2 Kings 25
1 and to be in/on/with year [the] ninth to/for to reign him in/on/with month [the] tenth in/on/with ten to/for month to come (in): come Nebuchadnezzar king Babylon he/she/it and all strength: soldiers his upon Jerusalem and to camp upon her and to build upon her siegework around
On January 15 of the ninth year that Zedekiah had been ruling, King Nebuchadnezzar arrived with his whole army, and they surrounded Jerusalem. They built ramps [made of dirt against the walls of the city], so that they could climb up the ramps and attack the city.
2 and to come (in): besiege [the] city in/on/with siege till eleven ten year to/for king Zedekiah
They did that for two years.
3 (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
After Zedekiah had been ruling for eleven years, the (famine/shortage of food) had become very bad. All their food was gone.
4 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
On July 18 of that year, the Babylonian soldiers broke through part of the city wall, [and that enabled them to enter the city]. All the soldiers of Judah [wanted to escape]. But the Babylonian soldiers surrounded the city, so the [king and] the soldiers of Judah waited until it was nighttime. Then they fled through the gate that was between the two walls near the king’s park. They ran across the fields and started to go down to the Jordan [River] Valley.
5 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
But the Babylonian soldiers chased/ran after them. They caught the king when he was by himself in the valley near the Jordan River. He was by himself because all his soldiers had abandoned him.
6 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
The Babylonian soldiers took King Zedekiah to Riblah [city] in Babylon. There the king of Babylon decided what they would do to punish him.
7 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
There the king of Babylon forced Zedekiah to watch as the Babylonian soldiers killed all of Zedekiah’s sons. Then they gouged out Zedekiah’s eyes. They put bronze chains on [his hands and feet] and then they took him to Babylon.
8 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
On August 14 of that year, after Nebuchadnezzar had been ruling for 19 years, Nebuzaradan arrived in Jerusalem. He was one of king Nebuchadnezzar’s officials and captain of the men that guarded the king.
9 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
He [commanded his soldiers to] burn down the temple of Yahweh, the king’s palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem. So they burned down all the important buildings in the city.
10 and [obj] wall Jerusalem around to tear all strength: soldiers Chaldea which chief guard
Then Nebuzaradan supervised all the soldiers of the Babylonian army as they tore down the walls of Jerusalem.
11 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
Then he and his soldiers took to Babylon the people who were still living in the city, the other people [who lived in that area], and the soldiers who had previously surrendered to the Babylonian army.
12 and from poor [the] land: country/planet to remain chief guard to/for to tend vineyards and to/for to till
But Nebuzaradan allowed some of the very poor people to stay in Judah to take care of the vineyards and [to plant crops in] the fields.
13 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]
The Babylonian soldiers broke into pieces the bronze pillars, the bronze carts with wheels, and the huge bronze basin, all of which were in the temple courtyard, and they took all the bronze to Babylon.
14 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
They also took the pots, the shovels, the instruments for (snuffing out/extinguishing) [the wicks of] the lamps, the dishes, and all the other bronze items that the Israeli priests had used for offering sacrifices at the temple.
15 and [obj] [the] censer and [obj] [the] bowl which gold gold and which silver: money silver: money to take: take chief guard
The soldiers also took away the (firepans/trays for carrying burning coals), the basins, and [all the other] items made of pure gold or pure silver.
16 [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
The bronze from the two pillars, the carts with wheels, and the huge basin were very heavy; they could not be weighed. (Those things had been made/A man named Hiram had made these things) for the temple when Solomon [was the king of Israel].
17 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
Each of the pillars was (27 feet/8 meters) tall. The bronze capital/top of each pillar was (7-1/2 feet/2.3 meters) high. They were each decorated all around with something that looked like a net made of bronze chains connecting bronze pomegranates.
18 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
Nebuzaradan took with him to Babylon Seraiah the Supreme Priest, Zephaniah his assistant, and the three men who guarded the entrance [to the temple].
19 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
And they found people who were still hiding in Jerusalem. From those people he took one officer from the Judean army, five of the king’s advisors, the chief secretary of the army commander who was in charge of recruiting men to join the army, and 60 other important Judean men.
20 and to take: take [obj] them Nebuzaradan chief guard and to go: take [obj] them upon king Babylon Riblah [to]
Nebuzaradan took them all to the king of Babylon at Riblah [city].
21 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
There at Riblah, in Hamath province, the king of Babylon commanded that they all be executed. That is what happened when the people of Judah were (taken forcefully/exiled) from their land [to Babylon].
22 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
Then King Nebuchadnezzar appointed Gedaliah, who was the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, to be the governor of the people who were still living in Judah.
23 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
When all the army captains of Judah and their soldiers who had not surrendered to Nebuchadnezzar found out that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah to be the governor, they met with him at Mizpah [town]. These army captains were Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, Johanan the son of Kareah, Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth from Netophah [town], and Jaazaniah from the Maacah region.
24 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
Gedaliah solemnly promised them [that the officials from Babylon were not planning to harm them]. He said, “You may live in this land [without being afraid] and serve the king of Babylon, and [if you do], everything will go well for you.”
25 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
But in October of that year, Ishmael, whose grandfather Elishama was one of the relatives of the descendants of King David, went to Mizpah along with ten other men and assassinated/killed Gedaliah and all the men who were with him. There were also men from Judah and men from Babylon whom they assassinated.
26 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
Then many [HYP] of the people from Judah, important people and unimportant ones, and the army captains, were very afraid of [what] the Babylonians [would do to them], so they fled to Egypt.
27 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
Thirty-seven years after King Jehoiachin of Judah was taken to Babylon, [Nebuchadnezzar’s son] Evil-Merodach became the king of Babylon. He was kind to Jehoiachin, and on April 2 of that year, he released/freed Jehoiachin from prison.
28 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
He always spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and honored him more than the other kings who had been taken/exiled to Babylon.
29 and to change [obj] garment prison his and to eat food continually to/for face: before his all day life his
He gave Jehoiachin new clothes to replace the clothes that he had been wearing in prison, and he allowed Jehoiachin to eat at the king’s table every day for the rest of his life.
30 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
The king of Babylon also gave him money every day, so that he could buy the things that he needed. The king continued to do that until Jehoiachin died.
