4 Then athe city wall was broken through, and all the men of war fled at night by way of the gate between two walls, which was by the king’s garden, even though the Chaldeans were still encamped all around against the city. And btheking went by way of the plain.
5 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and they overtook him in the plains of Jericho. All his army was scattered from him.
6 So they took the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon aat Riblah, and they pronounced judgment on him.
7 Then they killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, aput out the eyes of Zedekiah, bound him with bronze fetters, and took him to Babylon.
8 And in the fifth month, aon the seventh day of the month (which wasbthe nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), cNebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.
9aHe burned the house of the Lordband the king’s house; all the houses of Jerusalem, that is, all the houses of the great, che burned with fire.
10 And all the army of the Chaldeans who werewith the captain of the guard abroke down the walls of Jerusalem all around.
11 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive athe rest of the people who remained in the city and the defectors who had deserted to the king of Babylon, with the rest of the multitude.
12 But the captain of the guard aleft some of the poor of the land as vinedressers and farmers.
13aThe bronze bpillars that were in the house of the Lord, and cthe carts and dthe bronze Sea that were in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke in pieces, and ecarried their bronze to Babylon.
14 They also took away athe pots, the shovels, the trimmers, the spoons, and all the bronze utensils with which the priests ministered.
15 The firepans and the basins, the things of solid gold and solid silver, the captain of the guard took away.
16 The two pillars, one Sea, and the carts, which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord, athe bronze of all these articles was beyond measure.
17aThe height of one pillar was1 eighteen cubits, and the capital on it was of bronze. The height of the capital was three cubits, and the network and pomegranates all around the capital were all of bronze. The second pillar was the same, with a network.
18aAnd the captain of the guard took bSeraiah the chief priest, cZephaniah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers.
19 He also took out of the city an officer who had charge of the men of war, afive men of the king’s close associates who were found in the city, the chief recruiting officer of the army, who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land whowere found in the city.
20 So Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, took these and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
21 Then the king of Babylon struck them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. aThus Judah was carried away captive from its own land.
Gedaliah Made Governor of Judah
22 Then he made Gedaliah the son of aAhikam, the son of Shaphan, governor over bthe people who remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left.
Riblah - Where Nebuchadnezzar staid, that he might both supply the besiegers with men, and military provisions, as their occasions required; and have an eye to Chaldea, to prevent or suppress any commotions which might happen there in his absence. They - The king's officers appointed thereunto, examined his cause, and passed the following sentence against him.
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