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25 Gani sang ikasiyam nga tuig sang paghari ni Zedekia, sang ikanapulo nga adlaw sang ikanapulo nga bulan, nagsalakay si Haring Nebucadnezar sang Babilonia kag ang iya bug-os nga soldado sa Jerusalem. Nagkampo sila sa guwa sang siyudad kag naghimo sang mga tore-tore sa palibot sini. Ginkibon nila ang siyudad hasta sang ikaonse nga tuig sang paghari ni Zedekia. Sang ikasiyam nga adlaw sang ikaapat nga bulan sang amo nga tuig, puwerte na gid ang gutom sa siyudad kag wala na sing pagkaon ang mga tawo.

Karon, ginrumpag sang mga taga-Babilonia ang isa ka bahin sang pader sang siyudad, gani nagplano si Zedekia kag ang tanan niya nga mga soldado sa pagpalagyo. Pero tungod nga napalibutan sang mga taga-Babilonia[a] ang siyudad, naghulat anay sila hasta maggab-i. Dayon nag-agi sila sa puwertahan, sa tunga sang duha ka pader malapit sa hardin sang hari. Nagpalagyo sila pakadto sa Kapatagan sang Jordan,[b] pero ginlagas sila sang mga taga-Babilonia kag naabtan sila sa kapatagan sang Jerico. Nagbululag kay Zedekia ang tanan niya nga soldado, kag nadakpan siya. Gindala siya sa hari sang Babilonia sa Ribla kag didto ginsentensyahan. Ginpamatay sa iya atubangan ang iya mga anak nga lalaki. Dayon ginlukat ang iya mga mata, ginkadenahan siya, kag gindala sa Babilonia.

Gin-guba ang Templo kag Ginbihag ang Katawhan sang Juda(A)

Sang ikapito nga adlaw sang ikalima nga bulan, sadtong ika-19 nga tuig sang paghari ni Nebucadnezar sa Babilonia, nagkadto sa Jerusalem si Nebuzaradan nga kumander sang mga guwardya sang hari sang Babilonia. Ginsunog niya ang templo sang Ginoo, ang palasyo, ang tanan nga balay sa Jerusalem, kag ang tanan nga importante nga mga bilding. 10 Sa iya nga pagdumala gin-guba sang mga soldado sang Babilonia ang mga pader nga nagapalibot sa Jerusalem. 11 Kag ginbihag niya ang nabilin nga mga tawo sa siyudad, pati ang mga tawo nga nagdampig sa hari sang Babilonia. 12 Pero ginbilin niya ang iban sa pinakaimol nga mga tawo agod mag-atipan sa talamnan sang mga ubas kag sa mga uma.

13 Gin-guba sang mga taga-Babilonia ang ini nga mga butang sa templo sang Ginoo: ang saway nga mga haligi, ang mga karo nga ginagamit sa paghakot sang tubig, kag ang dako nga suludlan sang tubig nga saway nga ginatawag Dagat. Kag gindala nila ang mga saway sa Babilonia. 14 Ginkuha man nila ang mga kalaha, mga pala, mga pang-utod sa pabilo, mga tasa,[c] kag ang iban pa nga saway nga mga kagamitan sa templo. 15 Ginkuha man ni Nebuzaradan ang mga bulutangan sang baga, ang mga yahong, kag ang iban pa nga bulawan kag pilak nga mga kagamitan. 16 Daw halos indi makilo ang mga saway nga halin sa duha ka haligi, sa dako nga suludlan sang tubig nga ginatawag Dagat, kag sa mga karo nga ginagamit sa paghakot sang tubig. Ini nga mga butang ginpahimo sadto ni Solomon para sa templo sang Ginoo. 17 Ang kataason sang kada haligi 27 ka tapak. Ang kataason sang saway nga ulo-ulo sang kada haligi apat kag tunga ka tapak. Ini nga mga ulo-ulo nadekorasyunan sang mga kulokadena nga nagatinabid kag napalibutan sang mga puloprutas nga pomegranata nga saway.

18 Ginbihag man ni Nebuzaradan si Seraya nga pangulo nga pari, si Zefanias nga sunod sa rangko ni Seraya, kag ang tatlo ka manugbantay sa puwertahan sang templo. 19 Kag amo pa gid ini ang iya mga nakita kag ginbihag sa siyudad: ang opisyal sang mga soldado sang Juda, ang lima sa mga manugdumala sang hari, ang kumander nga nagapanguha sa mga tawo nga mangin soldado, kag ang 60 pa ka pumuluyo didto. 20 Gindala sila tanan ni Nebuzaradan sa hari sang Babilonia didto sa Ribla, 21 nga sakop sang Hamat. Kag didto ginpapatay sila sang hari.

Gani ang katawhan sang Juda gindala palayo sa ila duta bilang mga bihag.

Si Gedalia nga Gobernador sang Juda(B)

22 Ginpili ni Haring Nebucadnezar sang Babilonia si Gedalia nga anak ni Ahikam kag apo ni Shafan bilang gobernador sang mga tawo nga nabilin sa Juda. 23 Sang mabatian ini sang mga opisyal sang Juda kag sang ila mga tinawo, nagkadto sila kay Gedalia didto sa Mizpa. Sila amo si Ishmael nga anak ni Netania, si Johanan nga anak ni Karea, si Seraya nga anak ni Tanhumet nga taga-Netofa, si Jaazania nga taga-Maaca, kag ang ila mga tinawo. 24 Nagsumpa si Gedalia sa ila kag sa ila mga tinawo, “Indi kamo magkahadlok sa mga opisyal sang Babilonia. Mag-estar lang kamo sa sini nga duta kag mag-alagad sa hari sang Babilonia, kag mangin maayo ang tanan sa inyo.”

25 Pero sang ikapito nga bulan sang sadto nga tuig, si Ishmael nga anak ni Netania kag apo ni Elishama, nga miyembro sang harianon nga pamilya, nagkadto sa Mizpa upod sa napulo ka tawo kag ginpatay nila si Gedalia kag ang iya mga kaupod nga mga taga-Juda kag mga taga-Babilonia. 26 Tungod sini, ang tanan nga tawo halin sa pinakadungganon hasta sa pinakakubos, pati ang mga opisyal sang mga soldado, nagpalagyo sa Egipto kay nahadlok sila kon ano ang himuon sang mga taga-Babilonia.

Ginbuy-an si Jehoyakin(C)

27 Sang ika-37 nga tuig sang pagkabihag ni Haring Jehoyakin sang Juda, nangin hari sang Babilonia si Evil Merodac. Ginbuy-an niya si Jehoyakin sang ika-27 nga adlaw sang ika-12 nga bulan sadto nga tuig. 28 Maayo siya kay Jehoyakin kag ginpadunggan niya siya labaw sang sa iban nga mga hari nga ginbihag man didto sa Babilonia. 29 Gani wala na nagbayo si Jehoyakin sang bayo nga iya sang priso, kag halin sadto nagakaon siya upod sa hari. 30 Kag kada adlaw ginahatagan siya sang hari sang iya mga kinahanglanon samtang buhi pa siya.

Footnotes

  1. 25:4 taga-Babilonia: sa literal, Kaldeanhon. Amo ini kon kaisa ang tawag sa mga taga-Babilonia.
  2. 25:4 Kapatagan sang Jordan: sa Hebreo, Araba.
  3. 25:14 mga tasa: Indi klaro ang buot silingon sang Hebreo sini.

25 So in the ninth(A) year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar(B) king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army. He encamped outside the city and built siege works(C) all around it. The city was kept under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

By the ninth day of the fourth[a] month the famine(D) in the city had become so severe that there was no food for the people to eat. Then the city wall was broken through,(E) and the whole army fled at night through the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden, though the Babylonians[b] were surrounding(F) the city. They fled toward the Arabah,[c] but the Babylonian[d] army pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho. All his soldiers were separated from him and scattered,(G) and he was captured.(H)

He was taken to the king of Babylon at Riblah,(I) where sentence was pronounced on him. They killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon.(J)

On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard, an official of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. He set fire(K) to the temple of the Lord, the royal palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every important building he burned down.(L) 10 The whole Babylonian army under the commander of the imperial guard broke down the walls(M) around Jerusalem. 11 Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard carried into exile(N) the people who remained in the city, along with the rest of the populace and those who had deserted to the king of Babylon.(O) 12 But the commander left behind some of the poorest people(P) of the land to work the vineyards and fields.

13 The Babylonians broke(Q) up the bronze pillars, the movable stands and the bronze Sea that were at the temple of the Lord and they carried the bronze to Babylon. 14 They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes(R) and all the bronze articles(S) used in the temple service. 15 The commander of the imperial guard took away the censers and sprinkling bowls—all that were made of pure gold or silver.(T)

16 The bronze from the two pillars, the Sea and the movable stands, which Solomon had made for the temple of the Lord, was more than could be weighed. 17 Each pillar(U) was eighteen cubits[e] high. The bronze capital on top of one pillar was three cubits[f] high and was decorated with a network and pomegranates of bronze all around. The other pillar, with its network, was similar.

18 The commander of the guard took as prisoners Seraiah(V) the chief priest, Zephaniah(W) the priest next in rank and the three doorkeepers.(X) 19 Of those still in the city, he took the officer in charge of the fighting men, and five royal advisers. He also took the secretary who was chief officer in charge of conscripting the people of the land and sixty of the conscripts who were found in the city. 20 Nebuzaradan the commander took them all and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. 21 There at Riblah,(Y) in the land of Hamath, the king had them executed.(Z)

So Judah went into captivity,(AA) away from her land.(AB)

22 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah(AC) son of Ahikam,(AD) the son of Shaphan, to be over the people he had left behind in Judah. 23 When all the army officers and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, Jaazaniah the son of the Maakathite, and their men. 24 Gedaliah took an oath to reassure them and their men. “Do not be afraid of the Babylonian officials,” he said. “Settle down in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well with you.”

25 In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was of royal blood, came with ten men and assassinated(AE) Gedaliah and also the men of Judah and the Babylonians who were with him at Mizpah.(AF) 26 At this, all the people from the least to the greatest, together with the army officers, fled to Egypt(AG) for fear of the Babylonians.

Jehoiachin Released(AH)

27 In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the year Awel-Marduk became king of Babylon, he released Jehoiachin(AI) king of Judah from prison. He did this on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month. 28 He spoke kindly(AJ) to him and gave him a seat of honor(AK) higher than those of the other kings who were with him in Babylon. 29 So Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes and for the rest of his life ate regularly at the king’s table.(AL) 30 Day by day the king gave Jehoiachin a regular allowance as long as he lived.(AM)

Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 25:3 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Jer. 52:6); Masoretic Text does not have fourth.
  2. 2 Kings 25:4 Or Chaldeans; also in verses 13, 25 and 26
  3. 2 Kings 25:4 Or the Jordan Valley
  4. 2 Kings 25:5 Or Chaldean; also in verses 10 and 24
  5. 2 Kings 25:17 That is, about 27 feet or about 8.1 meters
  6. 2 Kings 25:17 That is, about 4 1/2 feet or about 1.4 meters

25 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.

And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.

And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain.

And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.

So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.

And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.

And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:

And he burnt the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire.

10 And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.

11 Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away.

12 But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

13 And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the Lord, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the Lord, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.

14 And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.

15 And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.

16 The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

17 The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.

18 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:

19 And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city:

20 And Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah:

21 And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.

22 And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.

23 And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, 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.

24 And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.

25 But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.

26 And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.

27 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;

28 And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon;

29 And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life.

30 And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.