Then they killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, (A)put[a] out the eyes of Zedekiah, bound him with bronze fetters, and took him to Babylon.

And in the fifth month, (B)on the seventh day of the month (which was (C)the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), (D)Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. (E)He burned the house of the Lord (F)and the king’s house; all the houses of Jerusalem, that is, all the houses of the great, (G)he burned with fire.

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  1. 2 Kings 25:7 blinded

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)

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. 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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