2 Kings 25:7-8

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.

Nebuchadnezzar Destroys Jerusalem

25:8 On the seventh ³  day of the fifth month, ⁴  in the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard ⁵  who served the king of Babylon, arrived in Jerusalem. ⁶ 

¹ tn Heb “were killed before his eyes.”

² tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king of Babylon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn The parallel account in Jer 52:12 has “tenth.”

⁴ sn The seventh day of the month would have been August 14, 586 b.c. in modern reckoning.

⁵ tn For the meaning of this phrase see BDB 371 s.v. טַבָּח 2, and compare the usage in Gen 39:1.

⁶ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.