25:7 Zedekiah’s sons were executed while Zedekiah was forced to watch. 1 The king of Babylon 2 then had Zedekiah’s eyes put out, bound him in bronze chains, and carried him off to Babylon.
1 tnHeb “were killed before his eyes.”
2 tnHeb “he”; the referent (the king of Babylon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.