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 

[25:7]  ¹ tn Heb “were killed before his eyes.”

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

[25:8]  ³ tn The parallel account in Jer 52:12 has “tenth.”

[25:8]  ⁴ sn The seventh day of the month would have been August 14, 586 b.c. in modern reckoning.

[25:8]  ⁵ tn For the meaning of this phrase see BDB 371 s.v. טַבָּח 2, and compare the usage in Gen 39:1.

[25:8]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.