2 Kings 25
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 25 of 25
Chapter Summary
Jerusalem is besieged. Zedekiah taken, his sons slain, his eyes put out. Nebuzaradan defaces the city, plunders and carries away the remnant and the treasures. The nobles are slain at Riblah. Gedaliah being slain, the remnant flee into Egypt.
Key Hebrew Words
People & Context
king of Babylon who besieges Jerusalem, captures Zedekiah, and destroys the city
last king of Judah; captured fleeing, his sons slain before him, then blinded and exiled to Babylon
chief of Babylon's executioners who burns the temple, breaks the walls, and deports the people
son of Ahikam appointed governor over the remnant in Judah, then assassinated at Mizpah
son of Nethaniah of royal seed who murders Gedaliah and the men with him
king of Babylon who releases Jehoiachin from prison and exalts him above the other kings
Timeline
Nebuchadnezzar and his army attack Jerusalem again in Zedekiah's 9th year, building a siege mound around it.
2 Kings 25:1-2By Zedekiah's 11th year, famine breaks the city. Zedekiah and his soldiers flee by night toward the Arabah.
2 Kings 25:3-4The Chaldean army catches Zedekiah near Jericho. They slaughter his sons before him, blind him, and carry him in fetters to Babylon.
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