Jeremiah 52

1 [was] a son of Twenty and one year[s] Zedekiah when became king he and one [plus] ten year[s] he reigned in Jerusalem and [the] name of mother his ([was] Hamutal *Q(K)*) [the] daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah.

2 And he did the evil in [the] eyes of Yahweh according to all that he had done Jehoiakim.

3 For - on [the] anger of Yahweh it happened in Jerusalem and Judah until cast out he them from on face his and he rebelled Zedekiah against [the] king of Babylon.

4 And it was in the year ninth of reigning his in the month tenth on the ten of the month he came Nebuchadnezzar [the] king of Babylon he and all army his on Jerusalem and they encamped on it and they built on it a siege-wall all around.

5 And it came the city in state of siege until one [plus] ten year of the king Zedekiah.

6 In the month fourth on [day] nine of the month and it was severe the famine in the city and not it belonged food to [the] people of the land.

7 And it was broken into the city and all [the] men of war they fled and they went out from the city night [the] way of [the] gate between the two walls which [was] at [the] garden of the king and [the] Chaldeans [were] on the city all around and they went [the] way of the Arabah.

8 And they pursued [the] army of [the] Chaldeans after the king and they overtook Zedekiah in [the] plains of Jericho and all army his they were scattered from with him.

9 And they seized the king and they brought up him to [the] king of Babylon Riblah towards in [the] land of Hamath and he spoke with him judgments.

10 And he slaughtered [the] king of Babylon [the] sons of Zedekiah to eyes his and also all [the] officials of Judah he slaughtered at Riblah.

11 And [the] eyes of Zedekiah he made blind and he bound him with bronze fetters and he brought him [the] king of Babylon Babylon towards and he put him ([the] house of *Q(K)*) punishment until [the] day of death his.

12 And in the month fifth on the ten of the month it [was] year nine-teen year of the king Nebuchadnezzar [the] king of Babylon he came Nebuzaradan [the] chief of [the] bodyguards he stood before [the] king of Babylon in Jerusalem.

13 And he burned [the] house of Yahweh and [the] house of the king and all [the] houses of Jerusalem and every house of great [person] he burned with fire.

14 And all [the] walls of Jerusalem all around they broke down all [the] army of [the] Chaldeans which [was] with [the] chief of [the] bodyguards.

15 And some of [the] poor people of the people and [the] rest of the people - who remained in the city and those [who] had fallen who they had fallen to [the] king of Babylon and [the] rest of the craftsman he took into exile Nebuzaradan [the] chief of [the] bodyguards.

16 And some of [the] poor people of the land he left behind Nebuzaradan [the] chief of [the] bodyguards to vinedressers and to ploughmen.

17 And [the] pillars of bronze which [belonged] to [the] house of Yahweh and the stands and [the] sea of bronze which [were] in [the] house of Yahweh they broke [the] Chaldeans and they carried off all bronze their Babylon towards.

18 And the pots and the shovels and the snuffers and the bowls and the pans and all [the] articles of bronze which they served with them they took away.

19 And the basins and the fire-pans and the bowls and the pots and the lampstands and the pans and the bowls which [were] gold gold and which [were] silver silver he took away [the] chief of [the] bodyguards.

20 The pillars - two the sea one and the bull[s] two [plus] ten bronze which [were] under the stands which he had made the king Solomon for [the] house of Yahweh not it belonged weight to bronze their all the articles these.

21 And the pillars [was] eight-teen cubit[s] ([the] height of *Q(K)*) the pillar one and a line of two [plus] ten cubit[s] it goes round it and thickness its [was] four fingers hollow.

22 And a capital on it [was] bronze and [the] height of the capital one [was] five cubits and a network and pomegranates [was] on the capital all around everything [was] bronze and like these [belonged] to the pillar second and pomegranates.

23 And they were the pomegranates ninety and six [the] side towards all the pomegranates [were] one hundred on the network all around.

24 And he took [the] chief of [the] bodyguards Seraiah [the] priest of the head and Zephaniah [the] priest of the second rank and [the] three [the] keepers of the threshold.

25 And from the city he took a court-official one who he was an officer - over [the] men of war and seven men from [those who] saw [the] face of the king who they were found in the city and [the] scribe of [the] commander of the army who mustered [the] people of the land and sixty person[s] from [the] people of the land who were found in [the] midst of the city.

26 And he took them Nebuzaradan [the] chief of [the] bodyguards and he brought them to [the] king of Babylon Riblah towards.

27 And he struck down them [the] king of Babylon and he put to death them at Riblah in [the] land of Hamath and it went into exile Judah from on land its.

28 This [is] the people which he took into exile Nebuchadnezzar in year seven Jews three thousand and twenty and three.

29 In year eight-teen of Nebuchadnezzar from Jerusalem person[s] eight hundred thirty and two.

30 In year three and twenty of Nebuchadnezzar he took into exile Nebuzaradan [the] chief of [the] bodyguards Jews person[s] seven hundred forty and five every person [was] four thousand and six hundred.

31 And it was in thirty and seven year of [the] exile of Jehoiachin [the] king of Judah in two [plus] ten month on [day] twenty and five of the month he lifted Evil-Merodach [the] king of Babylon in [the] year of kingdom his [the] head of Jehoiachin [the] king of Judah and he brought out him from [the] house of (imprisonment. *Q(K)*)

32 And he spoke with him good and he put seat his from above [the] seat of (the kings *Q(K)*) who [were] with him in Babylon.

33 And he changed [the] clothes of imprisonment his and he ate food before him continually all [the] days of life his.

34 And allowance his an allowance of continuity it was given to him from with [the] king of Babylon a matter of a day in day its until [the] day of death his all [the] days of life his.