Zedekiah was one and twentyyears old when he began to reign, and he reignedelevenyears in Jerusalem. And his mother’sname was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had castthem out from his presence, thatZedekiahrebelledagainst the king of Babylon.
And it came to pass in the ninthyear of his reign, in the tenthmonth, in the tenth day of the month, thatNebuchadrezzarking of Babyloncame, he and all his army, againstJerusalem, and pitchedagainst it, and builtfortsagainst it roundabout.
Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and wentforth out of the city by night by the way of the gatebetween the two walls, which was by the king’sgarden; (now the Chaldeanswere by the cityroundabout:) and theywent by the way of the plain.
Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylonbound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prisontill the day of his death.
Now in the fifthmonth, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenthyear of Nebuchadrezzarking of Babylon, cameNebuzaradan, captain of the guard, whichserved the king of Babylon, intoJerusalem,
ThenNebuzaradan the captain of the guardcarriedawaycaptivecertain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the peoplethatremained in the city, and thosethatfellaway, thatfell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.
Also the pillars of brassthatwere in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeansbrake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.
And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; thatwhich was of gold in gold, and thatwhich was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guardaway.
The two pillars, one sea, and twelvebrasenbullsthatwereunder the bases, whichkingSolomon had made in the house of the LORD: the brass of all thesevessels was withoutweight.
And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteencubits; and a fillet of twelvecubits did compass it; and the thicknessthereof was fourfingers: it was hollow.
And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one chapiter was fivecubits, withnetwork and pomegranatesupon the chapitersroundabout, all of brass. The secondpillaralso and the pomegranateswerelikeuntothese.
He tookalso out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of themthatwerenear the king’sperson, whichwerefound in the city; and the principalscribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, thatwerefound in the midst of the city.
In the three and twentiethyear of NebuchadrezzarNebuzaradan the captain of the guardcarriedawaycaptive of the Jewssevenhundredforty and fivepersons: all the personswerefourthousand and six hundred.
And it came to pass in the seven and thirtiethyear of the captivity of Jehoiachinking of Judah, in the twelfthmonth, in the five and twentieth day of the month, thatEvilmerodachking of Babylon in the firstyear of his reignlifted up the head of Jehoiachinking of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison,