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1. And it happened in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth of the month, Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and camped against it, and built a siege mound all around it.
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1. And it came to pass H1961 in the ninth H8671 year H8141 of his reign H4427 , in the tenth H6224 month H2320 , in the tenth H6218 day of the month H2320 , that Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 came H935 , he H1931 , and all H3605 his host H2428 , against H5921 Jerusalem H3389 , and pitched H2583 against H5921 it ; and they built H1129 forts H1785 against H5921 it round about H5439 .
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2. And the city entered into siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah,
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2. And the city H5892 was besieged H935 H4692 unto H5704 the eleventh H6249 H6240 year H8141 of king H4428 Zedekiah H6667 .
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3. on the ninth of the month, when the famine was severe in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land,
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3. And on the ninth H8672 day of the fourth month H2320 the famine H7458 prevailed H2388 in the city H5892 , and there was H1961 no H3808 bread H3899 for the people H5971 of the land H776 .
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4. then the city was broken up, and by night all the men of war went by way of the gate, between the two walls by the king's garden; and the Chaldeans were against the city all around; and the king went the way toward the Arabah.
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4. And the city H5892 was broken up H1234 , and all H3605 the men H376 of war H4421 fled by night H3915 by the way H1870 of the gate H8179 between H996 two walls H2346 , which H834 is by H5921 the king H4428 's garden H1588 : (now the Chaldees H3778 were against H5921 the city H5892 round about H5439 :) and the king went H1980 the way H1870 toward the plain H6160 .
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5. And the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the Arabah of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
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5. And the army H2428 of the Chaldees H3778 pursued H7291 after H310 the king H4428 , and overtook H5381 him in the plains H6160 of Jericho H3405 : and all H3605 his army H2428 were scattered H6327 from H4480 H5921 him.
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6. And they seized the king and brought him to the king of Babylon, to Riblah; and they gave judgment on him.
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6. So they took H8610 H853 the king H4428 , and brought him up H5927 H853 to H413 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 to Riblah H7247 ; and they gave H1696 judgment H4941 upon H854 him.
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7. And they killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and blinded Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with bronze fetters and caused him to go to Babylon.
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7. And they slew H7819 the sons H1121 of Zedekiah H6667 before his eyes H5869 , and put out H5786 H853 the eyes H5869 of Zedekiah H6667 , and bound H631 him with fetters of brass H5178 , and carried H935 him to Babylon H894 .
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8. And in the fifth month, on the seventh of the month (it was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon) Nebuzaradan the chief of the executioners, the servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.
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8. And in the fifth H2549 month H2320 , on the seventh H7651 day of the month H2320 , which H1931 is the nineteenth H8672 H6240 year H8141 of king H4428 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 , came H935 Nebuzaradan H5018 , captain H7227 of the guard H2876 , a servant H5650 of the king H4428 of Babylon H894 , unto Jerusalem H3389 :
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9. And he burned the house of Jehovah, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; yea, he burned every great house with fire.
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9. And he burnt H8313 H853 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , and the king H4428 's house H1004 , and all H3605 the houses H1004 of Jerusalem H3389 , and every H3605 great H1419 man's house H1004 burnt H8313 he with fire H784 .
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10. And all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the chief of the executioners broke down the wall of Jerusalem all around.
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10. And all H3605 the army H2428 of the Chaldees H3778 , that H834 were with the captain H7227 of the guard H2876 , broke down H5422 the walls H2346 of Jerusalem H3389 round about H5439 .
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11. And the rest of the people, those left in the city, and those that had fallen away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude, Nebuzaradan the chief of the executioners exiled.
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11. Now the rest H3499 of the people H5971 that were left H7604 in the city H5892 , and the fugitives H5307 that H834 fell away H5307 to H5921 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 , with the remnant H3499 of the multitude H1995 , did Nebuzaradan H5018 the captain H7227 of the guard H2876 carry away H1540 .
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12. But the chief of the executioners left of the poorest of the land for vinedressers and farmers.
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12. But the captain H7227 of the guard H2876 left H7604 of the poor H4480 H1803 of the land H776 to be vinedressers H3755 and husbandmen H3009 .
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13. And the bronze pillars in the house of Jehovah, and the bases, and the bronze sea in the house of Jehovah, the Chaldeans broke in pieces and lifted up their bronze to Babylon.
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13. And the pillars H5982 of brass H5178 that H834 were in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , and the bases H4350 , and the brazen H5178 sea H3220 that H834 was in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , did the Chaldees H3778 break in pieces H7665 , and carried H5375 H853 the brass H5178 of them to Babylon H894 .
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14. And they took the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of bronze with which they ministered.
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14. And the pots H5518 , and the shovels H3257 , and the snuffers H4212 , and the spoons H3709 , and all H3605 the vessels H3627 of brass H5178 wherewith H834 they ministered H8334 , took they away H3947 .
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15. And the chief of the executioners took the firepans, and the sprinkling basins, all of gold and silver.
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15. And the firepans H4289 , and the bowls H4219 , and such things as H834 were of gold H2091 , in gold H2091 , and of silver H3701 , in silver H3701 , the captain H7227 of the guard H2876 took away H3947 .
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16. There was no weighing of the bronze of all these vessels, the two pillars, the one sea, and the bases that Solomon had made for the house of Jehovah.
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16. The two H8147 pillars H5982 , one H259 sea H3220 , and the bases H4350 which H834 Solomon H8010 had made H6213 for the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 ; the brass H5178 of all H3605 these H428 vessels H3627 was H1961 without H3808 weight H4948 .
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17. Eighteen cubits was the height of the one pillar, and the capital on it was of bronze, and the height of the capital was three cubits, and the grating and the pomegranates were on the capital all around; all was of bronze. And the second pillar was like these with the grating.
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17. The height H6967 of the one H259 pillar H5982 was eighteen H8083 H6240 cubits H520 , and the chapiter H3805 upon H5921 it was brass H5178 : and the height H6967 of the chapiter H3805 three H7969 cubits H520 ; and the wreathen work H7639 , and pomegranates H7416 upon H5921 the chapiter H3805 round about H5439 , all H3605 of brass H5178 : and like unto these H428 had the second H8145 pillar H5982 with H5921 wreathen work H7639 .
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18. And the chief of the executioners took Seraiah the head priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the gate;
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18. And the captain H7227 of the guard H2876 took H3947 H853 Seraiah H8304 the chief H7218 priest H3548 , and Zephaniah H6846 the second H4932 priest H3548 , and the three H7969 keepers H8104 of the door H5592 :
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19. and he took out of the city a certain eunuch who was appointed over the men of war, and five men of those who saw the king's face, found in the city, and the chief scribe of the army who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land found in the city.
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19. And out of H4480 the city H5892 he took H3947 an H259 officer H5631 that H834 H1931 was set H6496 over H5921 the men H376 of war H4421 , and five H2568 men H376 of them that were H4480 H7200 in the king H4428 's presence H6440 , which H834 were found H4672 in the city H5892 , and the principal H8269 scribe H5608 of the host H6635 , which mustered H6633 H853 the people H5971 of the land H776 , and threescore H8346 men H376 of the people H4480 H5971 of the land H776 that were found H4672 in the city H5892 :
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20. And Nebuzaradan chief of the executioners took them and made them go to the king of Babylon, to Riblah.
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20. And Nebuzaradan H5018 captain H7227 of the guard H2876 took H3947 these , and brought H1980 them to H5921 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 to Riblah H7247 :
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21. And the king of Babylon struck them, and killed them in Riblah, in the land of Hamath; and he exiled Judah from its land.
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21. And the king H4428 of Babylon H894 smote H5221 them , and slew H4191 them at Riblah H7247 in the land H776 of Hamath H2574 . So Judah H3063 was carried away H1540 out of H4480 H5921 their land H127 .
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22. And the people that were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had left, he appointed over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan.
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22. And as for the people H5971 that remained H7604 in the land H776 of Judah H3063 , whom H834 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 had left H7604 , even over H5921 them he made H853 Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam H296 , the son H1121 of Shaphan H8227 , ruler H6485 .
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23. And all the commanders of the army, they and the men, heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah. And they came to Gedaliah, to Mizpeh, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.
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23. And when all H3605 the captains H8269 of the armies H2428 , they H1992 and their men H376 , heard H8085 that H3588 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 had made H853 Gedaliah H1436 governor H6485 , there came H935 to H413 Gedaliah H1436 to Mizpah H4709 , even Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah H5418 , and Johanan H3110 the son H1121 of Careah H7143 , and Seraiah H8304 the son H1121 of Tanhumeth H8576 the Netophathite H5200 , and Jaazaniah H2970 the son H1121 of a Maachathite H4602 , they H1992 and their men H376 .
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24. And Gedaliah swore to them, and to their men, and said to them, Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans; live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.
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24. And Gedaliah H1436 swore H7650 to them , and to their men H376 , and said H559 unto them, Fear H3372 not H408 to be the servants H4480 H5650 of the Chaldees H3778 : dwell H3427 in the land H776 , and serve H5647 H853 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 ; and it shall be well H3190 with you.
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25. And it happened in the seventh month Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama of the seed of the kingdom, and ten men with him came, and they struck Gedaliah, and he died, and the Jews and the Chaldeans who were with him in Mizpah.
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25. But it came to pass H1961 in the seventh H7637 month H2320 , that Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah H5418 , the son H1121 of Elishama H476 , of the seed H4480 H2233 royal H4410 , came H935 , and ten H6235 men H376 with H854 him , and smote H5221 H853 Gedaliah H1436 , that he died H4191 , and the Jews H3064 and the Chaldees H3778 that H834 were H1961 with H854 him at Mizpah H4709 .
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26. And all the people rose up, from the small even to the great, and the commanders of the armies, and came into Egypt, for they were afraid of the face of the Chaldeans.
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26. And all H3605 the people H5971 , both small H4480 H6996 and great H1419 , and the captains H8269 of the armies H2428 , arose H6965 , and came H935 to Egypt H4714 : for H3588 they were afraid H3372 of H4480 H6440 the Chaldees H3778 .
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27. And it happened in the thirty seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin the king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the twenty seventh of the month, Evil-merodach the king of Babylon, in the year he began to reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin the king of Judah out of the prison,
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27. And it came to pass H1961 in the seven H7651 and thirtieth H7970 year H8141 of the captivity H1546 of Jehoiachin H3078 king H4428 of Judah H3063 , in the twelfth H8147 H6240 month H2320 , on the seven H7651 and twentieth H6242 day of the month H2320 , that Evilmerodach H192 king H4428 of Babylon H894 in the year H8141 that he began to reign H4427 did lift up H5375 H853 the head H7218 of Jehoiachin H3078 king H4428 of Judah H3063 out of prison H4480 H1004 H3608 ;
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28. and spoke good things with him, and put his throne above the throne of the kings with him in Babylon.
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28. And he spoke H1696 kindly H2896 to H854 him , and set H5414 H853 his throne H3678 above H4480 H5921 the throne H3678 of the kings H4428 that H834 were with H854 him in Babylon H894 ;
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29. And he changed his prison garments, and he ate bread continually before him all the days of his life.
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29. And changed H8132 H853 his prison H3608 garments H899 : and he did eat H398 bread H3899 continually H8548 before H6440 him all H3605 the days H3117 of his life H2416 .
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30. And his allowance, a continual allowance, was given to him from the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.
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30. And his allowance H737 was a continual H8548 allowance H737 given H5414 him of H4480 H854 the king H4428 , a daily H3117 rate H1697 for every day H3117 , all H3605 the days H3117 of his life H2416 .
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