2 Kings 25
1 In the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, attacked Jerusalem with his entire army. He set up camp around the city and built siege ramps against the walls.
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2 The city remained under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
and to come (in): besiege [the] city in/on/with siege till eleven ten year to/for king Zedekiah
3 By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so bad that the people had nothing left to eat.
(in/on/with month [the] fourth *X*) in/on/with nine to/for month and to strengthen: strengthen [the] famine in/on/with city and not to be food to/for people [the] land: country/planet
4 Then the city wall was broken through, and all the soldiers escaped at night through the gate between the two walls by the king's garden, even though the Babylonians had the city surrounded. They ran away in the direction of the Arabah,
and to break up/open [the] city and all human [the] battle [the] night way: road gate between [the] wall which upon garden [the] king and Chaldea upon [the] city around and to go: went way: road [the] Arabah
5 but the Babylonian army chased after the king and caught up with him on the plains of Jericho. His whole army had scattered and left him.
and to pursue strength: soldiers Chaldea after [the] king and to overtake [obj] him in/on/with plain Jericho and all strength: soldiers his to scatter from upon him
6 They captured the king and took him to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where he was sentenced.
and to capture [obj] [the] king and to ascend: establish [obj] him to(wards) king Babylon Riblah [to] and to speak: promise with him justice: judgement
7 They slaughtered Zedekiah's sons while he watched, and then gouged out his eyes, bound him in bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
and [obj] son: child Zedekiah to slaughter to/for eye his and [obj] eye: appearance Zedekiah to blind and to bind him in/on/with bronze and to come (in): towards him Babylon
8 On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guard, an officer of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
and in/on/with month [the] fifth in/on/with seven to/for month he/she/it year nine ten year to/for king Nebuchadnezzar king Babylon to come (in): come Nebuzaradan chief guard servant/slave king Babylon Jerusalem
9 He burned down the Lord's Temple, the royal palace, and all the large buildings of Jerusalem.
and to burn [obj] house: temple LORD and [obj] house: palace [the] king and [obj] all house: home Jerusalem and [obj] all house: home great: large to burn in/on/with fire
10 The whole Babylonian army under the commander of the guard knocked down the walls around Jerusalem.
and [obj] wall Jerusalem around to tear all strength: soldiers Chaldea which chief guard
11 Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guard, deported those who were left in the city, even those who had gone over to the side of the king of Babylon, as well as the rest of the population.
and [obj] remainder [the] people [the] to remain in/on/with city and [obj] [the] to fall: deserting which to fall: deserting upon [the] king Babylon and [obj] remainder [the] crowd to reveal: remove Nebuzaradan chief guard
12 But the commander of the guard allowed the poor people who were left in the country to stay and take care of the vineyards and the fields.
and from poor [the] land: country/planet to remain chief guard to/for to tend vineyards and to/for to till
13 The Babylonians broke into pieces the bronze pillars, the movable carts, and the bronze Sea that belonged to the Lord's Temple, and they took all the bronze to Babylon.
and [obj] pillar [the] bronze which house: temple LORD and [obj] [the] base and [obj] sea [the] bronze which in/on/with house: temple LORD to break Chaldea and to lift: bear [obj] bronze their Babylon [to]
14 They also took all the pots, shovels, lamp snuffers, dishes, and all the other bronze items used in the Temple service.
and [obj] [the] pot and [obj] [the] shovel and [obj] [the] snuffer and [obj] [the] palm: dish and [obj] all article/utensil [the] bronze which to minister in/on/with them to take: take
15 The commander of the guard removed the censers and bowls, anything that was made of pure gold or silver.
and [obj] [the] censer and [obj] [the] bowl which gold gold and which silver: money silver: money to take: take chief guard
16 The amount of bronze that came from the two columns, the Sea and the movable carts, which Solomon had made for the Lord's Temple, all of this weighed more than could be measured.
[the] pillar two [the] sea [the] one and [the] base which to make Solomon to/for house: temple LORD not to be weight to/for bronze all [the] article/utensil [the] these
17 Each column was eighteen cubits tall. The bronze capital on top of one column was three cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates around it. The second column was the same, and also had a decorative network.
eight ten cubit height [the] pillar [the] one and capital upon him bronze and height [the] capital three (cubit *Q(K)*) and latticework and pomegranate upon [the] capital around [the] all bronze and like/as these to/for pillar [the] second upon [the] latticework
18 The commander of the guard took as prisoners Seraiah, the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest, second in rank, and the three Temple doorkeepers.
and to take: take chief guard [obj] Seraiah priest [the] head: leader and [obj] Zephaniah priest second and [obj] three to keep: guard [the] threshold
19 From those left in the city he took the officer in charge of the soldiers, and five of the king's advisors. He also took the secretary to the army commander who was in charge of calling up the people for military service, and sixty other men who were present in the city.
and from [the] city to take: take eunuch one which he/she/it overseer upon human [the] battle and five human from to see: approach face [the] king which to find in/on/with city and [obj] [the] secretary ruler [the] army [the] to serve [obj] people [the] land: country/planet and sixty man from people [the] land: country/planet [the] to find in/on/with city
20 Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guard, took them and brought them before the king of Babylon at Riblah.
and to take: take [obj] them Nebuzaradan chief guard and to go: take [obj] them upon king Babylon Riblah [to]
21 The king of Babylon had them executed at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So the people of Judah had to leave their land.
and to smite [obj] them king Babylon and to die them in/on/with Riblah in/on/with land: country/planet Hamath and to reveal: remove Judah from upon land: soil his
22 Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, appointed Gedaliah, son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, as governor over the people he had left in the land of Judah.
and [the] people [the] to remain in/on/with land: country/planet Judah which to remain Nebuchadnezzar king Babylon and to reckon: overseer upon them [obj] Gedaliah son: child Ahikam son: child Shaphan
23 When all the army officers of Judah and their men learned that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they and their men met with Gedaliah at Mizpah. They included: Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan, son of Kareah, Seraiah, son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, Jaazaniah, son of the Maakathite.
and to hear: hear all ruler [the] strength: soldiers they(masc.) and [the] human for to reckon: overseer king Babylon [obj] Gedaliah and to come (in): come to(wards) Gedaliah [the] Mizpah and Ishmael son: child Nethaniah and Johanan son: child Kareah and Seraiah son: child Tanhumeth [the] Netophathite and Jezaniah son: child [the] Maacathite they(masc.) and human their
24 Gedaliah swore an oath to them and their men, telling them, “Don't be afraid of the Babylonian officials. Stay here in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and you'll be fine.”
and to swear to/for them Gedaliah and to/for human their and to say to/for them not to fear from servant/slave [the] Chaldea to dwell in/on/with land: country/planet and to serve [obj] king Babylon and be good to/for you
25 But in the seventh month, Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, of royal blood, came with ten men. They attacked and killed Gedaliah, along with the men of Judea and Babylonians who were with him at Mizpah.
and to be in/on/with month [the] seventh to come (in): come Ishmael son: child Nethaniah son: child Elishama from seed: children [the] kingship and ten human with him and to smite [obj] Gedaliah and to die and [obj] [the] Jew and [obj] [the] Chaldea which to be with him in/on/with Mizpah
26 As a result, all the people, from the least to the greatest, along with the army commanders, ran away to Egypt, terrified of what the Babylonians would do.
and to arise: rise all [the] people from small and till great: large and ruler [the] strength: soldiers and to come (in): come Egypt for to fear from face of Chaldea
27 In the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released Jehoiachin, king of Judah, from prison. This happened on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin, king of Judah.
and to be in/on/with thirty and seven year to/for captivity Jehoiachin king Judah in/on/with two ten month in/on/with twenty and seven to/for month to lift: kindness Evil-merodach Evil-merodach king Babylon in/on/with year to reign he [obj] head: leader Jehoiachin king Judah from house: home prison
28 The king of Babylon treated him well him and gave him a position of honor higher than the other kings there with him in Babylon.
and to speak: speak with him welfare and to give: give [obj] throne his from upon throne [the] king which with him in/on/with Babylon
29 So Jehoiachin was able to remove his prison clothes, and he ate frequently at the king's table for the rest of his life.
and to change [obj] garment prison his and to eat food continually to/for face: before his all day life his
30 The king provided Jehoiachin with a daily allowance for the rest of his life.
and ration his ration continually to give: give to/for him from with [the] king word: portion day: daily in/on/with day: daily his all day life his
