,
and
carried
him
up
unto
the
king
of
Babylon
to
Riblah
in
the
land
of
Hamath;
where
he
gave
judgment
upon
him.
10
And
the
king
of
Babylon
slew
the
sons
of
Zedekiah
before
his
eyes:
he
slew
also
all
the
princes
of
Judah
in
Riblah.
11
Then
he
put
out
the
eyes
of
Zedekiah;
and
the
king
of
Babylon
bound
him
in
chains,
and
carried
him
to
Babylon,
and
put
him
in
prison
till
the
day
of
his
death.
12
Now
in
the
fifth
month,
in
the
tenth
[day]
of
the
month,
which
[was]
the
nineteenth
year
of
Nebuchadrezzar
king
of
Babylon,
came
Nebuzaradan,
captain
of
the
guard,
[which]
served
the
king
of
Babylon,
into
Jerusalem,
13
And
burned
the
house
of
the
LORD,
and
the
king’s
house;
and
all
the
houses
of
Jerusalem,
and
all
the
houses
of
the
great
[men],
burned
he
with
fire:
14
And
all
the
army
of
the
Chaldeans,
that
[were]
with
the
captain
of
the
guard,
brake
down
all
the
walls
of
Jerusalem
round
about.
15
Then
Nebuzaradan
the
captain
of
the
guard
carried
away
captive
[certain]
of
the
poor
of
the
people,
and
the
residue
of
the
people
that
remained
in
the
city,
and
those
that
fell
away,
that
fell
to
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
the
rest
of
the
multitude.
16
But
Nebuzaradan
the
captain
of
the
guard
left
[certain]
of
the
poor
of
the
land
for
vinedressers
and
for
husbandmen.
17
Also
the
pillars
of
brass
that
[were]
in
the
house
of
the
LORD,
and
the
bases,
and
the
brasen
sea
that
[was]
in
the
house
of
the
LORD,
the
Chaldeans
brake,
and
carried
all
the
brass
of
them
to
Babylon.
18
The
caldrons
also,
and
the
shovels,
and
the
snuffers,
and
the
bowls,
and
the
spoons,
and
all
the
vessels
of
brass
wherewith
they
ministered,
took
they
away.
19
And
the
basons,
and
the
firepans,
and
the
bowls,
and
the
caldrons,
and
the
candlesticks,
and
the
spoons,
and
the
cups;
[that]
which
[was]
of
gold
[in]
gold,
and
[that]
which
[was]
of
silver
[in]
silver,
took
the
captain
of
the
guard
away.
20
The
two
pillars,
one
sea,
and
twelve
brasen
bulls
that
[were]
under
the
bases,
which
king
Solomon
had
made
in
the
house
of
the
LORD:
the
brass
of
all
these
vessels
was
without
weight.
21
And
[concerning]
the
pillars,
the
height
of
one
pillar
[was]
eighteen
cubits;
and
a
fillet
of
twelve
cubits
did
compass
it;
and
the
thickness
thereof
[was]
four
fingers:
[it
was]
hollow.
22
And
a
chapiter
of
brass
[was]
upon
it;
and
the
height
of
one
chapiter
[was]
five
cubits,
with
network
and
pomegranates
upon
the
chapiters
round
about,
all
[of]
brass.
The
second
pillar
also
and
the
pomegranates
[were]
like
unto
these.
23
And
there
were
ninety
and
six
pomegranates
on
a
side;
[and]
all
the
pomegranates
upon
the
network
[were]
an
hundred
round
about.
24
And
the
captain
of
the
guard
took
Seraiah
the
chief
priest,
and
Zephaniah
the
second
priest,
and
the
three
keepers
of
the
door:
25
He
took
also
out
of
the
city
an
eunuch,
which
had
the
charge
of
the
men
of
war;
and
seven
men
of
them
that
were
near
the
king’s
person,
which
were
found
in
the
city;
and
the
principal
scribe
of
the
host,
who
mustered
the
people
of
the
land;
and
threescore
men
of
the
people
of
the
land,
that
were
found
in
the
midst
of
the
city.
26
So
Nebuzaradan
the
captain
of
the
guard
took
them,
and
brought
them
to
the
king
of
Babylon
to
Riblah.
27
And
the
king
of
Babylon
smote
them,
and
put
them
to
death
in
Riblah
in
the
land
of
Hamath.
Thus
Judah
was
carried
away
captive
out
of
his
own
land.
28
This
[is]
the
people
whom
Nebuchadrezzar
carried
away
captive:
in
the
seventh
year
three
thousand
Jews
and
three
and
twenty:
29
In
the
eighteenth
year
of
Nebuchadrezzar
he
carried
away
captive
from
Jerusalem
eight
hundred
thirty
and
two
persons:
30
In
the
three
and
twentieth
year
of
Nebuchadrezzar
Nebuzaradan
the
captain
of
the
guard
carried
away
captive
of
the
Jews
seven
hundred
forty
and
five
persons:
all
the
persons
[were]
four
thousand
and
six
hundred.
31
And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
seven
and
thirtieth
year
of
the
captivity
of
Jehoiachin
king
of
Judah,
in
the
twelfth
month,
in
the
five
and
twentieth
[day]
of
the
month,
[that]
Evilmerodach
king
of
Babylon
in
the
[first]
year
of
his
reign
lifted
up
the
head
of
Jehoiachin
king
of
Judah,
and
brought
him
forth
out
of
prison,
32
And
spake
kindly
unto
him,
and
set
his
throne
above
the
throne
of
the
kings
that
[were]
with
him
in
Babylon,
33
And
changed
his
prison
garments:
and
he
did
continually
eat
bread
before
him
all
the
days
of
his
life.
34
And
[for]
his
diet,
there
was
a
continual
diet
given
him
of
the
king
of
Babylon,
every
day
a
portion
until
the
day
of
his
death,
all
the
days
of
his
life.