Battle of Jericho - Bible Story and Jericho's Significance
Joel Ryan
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2 Kings 25:7
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They slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, then put out the eyes of Zedekiah; they bound him in fetters and took him to Babylon.
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2 Kings 25:7 Meaning and Commentary
2 Kings 25:7
(See Gill on 2 Kings 25:1)
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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2 Kings 25:7 In-Context
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But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; all his army was scattered, deserting him.
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Then they captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, who passed sentence on him.
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They slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, then put out the eyes of Zedekiah; they bound him in fetters and took him to Babylon.
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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 bodyguard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.
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He burned the house of the Lord, the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down.
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