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Text -- 2 Kings 25:1-14 (NET)

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25:1 So King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came against Jerusalem with his whole army and set up camp outside it. They built siege ramps all around it. He arrived on the tenth day of the tenth month in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign. 25:2 The city remained under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year. 25:3 By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city was so severe the residents had no food. 25:4 The enemy broke through the city walls, and all the soldiers tried to escape. They left the city during the night. They went through the gate between the two walls that is near the king’s garden. (The Babylonians were all around the city.) Then they headed for the Jordan Valley. 25:5 But the Babylonian army chased after the king. They caught up with him in the plains of Jericho, and his entire army deserted him. 25:6 They captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where he passed sentence on him. 25:7 Zedekiah’s sons were executed while Zedekiah was forced to watch. The king of Babylon then had Zedekiah’s eyes put out, bound him in bronze chains, and carried him off to Babylon.
Nebuchadnezzar Destroys Jerusalem
25:8 On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard who served the king of Babylon, arrived in Jerusalem. 25:9 He burned down the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house. 25:10 The whole Babylonian army that came with the captain of the royal guard tore down the walls that surrounded Jerusalem. 25:11 Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, deported the rest of the people who were left in the city, those who had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the craftsmen. 25:12 But he left behind some of the poor of the land and gave them fields and vineyards. 25:13 The Babylonians broke the two bronze pillars in the Lord’s temple, as well as the movable stands and the big bronze basin called the “The Sea.” They took the bronze to Babylon. 25:14 They also took the pots, shovels, trimming shears, pans, and all the bronze utensils used by the priests.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Arabah a town of Judea west of Jerusalem on the border of Benjamin
 · Babylon a country of Babylon in lower Mesopotamia
 · Jericho a town five miles west of the Jordan and 15 miles northeast of Jerusalem,a town of Benjamin 11 km NW of the mouth of the Jordan River
 · Jerusalem the capital city of Israel,a town; the capital of Israel near the southern border of Benjamin
 · Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon who took Judah into exile
 · Nebuzaradan a man of Babylon; captain of the guard for Nebuchadnezzar
 · Riblah a town 80 km north of Damascus
 · Zedekiah son of Chenaanah; a false prophet in the kingdom of King Ahab,son of King Josiah; made king of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar,son of King Jehoiachin,a signer of the covenant to obey the law with Nehemiah,son of Maaseiah; a false prophet in the time of King Jehoiachin,son of Hananiah; a prince of Judah in the time of Jehoiakim


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Jerusalem | Zedekiah | Captivity | ALLIANCE | Fast | Kings, The Books of | Babylon | FEASTS AND FASTS | Assyria | Israel | Chaldees | Prophecy | Nebuchadnezzar | NEBUZARADAN | JERUSALEM, 4 | ZEDEKIAH (2) | Judah, Kingdom of | Siege | Nebuzar-adan | Temple | more
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NET Notes: 2Ki 25:1 This would have been Jan 15, 588 b.c. The reckoning is based on the calendar that begins the year in the spring (Nisan = March/April).

NET Notes: 2Ki 25:3 Heb “the people of the land.”

NET Notes: 2Ki 25:4 Heb “toward the Arabah.” The Arabah was the rift valley north and south of the Dead Sea. Here the intention was undoubtedly to escape acro...

NET Notes: 2Ki 25:5 For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

NET Notes: 2Ki 25:6 The Hebrew text has the plural form of the verb, but the parallel passage in Jer 52:9 has the singular.

NET Notes: 2Ki 25:7 Heb “he”; the referent (the king of Babylon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

NET Notes: 2Ki 25:8 For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

NET Notes: 2Ki 25:9 Heb “and every large house he burned down with fire.”

NET Notes: 2Ki 25:11 The MT has “the multitude.” But הֶהָמוֹן (hehamon) should probably be emended to ה&#...

NET Notes: 2Ki 25:12 Heb “the captain of the royal guard.” However, the subject is clear from the preceding and contemporary English style would normally avoid...

NET Notes: 2Ki 25:13 See the note at 1 Kgs 7:23.

NET Notes: 2Ki 25:14 Heb “with which they served [or, ‘fulfilled their duty’].”

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