Deportations to Babylon

10 At that time(A) the servants of King Nebuchadnezzar(B) of Babylon marched up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege. 11 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it. 12 King Jehoiachin of Judah, along with his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials,[a] surrendered to the king of Babylon.(C)

So the king of Babylon took him captive in the eighth year of his reign.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 24:12 Or eunuchs

Nebuchadnezzar’s Siege of Jerusalem

25 In the ninth year(A) of Zedekiah’s reign,(B) on the tenth day of the tenth month, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon advanced against Jerusalem with his entire army.(C) They laid siege to the city and built a siege wall against it all around.(D) The city was under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.

By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that the common people had no food.(E) Then the city was broken into,(F) and all the warriors fled(G) at night by way of the city gate between the two walls near the king’s garden,(H) even though the Chaldeans surrounded the city. As the king made his way along the route to the Arabah,(I) the Chaldean army pursued him and overtook him in the plains of Jericho. Zedekiah’s entire army left him and scattered.(J) The Chaldeans seized the king(K) and brought him up to the king of Babylon(L) at Riblah,(M) and they passed sentence on him. They slaughtered Zedekiah’s sons before his eyes. Finally, the king of Babylon blinded Zedekiah, bound him in bronze chains, and took him to Babylon.(N)

Read full chapter

Bible Gateway Recommends

CSB Gift & Award Bible--imitation leather, blue
CSB Gift & Award Bible--imitation leather, blue
Retail: $7.99
Our Price: $6.29
Save: $1.70 (21%)
Hosanna Revival CSB Notetaking Bible, Bend Theme
Hosanna Revival CSB Notetaking Bible, Bend Theme
Retail: $59.90
Our Price: $47.99
Save: $11.91 (20%)
CSB Study Bible, Hardcover
CSB Study Bible, Hardcover
Retail: $49.99
Our Price: $36.99
Save: $13.00 (26%)
4.5 of 5.0 stars
CSB Apologetics Study Bible, Hardcover
CSB Apologetics Study Bible, Hardcover
Retail: $39.99
Our Price: $28.99
Save: $11.00 (28%)
5.0 of 5.0 stars