The Book of Jeremiah
52: 1Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign; and he
reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Hamutal the
daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 52:2And he did that which was evil in the sight of
Jehovah, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 52:3For through the anger of
Jehovah did it come to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out
from his presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. 52:4And it
came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of
the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army,
against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it round
about. 52:5So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. 52:6In
the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so
that there was no bread for the people of the land. 52:7Then a breach was made in
the city, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the
way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the
Chaldeans were against the city round about;) and they went toward the Arabah.
52:8But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in
the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him. 52:9Then they took
the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of
Hamath; and he gave judgment upon him. 52:10And the king of Babylon slew the
sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.
52:11And he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in
fetters, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.
52:12Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth
year of king Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of
the guard, who stood before the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem: 52:13and he burned
the house of Jehovah, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even
every great house, burned he with fire. 52:14And all the army of the Chaldeans, that
were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round
about. 52:15Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the
poorest of the people, and the residue of the people that were left in the city, and
those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the
multitude. 52:16But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the
land to be vinedressers and husbandmen. 52:17And the pillars of brass that were in
the house of Jehovah, and the bases and the brazen sea that were in the house of
Jehovah, did the Chaldeans break in pieces, and carried all the brass of them to
Babylon. 52:18The pots also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the basins, and
the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they
away. 52:19And the cups, and the firepans, and the basins, and the pots, and the
candlesticks, and the spoons, and the bowls-that which was of gold, in gold, and
that which was of silver, in silver,- the captain of the guard took away. 52:20The two
pillars, the one sea, and the twelve brazen bulls that were under the bases, which
king Solomon had made for the house of Jehovah-the brass of all these vessels
was without weight. 52:21And as for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was
eighteen cubits; and a line of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness
thereof was four fingers: it was hollow. 52:22And a capital of brass was upon it; and
the height of the one capital was five cubits, with network and pomegranates
upon the capital round about, all of brass: and the second pillar also had like unto
these, and pomegranates. 52:23And there were ninety and six pomegranates on the
sides; all the pomegranates were a hundred upon the network round about. 52:24And
the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second
priest, and the three keepers of the threshold: 52:25and out of the city he took an
officer that was set over the men of war; and seven men of them that saw the
king's face, that were found in the city; and the scribe of the captain of the host,
who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the
land, that were found in the midst of the city. 52:26And Nebuzaradan the captain of
the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. 52:27And
the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of
Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land. 52:28This is the people
whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand
Jews and three and twenty; 52:29in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried
away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons; 52:30in the three
and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard
carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the
persons were four thousand and six hundred. 52:31And it came to pass in the seven
and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth
month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of
Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of
Judah, and brought him forth out of prison; 52:32and he spake kindly to him, and set
his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon, 52:33and
changed his prison garments. And Jehoiachin did eat bread before him
continually all the days of his life: 52:34and for his allowance, there was a continual
allowance given him by the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of
his death, all the days of his life.