The Fall of Jerusalem
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In the a ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem, and besieged it.
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In the b eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the city was penetrated.
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c Then all the princes of the king of Babylon came in and sat in the Middle Gate: NergalShare'zer, SamgarNe'bo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, NergalSare'zer, Rabmag, with the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.
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d So it was, when Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, that they fled and went out of the city by night, by way of the king's garden, by the gate between the two walls. And he went out by way of the plain.
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But the Chaldean army pursued them and e overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. And when they had captured him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, to f Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him.
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Then the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his g eyes in Riblah; the king of Babylon also killed all the h nobles of Judah.
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Moreover i he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with bronze fetters to carry him off to Babylon.
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j And the Chaldeans burned the king's house and the houses of the people with k fire, and broke down the l walls of Jerusalem.
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m Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive to Babylon the remnant of the people who remained in the city and those who n defected to him, with the rest of the people who remained.
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But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left in the land of Judah the o poor people, who had nothing, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
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2 Kings 25:1 - 12
Now it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and encamped against it; and they built a siege wall against it all around.
Jeremiah 52:4
Now it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and encamped against it; and they built a siege wall against it all around.
Ezekiel 24:1
Again, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying.
Ezekiel 24:2
Son of man, write down the name of the day, this very day - the king of Babylon started his siege against Jerusalem this very day.
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Jeremiah 1:3
It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
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Jeremiah 1:15
For behold, I am calling All the families of the kingdoms of the north," says the LORD; "They shall come and each one set his throne At the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, Against all its walls all around, And against all the cities of Judah.
Jeremiah 38:17
Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "Thus says the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: 'If you surely surrender to the king of Babylon's princes, then your soul shall live; this city shall not be burned with fire, and you and your house shall live.
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2 Kings 25:4
Then the city wall was broken through, and all the men of war fled at night by way of the gate between two walls, which was by the king's garden, even though the Chaldeans were still encamped all around against the city. And the king went by way of the plain.
Isaiah 30:16
And you said, "No, for we will flee on horses" - Therefore you shall flee! And, "We will ride on swift horses " - Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift!
Jeremiah 52:7
Then the city wall was broken through, and all the men of war fled and went out of the city at night by way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden, even though the Chaldeans were near the city all around. And they went by way of the plain.
Amos 2:14
Therefore flight shall perish from the swift, The strong shall not strengthen his power, Nor shall the mighty deliver himself.
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Jeremiah 21:7
"And afterward," says the LORD, "I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, his servants and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence and the sword and the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life; and he shall strike them with the edge of the sword. He shall not spare them, or have pity or mercy."'
Jeremiah 32:4
And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape from the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him face to face, and see him eye to eye.
Jeremiah 38:18
'But if you do not surrender to the king of Babylon's princes, then this city shall be given into the hand of the Chaldeans; they shall burn it with fire, and you shall not escape from their hand.'"
Jeremiah 38:23
'So they shall surrender all your wives and children to the Chaldeans. You shall not escape from their hand, but shall be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon. And you shall cause this city to be burned with fire.'"
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2 Kings 23:33
Now Pharaoh Necho put him in prison at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and he imposed on the land a tribute of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
Jeremiah 52:9
So they took the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he pronounced judgment on him.
Jeremiah 52:26
And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took these and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
Jeremiah 52:27
Then the king of Babylon struck them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive from its own land.
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Deuteronomy 28:34
So you shall be driven mad because of the sight which your eyes see.
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Jeremiah 34:19 - 21
The princes of Judah, the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the parts of the calf -
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2 Kings 25:7
Then they killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, put out the eyes of Zedekiah, bound him with bronze fetters, and took him to Babylon.
Jeremiah 52:11
He also put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in bronze fetters, took him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.
Ezekiel 12:13
I will also spread My net over him, and he shall be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, to the land of the Chaldeans; yet he shall not see it, though he shall die there.
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2 Kings 25:9
He burned the house of the LORD and the king's house; all the houses of Jerusalem, that is, all the houses of the great, he burned with fire.
Jeremiah 38:18
'But if you do not surrender to the king of Babylon's princes, then this city shall be given into the hand of the Chaldeans; they shall burn it with fire, and you shall not escape from their hand.'"
Jeremiah 52:13
He burned the house of the LORD and the king's house; all the houses of Jerusalem, that is, all the houses of the great, he burned with fire.
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Jeremiah 21:10
"For I have set My face against this city for adversity and not for good," says the LORD. "It shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire."'
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2 Kings 25:10
And all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard broke down the walls of Jerusalem all around.
Nehemiah 1:3
And they said to me, "The survivors who are left from the captivity in the province are there in great distress and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.
Jeremiah 52:14
And all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard broke down all the walls of Jerusalem all around.
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2 Kings 25:8
And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month (which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.
2 Kings 25:11
Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive the rest of the people who remained in the city and the defectors who had deserted to the king of Babylon, with the rest of the multitude.
2 Kings 25:12
But the captain of the guard left some of the poor of the land as vinedressers and farmers.
2 Kings 25:20
So Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, took these and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
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Jeremiah 38:19
And Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, "I am afraid of the Jews who have defected to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they abuse me.
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Jeremiah 40:7
And when all the captains of the armies who were in the fields, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed to him men, women, children, and the poorest of the land who had not been carried away captive to Babylon.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.