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              1 Zedekiah  was one  and twenty  years  old  when he began to reign  , and he reigned   eleven     years  in Jerusalem.  And his mother's  name  was Hamutal  the daughter  of Jeremiah  of Libnah. 
            
            
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Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.            
            
              2 And he did   that which was evil  in the eyes  of the LORD,  according to all that Jehoiakim  had done  .
            
            
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He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.            
            
              3 For through  the anger  of the LORD  it came to pass in Jerusalem  and Judah,  till he had cast them out   from his presence,  that Zedekiah  rebelled   against the king  of Babylon. 
            
            
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It was because of the LORD’s anger that all this happened to Jerusalem and Judah, and in the end he thrust them from his presence. Now Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.            
            
              4 And it came to pass in the ninth  year  of his reign  , in the tenth  month,  in the tenth  day of the month,  that Nebuchadrezzar  king  of Babylon  came  , he and all his army,  against Jerusalem,  and pitched   against it, and built   forts  against it round about. 
            
            
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So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army. They encamped outside the city and built siege works all around it.            
            
              5 So   the city  was besieged  unto the eleventh     year  of king  Zedekiah. 
            
            
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The city was kept under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.            
            
              6 And in the fourth  month,  in the ninth  day of the month,  the famine  was sore   in the city,  so that there was no bread  for the people  of the land. 
            
            
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By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city had become so severe that there was no food for the people to eat.            
            
              7 Then the city  was broken up  , and all the men  of war  fled  , and went forth   out of the city  by night  by the way  of the gate  between the two walls,  which was by the king's  garden;  (now the Chaldeans  were by the city  round about:)  and they went   by the way  of the plain. 
            
            
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Then the city wall was broken through, and the whole army fled. They left the city at night through the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden, though the Babylonians were surrounding the city. They fled toward the Arabah,            
            
              8 But the army  of the Chaldeans  pursued   after  the king,  and overtook   Zedekiah  in the plains  of Jericho;  and all his army  was scattered   from him.
            
            
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but the Babylonian army pursued King Zedekiah and overtook him in the plains of Jericho. All his soldiers were separated from him and scattered,            
            
              9 Then they took   the king,  and carried him up   unto the king  of Babylon  to Riblah  in the land  of Hamath;  where he gave   judgment  upon him.
            
            
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and he was captured. He was taken to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced sentence on him.            
            
              10 And the king  of Babylon  slew   the sons  of Zedekiah  before his eyes:  he slew   also all the princes  of Judah  in Riblah. 
            
            
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There at Riblah the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes; he also killed all the officials of Judah.            
            
              11 Then he put out   the eyes  of Zedekiah;  and the king  of Babylon  bound   him in chains,  and carried   him to Babylon,  and put   him in prison  till  the day  of his death. 
            
            
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Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon, where he put him in prison till the day of his death.            
            
              12 Now in the fifth  month,  in the tenth  day of the month,  which was the nineteenth       year  of Nebuchadrezzar  king  of Babylon,  came   Nebuzaradan,  captain  of the guard,  which served     the king  of Babylon,  into Jerusalem, 
            
            
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On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard, who served the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.            
            
              13 And burned   the house  of the LORD,  and the king's  house;  and all the houses  of Jerusalem,  and all the houses  of the great  men, burned   he with fire: 
            
            
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He set fire to the temple of the LORD, the royal palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every important building he burned down.            
            
              14 And all the army  of the Chaldeans,  that were with the captain  of the guard,  brake down   all the walls  of Jerusalem  round about. 
            
            
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The whole Babylonian army, under the commander of the imperial guard, broke down all the walls around Jerusalem.            
            
              15 Then Nebuzaradan  the captain  of the guard  carried away captive   certain of the poor  of the people,  and the residue  of the people  that remained   in the city,  and those that fell away  , that fell   to the king  of Babylon,  and the rest  of the multitude. 
            
            
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Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard carried into exile some of the poorest people and those who remained in the city, along with the rest of the craftsmen and those who had deserted to the king of Babylon.            
            
              16 But Nebuzaradan  the captain  of the guard  left   certain of the poor  of the land  for vinedressers  and for husbandmen  .
            
            
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But Nebuzaradan left behind the rest of the poorest people of the land to work the vineyards and fields.            
            
              17 Also the pillars  of brass  that were in the house  of the LORD,  and the bases,  and the brasen  sea  that was in the house  of the LORD,  the Chaldeans  brake  , and carried   all the brass  of them to Babylon. 
            
            
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The Babylonians broke up the bronze pillars, the movable stands and the bronze Sea that were at the temple of the LORD and they carried all the bronze to Babylon.            
            
              18 The caldrons  also, and the shovels,  and the snuffers,  and the bowls,  and the spoons,  and all the vessels  of brass  wherewith they ministered  , took they away  .
            
            
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They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes and all the bronze articles used in the temple service.            
            
              19 And the basons,  and the firepans,  and the bowls,  and the caldrons,  and the candlesticks,  and the spoons,  and the cups;  that which was of gold  in gold,  and that which was of silver  in silver,  took   the captain  of the guard  away  .
            
            
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The commander of the imperial guard took away the basins, censers, sprinkling bowls, pots, lampstands, dishes and bowls used for drink offerings—all that were made of pure gold or silver.            
            
              20 The two  pillars,  one  sea,  and twelve     brasen  bulls  that were under the bases,  which king  Solomon  had made   in the house  of the LORD:  the brass  of all these vessels  was without weight. 
            
            
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The bronze from the two pillars, the Sea and the twelve bronze bulls under it, and the movable stands, which King Solomon had made for the temple of the LORD, was more than could be weighed.            
            
              21 And concerning the pillars,  the height  of one  pillar  was eighteen     cubits;  and a fillet  of twelve     cubits  did compass   it; and the thickness  thereof was four  fingers:  it was hollow  .
            
            
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Each pillar was eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference ; each was four fingers thick, and hollow.            
            
              22 And a chapiter  of brass  was upon it; and the height  of one  chapiter  was five  cubits,  with network  and pomegranates  upon the chapiters  round about,  all of brass.  The second  pillar  also and the pomegranates  were like unto these.
            
            
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The bronze capital on top of one pillar was five cubits high and was decorated with a network and pomegranates of bronze all around. The other pillar, with its pomegranates, was similar.            
            
              23 And there were ninety  and six  pomegranates  on a side;  and all the pomegranates  upon the network  were an hundred  round about. 
            
            
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There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; the total number of pomegranates above the surrounding network was a hundred.            
            
              24 And the captain  of the guard  took   Seraiah  the chief  priest,  and Zephaniah  the second  priest,  and the three  keepers   of the door: 
            
            
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The commander of the guard took as prisoners Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest next in rank and the three doorkeepers.            
            
              25 He took   also out of the city  an  eunuch,  which had the charge  of the men  of war;  and seven  men  of them that were near   the king's  person,  which were found   in the city;  and the principal  scribe   of the host,  who mustered   the people  of the land;  and threescore  men  of the people  of the land,  that were found   in the midst  of the city. 
            
            
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Of those still in the city, he took the officer in charge of the fighting men, and seven royal advisers. He also took the secretary who was chief officer in charge of conscripting the people of the land, sixty of whom were found in the city.            
            
              26 So Nebuzaradan  the captain  of the guard  took   them, and brought   them to the king  of Babylon  to Riblah. 
            
            
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Nebuzaradan the commander took them all and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.            
            
              27 And the king  of Babylon  smote   them, and put them to death   in Riblah  in the land  of Hamath.  Thus Judah  was carried away captive   out of his own land. 
            
            
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There at Riblah, in the land of Hamath, the king had them executed. So Judah went into captivity, away from her land.            
            
              28 This is the people  whom Nebuchadrezzar  carried away captive  : in the seventh  year  three  thousand  Jews  and three  and twenty: 
            
            
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This is the number of the people Nebuchadnezzar carried into exile: in the seventh year, 3,023 Jews;            
            
              29 In the eighteenth     year  of Nebuchadrezzar  he carried away captive   from Jerusalem  eight  hundred  thirty  and two  persons: 
            
            
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in Nebuchadnezzar’s eighteenth year, 832 people from Jerusalem;            
            
              30 In the three  and twentieth  year  of Nebuchadrezzar  Nebuzaradan  the captain  of the guard  carried away captive   of the Jews  seven  hundred  forty  and five  persons:  all the persons  were four  thousand  and six  hundred. 
            
            
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in his twenty-third year, 745 Jews taken into exile by Nebuzaradan the commander of the imperial guard. There were 4,600 people in all.            
            
              31 And it came to pass in the seven  and thirtieth  year  of the captivity  of Jehoiachin  king  of Judah,  in the twelfth     month,  in the five  and twentieth  day of the month,  that Evilmerodach  king  of Babylon  in the first year  of his reign  lifted up   the head  of Jehoiachin  king  of Judah,  and brought him forth   out of prison   ,
            
            
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In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the year Awel-Marduk became king of Babylon, on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month, he released Jehoiachin king of Judah and freed him from prison.            
            
              32 And spake   kindly  unto him, and set   his throne  above  the throne  of the kings  that were with him in Babylon, 
            
            
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He spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat of honor higher than those of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.            
            
              33 And changed   his prison  garments:  and he did continually  eat   bread  before  him all the days  of his life. 
            
            
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So Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes and for the rest of his life ate regularly at the king’s table.            
            
              34 And for his diet,  there was a continual  diet  given   him of the king  of Babylon,  every  day  a portion  until the day  of his death,  all the days  of his life. 
            
            
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Day by day the king of Babylon gave Jehoiachin a regular allowance as long as he lived, till the day of his death.            
          
            
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