<vn='1'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> in the <sn="8671">ninth</s><sn="8141">year</s> of his <sn="4427">reign</s>, in the <sn="6224">tenth</s><sn="2320">month</s>, in the <sn="6218">tenth</s> day of the <sn="2320">month</s>, that <sn="5019">Nebuchadnezzar</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s><sn="935">came</s>, <sn="1931">he</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="2428">host</s>, <sn="5921">against</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, and <sn="2583">pitched</s><sn="5921">against</s> it; and they <sn="1129">built</s><sn="1785">forts</s><sn="5921">against</s> it round <sn="5439">about</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And the <sn="5892">city</s> was <sn="935 4692">besieged</s><sn="5704">unto</s> the <sn="6249 6240">eleventh</s><sn="8141">year</s> of <sn="4428">king</s><sn="6667">Zedekiah</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And on the <sn="8672">ninth</s> day of the fourth <sn="2320">month</s> the <sn="7458">famine</s><sn="2388">prevailed</s> in the <sn="5892">city</s>, and there <sn="1961">was</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="3899">bread</s> for the <sn="5971">people</s> of the <sn="776">land</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And the <sn="5892">city</s> was broken <sn="1234">up</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="4421">war</s> fled by <sn="3915">night</s> by the <sn="1870">way</s> of the <sn="8179">gate</s><sn="996">between</s> two <sn="2346">walls</s>, <sn="834">which</s> is <sn="5921">by</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1588">garden</s>: (now the <sn="3778">Chaldees</s> were <sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="5892">city</s> round <sn="5439">about</s>:) and the king <sn="1980">went</s> the <sn="1870">way</s> toward the <sn="6160">plain</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And the <sn="2428">army</s> of the <sn="3778">Chaldees</s><sn="7291">pursued</s><sn="310">after</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, and <sn="5381">overtook</s> him in the <sn="6160">plains</s> of <sn="3405">Jericho</s>: and <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="2428">army</s> were <sn="6327">scattered</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> him. </v>
<vn='6'>So they <sn="8610">took</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, and brought him <sn="5927 *853">up</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s> to <sn="7247">Riblah</s>; and they <sn="1696">gave</s><sn="4941">judgment</s><sn="854">upon</s> him. </v>
<vn='7'>And they <sn="7819">slew</s> the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="6667">Zedekiah</s> before his <sn="5869">eyes</s>, and put <sn="5786">out</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5869">eyes</s> of <sn="6667">Zedekiah</s>, and <sn="631">bound</s> him with fetters of <sn="5178">brass</s>, and <sn="935">carried</s> him to <sn="894">Babylon</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And in the <sn="2549">fifth</s><sn="2320">month</s>, on the <sn="7651">seventh</s> day of the <sn="2320">month</s>, <sn="1931">which</s> is the <sn="8672 6240">nineteenth</s><sn="8141">year</s> of <sn="4428">king</s><sn="5019">Nebuchadnezzar</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>, <sn="935">came</s><sn="5018">Nebuzaradan</s>, <sn="7227">captain</s> of the <sn="2876">guard</s>, a <sn="5650">servant</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>, unto <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>: </v>
<vn='9'>And he <sn="8313">burnt</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1004">houses</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, and <sn="3605">every</s><sn="1419">great</s> man's <sn="1004">house</s><sn="8313">burnt</s> he with <sn="784">fire</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="2428">army</s> of the <sn="3778">Chaldees</s>, <sn="834">that</s> were with the <sn="7227">captain</s> of the <sn="2876">guard</s>, broke <sn="5422">down</s> the <sn="2346">walls</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> round <sn="5439">about</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>Now the <sn="3499">rest</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s> that were <sn="7604">left</s> in the <sn="5892">city</s>, and the <sn="5307">fugitives</s><sn="834">that</s> fell <sn="5307">away</s><sn="5921">to</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>, with the <sn="3499">remnant</s> of the <sn="1995">multitude</s>, did <sn="5018">Nebuzaradan</s> the <sn="7227">captain</s> of the <sn="2876">guard</s> carry <sn="1540">away</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>But the <sn="7227">captain</s> of the <sn="2876">guard</s><sn="7604">left</s> of the <sn="4480 1803">poor</s> of the <sn="776">land</s> to be <sn="3755">vinedressers</s> and <sn="3009">husbandmen</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And the <sn="5982">pillars</s> of <sn="5178">brass</s><sn="834">that</s> were in the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and the <sn="4350">bases</s>, and the <sn="5178">brazen</s><sn="3220">sea</s><sn="834">that</s> was in the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, did the <sn="3778">Chaldees</s> break in <sn="7665">pieces</s>, and <sn="5375">carried</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5178">brass</s> of them to <sn="894">Babylon</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And the <sn="5518">pots</s>, and the <sn="3257">shovels</s>, and the <sn="4212">snuffers</s>, and the <sn="3709">spoons</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3627">vessels</s> of <sn="5178">brass</s><sn="834">wherewith</s> they <sn="8334">ministered</s>, took they <sn="3947">away</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And the <sn="4289">firepans</s>, and the <sn="4219">bowls</s>, and such things <sn="834">as</s> were of <sn="2091">gold</s>, in <sn="2091">gold</s>, and of <sn="3701">silver</s>, in <sn="3701">silver</s>, the <sn="7227">captain</s> of the <sn="2876">guard</s> took <sn="3947">away</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>The <sn="8147">two</s><sn="5982">pillars</s>, <sn="259">one</s><sn="3220">sea</s>, and the <sn="4350">bases</s><sn="834">which</s><sn="8010">Solomon</s> had <sn="6213">made</s> for the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; the <sn="5178">brass</s> of <sn="3605">all</s><sn="428">these</s><sn="3627">vessels</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="3808">without</s><sn="4948">weight</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>The <sn="6967">height</s> of the <sn="259">one</s><sn="5982">pillar</s> was <sn="8083 6240">eighteen</s><sn="520">cubits</s>, and the <sn="3805">chapiter</s><sn="5921">upon</s> it was <sn="5178">brass</s>: and the <sn="6967">height</s> of the <sn="3805">chapiter</s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="520">cubits</s>; and the wreathen <sn="7639">work</s>, and <sn="7416">pomegranates</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="3805">chapiter</s> round <sn="5439">about</s>, <sn="3605">all</s> of <sn="5178">brass</s>: and like unto <sn="428">these</s> had the <sn="8145">second</s><sn="5982">pillar</s><sn="5921">with</s> wreathen <sn="7639">work</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And the <sn="7227">captain</s> of the <sn="2876">guard</s><sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="8304">Seraiah</s> the <sn="7218">chief</s><sn="3548">priest</s>, and <sn="6846">Zephaniah</s> the <sn="4932">second</s><sn="3548">priest</s>, and the <sn="7969">three</s><sn="8104">keepers</s> of the <sn="5592">door</s>: </v>
<vn='19'>And out <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="5892">city</s> he <sn="3947">took</s><sn="259">an</s><sn="5631">officer</s><sn="834 1931">that</s> was <sn="6496">set</s><sn="5921">over</s> the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="4421">war</s>, and <sn="2568">five</s><sn="376">men</s> of them that <sn="4480 7200">were</s> in the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="6440">presence</s>, <sn="834">which</s> were <sn="4672">found</s> in the <sn="5892">city</s>, and the <sn="8269">principal</s><sn="5608">scribe</s> of the <sn="6635">host</s>, which <sn="6633">mustered</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5971">people</s> of the <sn="776">land</s>, and <sn="8346">threescore</s><sn="376">men</s> of the <sn="4480 5971">people</s> of the <sn="776">land</s> that were <sn="4672">found</s> in the <sn="5892">city</s>: </v>
<vn='20'>And <sn="5018">Nebuzaradan</s><sn="7227">captain</s> of the <sn="2876">guard</s><sn="3947">took</s> these, and <sn="1980">brought</s> them <sn="5921">to</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s> to <sn="7247">Riblah</s>: </v>
<vn='21'>And the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s><sn="5221">smote</s> them, and <sn="4191">slew</s> them at <sn="7247">Riblah</s> in the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="2574">Hamath</s>. So <sn="3063">Judah</s> was carried <sn="1540">away</s> out <sn="4480 5921">of</s> their <sn="127">land</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>And as for the <sn="5971">people</s> that <sn="7604">remained</s> in the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, <sn="834">whom</s><sn="5019">Nebuchadnezzar</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s> had <sn="7604">left</s>, even <sn="5921">over</s> them he made <sn="*853"></s><sn="1436">Gedaliah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="296">Ahikam</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="8227">Shaphan</s>, <sn="6485">ruler</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>And when <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="8269">captains</s> of the <sn="2428">armies</s>, <sn="1992">they</s> and their <sn="376">men</s>, <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s> had made <sn="*853"></s><sn="1436">Gedaliah</s><sn="6485">governor</s>, there <sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="1436">Gedaliah</s> to <sn="4709">Mizpah</s>, even <sn="3458">Ishmael</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5418">Nethaniah</s>, and <sn="3110">Johanan</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="7143">Careah</s>, and <sn="8304">Seraiah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="8576">Tanhumeth</s> the <sn="5200">Netophathite</s>, and <sn="2970">Jaazaniah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of a <sn="4602">Maachathite</s>, <sn="1992">they</s> and their <sn="376">men</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>And <sn="1436">Gedaliah</s><sn="7650">swore</s> to them, and to their <sn="376">men</s>, and <sn="559">said</s> unto them, <sn="3372">Fear</s><sn="408">not</s> to be the <sn="4480 5650">servants</s> of the <sn="3778">Chaldees</s>: <sn="3427">dwell</s> in the <sn="776">land</s>, and <sn="5647">serve</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>; and it shall be <sn="3190">well</s> with you. </v>
<vn='25'>But it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> in the <sn="7637">seventh</s><sn="2320">month</s>, that <sn="3458">Ishmael</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5418">Nethaniah</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="476">Elishama</s>, of the <sn="4480 2233">seed</s><sn="4410">royal</s>, <sn="935">came</s>, and <sn="6235">ten</s><sn="376">men</s><sn="854">with</s> him, and <sn="5221">smote</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1436">Gedaliah</s>, that he <sn="4191">died</s>, and the <sn="3064">Jews</s> and the <sn="3778">Chaldees</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="1961">were</s><sn="854">with</s> him at <sn="4709">Mizpah</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>And <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, both <sn="4480 6996">small</s> and <sn="1419">great</s>, and the <sn="8269">captains</s> of the <sn="2428">armies</s>, <sn="6965">arose</s>, and <sn="935">came</s> to <sn="4714">Egypt</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> they were <sn="3372">afraid</s><sn="4480 6440">of</s> the <sn="3778">Chaldees</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> in the <sn="7651">seven</s> and <sn="7970">thirtieth</s><sn="8141">year</s> of the <sn="1546">captivity</s> of <sn="3078">Jehoiachin</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, in the <sn="8147 6240">twelfth</s><sn="2320">month</s>, on the <sn="7651">seven</s> and <sn="6242">twentieth</s> day of the <sn="2320">month</s>, that <sn="192">Evilmerodach</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s> in the <sn="8141">year</s> that he began to <sn="4427">reign</s> did lift <sn="5375">up</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7218">head</s> of <sn="3078">Jehoiachin</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> out of <sn="4480 1004 3608">prison</s>; </v>
<vn='28'>And he <sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="2896">kindly</s><sn="854">to</s> him, and <sn="5414">set</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="3678">throne</s><sn="4480 5921">above</s> the <sn="3678">throne</s> of the <sn="4428">kings</s><sn="834">that</s> were <sn="854">with</s> him in <sn="894">Babylon</s>; </v>
<vn='29'>And <sn="8132">changed</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="3608">prison</s><sn="899">garments</s>: and he did <sn="398">eat</s><sn="3899">bread</s><sn="8548">continually</s><sn="6440">before</s> him <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3117">days</s> of his <sn="2416">life</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>And his <sn="737">allowance</s> was a <sn="8548">continual</s><sn="737">allowance</s><sn="5414">given</s> him <sn="4480 854">of</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, a <sn="3117">daily</s><sn="1697">rate</s> for every <sn="3117">day</s>, <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3117">days</s> of his <sn="2416">life</s>. </v>