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| 1Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became king and reigned 11 years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah. | 1Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother's name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah. |
| 2Zedekiah did what was evil in the LORD's sight just as Jehoiakim had done. | 2He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done. |
| 3Because of the LORD's anger, it came to the point in Jerusalem and Judah that He finally banished them from His presence. Nevertheless, Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. | 3It was because of the LORD's anger that all this happened to Jerusalem and Judah, and in the end he thrust them from his presence. Now Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. |
| 4In the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon advanced against Jerusalem with his entire army. They laid siege to the city and built a siege wall all around it. | 4So in the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army. They encamped outside the city and built siege works all around it. |
| 5The city was under siege until King Zedekiah's eleventh year. | 5The city was kept under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. |
| 6By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that the people of the land had no food. | 6By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city had become so severe that there was no food for the people to eat. |
| 7Then the city was broken into, and all the warriors fled. They left the city by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king's garden, though the Chaldeans surrounded the city. They made their way along the route to the Arabah. | 7Then the city wall was broken through, and the whole army fled. They left the city at night through the gate between the two walls near the king's garden, though the Babylonians were surrounding the city. They fled toward the Arabah, |
| 8The Chaldean army pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. Zedekiah's entire army was scattered from him. | 8but the Babylonian army pursued King Zedekiah and overtook him in the plains of Jericho. All his soldiers were separated from him and scattered, |
| 9The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he passed sentence on him. | 9and he was captured. He was taken to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced sentence on him. |
| 10At Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered Zedekiah's sons before his eyes and also slaughtered the Judean commanders. | 10There at Riblah the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes; he also killed all the officials of Judah. |
| 11Then he blinded Zedekiah and bound him with bronze chains. The king of Babylon brought Zedekiah to Babylon, where he kept him in custody until his dying day. | 11Then he put out Zedekiah's eyes, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon, where he put him in prison till the day of his death. |
| 12On the tenth day of the fifth month--which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon--Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, entered Jerusalem as the representative of the king of Babylon. | 12On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard, who served the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. |
| 13He burned the LORD's temple, the king's palace, all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the nobles. | 13He set fire to the temple of the LORD, the royal palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every important building he burned down. |
| 14The whole Chaldean army with the commander of the guards tore down all the walls surrounding Jerusalem. | 14The whole Babylonian army, under the commander of the imperial guard, broke down all the walls around Jerusalem. |
| 15Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, deported some of the poorest of the people, as well as the rest of the people who were left in the city, the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the craftsmen. | 15Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard carried into exile some of the poorest people and those who remained in the city, along with the rest of the craftsmen and those who had deserted to the king of Babylon. |
| 16But some of the poorest people of the land Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, left to be vinedressers and farmers. | 16But Nebuzaradan left behind the rest of the poorest people of the land to work the vineyards and fields. |
| 17Now the Chaldeans broke into pieces the bronze pillars for the LORD's temple and the water carts and the bronze reservoir that were in the LORD's temple, and carried all the bronze to Babylon. | 17The Babylonians broke up the bronze pillars, the movable stands and the bronze Sea that were at the temple of the LORD and they carried all the bronze to Babylon. |
| 18They took the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling basins, dishes, and all the bronze articles used in the temple service. | 18They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes and all the bronze articles used in the temple service. |
| 19The commander of the guards took away the bowls, firepans, sprinkling basins, pots, lampstands, pans, and drink offering bowls--whatever was gold or silver. | 19The commander of the imperial guard took away the basins, censers, sprinkling bowls, pots, lampstands, dishes and bowls used for drink offerings--all that were made of pure gold or silver. |
| 20As for the two pillars, the one reservoir, and the 12 bronze bulls under the water carts that King Solomon had made for the LORD's temple, the weight of the bronze of all these articles was beyond measure. | 20The bronze from the two pillars, the Sea and the twelve bronze bulls under it, and the movable stands, which King Solomon had made for the temple of the LORD, was more than could be weighed. |
| 21One pillar was 27 feet tall, had a circumference of 18 feet, was hollow--four fingers thick-- | 21Each pillar was eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference; each was four fingers thick, and hollow. |
| 22and had a bronze capital on top of it. One capital, encircled by bronze latticework and pomegranates, stood 7 1/2 feet high. The second pillar was the same, with pomegranates. | 22The bronze capital on top of one pillar was five cubits high and was decorated with a network and pomegranates of bronze all around. The other pillar, with its pomegranates, was similar. |
| 23Each capital had 96 pomegranates all around it. All the pomegranates around the latticework numbered 100. | 23There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; the total number of pomegranates above the surrounding network was a hundred. |
| 24The commander of the guards also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of the second rank, and the three doorkeepers. | 24The commander of the guard took as prisoners Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest next in rank and the three doorkeepers. |
| 25From the city he took a court official who had been appointed over the warriors; seven trusted royal aides found in the city; the secretary of the commander of the army, who enlisted the people of the land for military duty; and 60 men from the common people who were found within the city. | 25Of those still in the city, he took the officer in charge of the fighting men, and seven royal advisers. He also took the secretary who was chief officer in charge of conscripting the people of the land, sixty of whom were found in the city. |
| 26Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. | 26Nebuzaradan the commander took them all and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. |
| 27The king of Babylon put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah went into exile from its land. | 27There at Riblah, in the land of Hamath, the king had them executed. So Judah went into captivity, away from her land. |
| 28These are the people Nebuchadnezzar deported: in the seventh year, 3,023 Jews; | 28This is the number of the people Nebuchadnezzar carried into exile: in the seventh year, 3,023 Jews; |
| 29in his eighteenth year, 832 people from Jerusalem; | 29in Nebuchadnezzar's eighteenth year, 832 people from Jerusalem; |
| 30in Nebuchadnezzar's twenty-third year, Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, deported 745 Jews. All together 4,600 people were deported. | 30in his twenty-third year, 745 Jews taken into exile by Nebuzaradan the commander of the imperial guard. There were 4,600 people in all. |
| 31On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah's King Jehoiachin, Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, pardoned King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him from prison. | 31In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the year Awel-Marduk became king of Babylon, on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month, he released Jehoiachin king of Judah and freed him from prison. |
| 32He spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the thrones of the kings who were with him in Babylon. | 32He spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat of honor higher than those of the other kings who were with him in Babylon. |
| 33So Jehoiachin changed his prison clothes, and he dined regularly in the presence of the king of Babylon for the rest of his life. | 33So Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes and for the rest of his life ate regularly at the king's table. |
| 34As for his allowance, a regular allowance was given to him by the king of Babylon, a portion for each day until the day of his death, for the rest of his life. | 34Day by day the king of Babylon gave Jehoiachin a regular allowance as long as he lived, till the day of his death. |
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