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    2 Kings 25

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    After Jerusalem is burned, its king is blinded, and Judah is carried away, Jehoiachin changes his clothes and takes supper at Babylon’s royal table for the rest of his life.

    The city falls, and the king is made to watchvv. 1–21

    Nebuchadnezzar lays siege to Jerusalem until famine empties the city. Zedekiah escapes by night, but the Chaldeans catch him in the plains of Jericho and bring him to Riblah, where his sons are killed before him; only then are his eyes put out. Nebuzaradan arrives with a remarkably thorough appetite for demolition: the temple, palace, houses, walls, vessels, pillars, and bronze Sea all go, while some of the poorest people remain to tend vineyards and fields. The priests, officials, soldiers, and sixty men are taken to Riblah and killed, and Judah is carried away from its land.

    A governor, an ambush, and a daily portionvv. 22–30

    Nebuchadnezzar appoints Gedaliah over those left in Judah. At Mizpah, Gedaliah tells the commanders not to fear the servants of the Chaldeans, but Ishmael soon comes with ten men and kills him, along with Judeans and Chaldeans. Everyone else flees to Egypt. Then, after thirty-seven years of exile, Jehoiachin is released by Evil-merodach, spoken to kindly, dressed for the royal table, and supplied with a daily portion for the rest of his life—a small domestic coda to an extraordinarily undomestic chapter.

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    1. 2 Kgs 25:1So 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 entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.

    2. 2 Kgs 25:2And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.

    3. 2 Kgs 25:3By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.

    4. 2 Kgs 25:4Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,

    5. 2 Kgs 25:5but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him.

    6. 2 Kgs 25:6The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him.

    7. 2 Kgs 25:7And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

    8. 2 Kgs 25:8On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.

    9. 2 Kgs 25:9He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.

    10. 2 Kgs 25:10And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.

    11. 2 Kgs 25:11Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population.

    12. 2 Kgs 25:12But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.

    13. 2 Kgs 25:13Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon.

    14. 2 Kgs 25:14They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.

    15. 2 Kgs 25:15The captain of the guard also took away the censers and sprinkling bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.

    16. 2 Kgs 25:16As for the two pillars, the Sea, and the movable stands that Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.

    17. 2 Kgs 25:17Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall. The bronze capital atop one pillar was three cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its network, was similar.

    18. 2 Kgs 25:18The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.

    19. 2 Kgs 25:19Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as five royal advisors. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.

    20. 2 Kgs 25:20Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

    21. 2 Kgs 25:21There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.

    22. 2 Kgs 25:22Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over the people he had left behind in the land of Judah.

    23. 2 Kgs 25:23When all the commanders of the armies 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, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, as well as their men.

    24. 2 Kgs 25:24And Gedaliah took an oath before them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.”

    25. 2 Kgs 25:25In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down and killed Gedaliah, along with the Judeans and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.

    26. 2 Kgs 25:26Then all the people small and great, together with the commanders of the army, arose and fled to Egypt for fear of the Chaldeans.

    27. 2 Kgs 25:27On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison.

    28. 2 Kgs 25:28And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

    29. 2 Kgs 25:29So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life.

    30. 2 Kgs 25:30And the king provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life.

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    • 292 Samuel 9:7“Do not be afraid,” said David, “for surely I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table.”
    • 29Isaiah 61:3to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.
    • 29Genesis 41:42Then Pharaoh removed the signet ring from his finger, put it on Joseph’s finger, clothed him in garments of fine linen, and placed a gold chain around his neck.
    • 30Luke 11:3Give us each day our daily bread.
    • 27Genesis 40:20On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.
    • 27Jeremiah 52:31–34On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the first year of the reign of Evil-merodach king of Babylon, he pardoned Jehoiachin king of Judah and released him from prison.
    • 28Jeremiah 27:6–11So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I have even made the beasts of the field subject to him.
    • 28Daniel 2:37You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given sovereignty, power, strength, and glory.
    • 29Esther 4:4When Esther’s maidens and eunuchs came and told her about Mordecai, the queen was overcome with distress. She sent clothes for Mordecai to wear instead of his sackcloth, but he would not accept them.
    • 29Zechariah 3:4So the angel said to those standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes!” Then he said to Joshua, “See, I have removed your iniquity, and I will clothe you with splendid robes.”
    • 292 Kings 24:12Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive.
    • 29Luke 15:22But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.
    • 29Esther 8:15Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal garments of blue and white, with a large gold crown and a purple robe of fine linen. And the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.
    • 12Jeremiah 40:7When all the commanders and men of the armies in the field heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam over the land and that he had put him in charge of the men, women, and children who were the poorest of the land and had not been exiled to Babylon,
    • 122 Kings 24:14He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.
    • 27Genesis 40:13Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.

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