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
It happened that in the ninth year of the reign of King Zedekiah, in the tenth month, and on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came with all his army against Jerusalem. He camped opposite it, and they built a siege wall around it.
2 and to come (in): besiege [the] city in/on/with siege till eleven ten year to/for king Zedekiah
So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah's reign.
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
On the ninth day of the fourth month of that year, the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.
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
Then the city was broken into, and all the fighting men fled at night by the way of the gate between the two walls, by the king's garden, although the Chaldeans were all around the city. The king went in the direction of the Arabah.
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 army of Chaldeans pursued King Zedekiah and overtook him in the plains of the Jordan River valley near Jericho. All his army was scattered away from 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
They captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they passed sentence on 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
As for Zedekiah's sons, they slaughtered them before his eyes. Then he put out his eyes, bound him in bronze chains, and brought 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
Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, a servant of the king of Babylon and commander of his bodyguards, came to Jerusalem.
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 burned the house of Yahweh, the king's palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem; also every important building in the city he burned.
10 and [obj] wall Jerusalem around to tear all strength: soldiers Chaldea which chief guard
As for all the walls around Jerusalem, all the army of the Babylonians who were under the commander of the bodyguard destroyed them.
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
As for the rest of the people who were left in the city, those who had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the remainder of the population—Nebuzaradan, the commander of the bodyguard, took them away into exile.
12 and from poor [the] land: country/planet to remain chief guard to/for to tend vineyards and to/for to till
But the commander of the bodyguard did leave some of the poorest of the land to work the vineyards and 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]
As for the bronze pillars that were in the house of Yahweh, and the stands and the bronze sea that were in the house of Yahweh, the Chaldeans broke them into pieces and carried the bronze back 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
The pots, shovels, lamp trimmers, spoons, and all the utensils of bronze with which the priests had served in the temple—the Chaldeans took them all away.
15 and [obj] [the] censer and [obj] [the] bowl which gold gold and which silver: money silver: money to take: take chief guard
The pots for removing ashes and the bowls that were made of gold, and those made of silver—the captain of the king's guard took them away as well.
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 two pillars, the sea, and the stands that Solomon had made for the house of Yahweh contained more bronze than could be weighed.
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
The height of the first pillar was eighteen cubits, and a capital of bronze was on top of it. The capital was three cubits high, with latticework and pomegranates all around on the capital, all made of bronze. The other pillar and its latticework were the same as the first.
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
The commander of the bodyguard took Seraiah the chief priest, together with Zephaniah, the second priest, and the three gatekeepers.
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
From the city he took prisoner an officer who was in charge of soldiers, and five men of those who advised the king, who were still in the city. He also took prisoner the king's army officer responsible for drafting men into the army, along with sixty important men from the land who were in the city.
20 and to take: take [obj] them Nebuzaradan chief guard and to go: take [obj] them upon king Babylon Riblah [to]
Then Nebuzaradan, the commander of the bodyguard, took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
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
The king of Babylon put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. In this way, Judah went out of its land into exile.
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
As for the people who remained in the land of Judah, those whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, he put Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, in charge of them.
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
Now when all the commanders of the soldiers, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they went to Gedaliah at Mizpah. These men were Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maakathite—they and their men.
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 made an oath to them and to their men, and said to them, “Do not be afraid of the Chaldean officials. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well with 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 it happened that in the seventh month Ishmael son of Nethaniah son of Elishama, from the royal family, came with ten men and attacked Gedaliah. Gedaliah died, along with the men of Judah and the Babylonians who were with him at Mizpah.
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 all the people, from the least to the greatest, and the commanders of the soldiers, arose and went to Egypt, because they were afraid of the Babylonians.
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
It happened later in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, that Awel-Marduk king of Babylon released Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison. This happened in the year that Awel-Marduk began to reign.
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 spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat more honorable than that of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
29 and to change [obj] garment prison his and to eat food continually to/for face: before his all day life his
Awel-Marduk removed Jehoiachin's prison clothes, and Jehoiachin ate regularly at the king's table 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
A regular food allowance was given to him every day for the rest of his life.
