The Fall of Jerusalem Recounted
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Zedekiah was a twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of b Libnah.
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He also did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
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For because of the anger of the LORD this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, till He finally cast them out from His presence. Then Zedekiah c rebelled against the king of Babylon.
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Now it came to pass in the d 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.
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So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
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By the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the famine had become so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.
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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.
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But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and they overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. All his army was scattered from him.
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e 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.
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f Then the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. And he killed all the princes of Judah in Riblah.
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He also g 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.
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Cross References
2 Kings 24:18
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
2 Chronicles 36:11
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
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Cross References
Joshua 10:29
Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah; and they fought against Libnah.
2 Kings 8:22
Thus Edom has been in revolt against Judah's authority to this day. And Libnah revolted at that time.
Isaiah 37:8
Then the Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he heard that he had departed from Lachish.
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Cross References
2 Chronicles 36:13
And he also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear an oath by God; but he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD God of Israel.
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Cross References
2 Kings 25:1
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 39:1
In the 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.
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.
Zechariah 8:19
"Thus says the LORD of hosts: 'The fast of the fourth month, The fast of the fifth, The fast of the seventh, And the fast of the tenth, Shall be joy and gladness and cheerful feasts For the house of Judah. Therefore love truth and peace.'
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Cross References
2 Kings 25:6
So they took the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and they pronounced judgment on him.
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 39:5
But the Chaldean army pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. And when they had captured him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him.
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Cross References
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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Cross References
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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