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2 Kings 25:7-9
New English Translation
2 Kings 25:7-9
New English Translation
7 Zedekiah’s sons were executed while Zedekiah was forced to watch.[a] The king of Babylon[b] then had Zedekiah’s eyes put out, bound him in bronze chains, and carried him off to Babylon.
Nebuchadnezzar Destroys Jerusalem
8 On the seventh[c] day of the fifth month,[d] in the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard,[e] who served the king of Babylon, arrived in Jerusalem. 9 He burned down the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house.[f]
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- 2 Kings 25:7 tn Heb “were killed before his eyes.”
- 2 Kings 25:7 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king of Babylon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 2 Kings 25:8 tn The parallel account in Jer 52:12 has “tenth.”
- 2 Kings 25:8 sn The seventh day of the month would have been August 14, 586 b.c. in modern reckoning.
- 2 Kings 25:8 tn For the meaning of this phrase see BDB 371 s.v. טַבָּח 2, and compare the usage in Gen 39:1.
- 2 Kings 25:9 tn Heb “and every large house he burned down with fire.”
2 Kings 25:7-9
New International Version
2 Kings 25:7-9
New International Version
7 They killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon.(A)
8 On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard, an official of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 9 He set fire(B) to the temple of the Lord, the royal palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every important building he burned down.(C)
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