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4th Kingdoms (LXX)
Chapter 25
And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, that Nabouchodonosor, the King of Babylon and his whole army came against Jerusalem; and encamped against it, and built a rampart against it all around. 2 And the city was besieged until King Sedekias’s eleventh year on the ninth day of the month. 3 And the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. 4 And the city was broken up, and all the men of war went forth by night, by the way of the gate between the walls; this is the gate of the king’s garden, and the Chaldeans were set against the city all around. And * he went by the way of the plain. 5 And the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and overtook him in Araboth Jericho, and his entire army was dispersed from about him. 6 And they captured the king, and brought him to the King of Babylon in * Deblatha, and he spoke judgment upon him. 7 And he slaughtered the sons of Sedekias before his eyes, and blinded the eyes of Sedekias, and bound him in chains, and led him to Babylon. 8 And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month (this is the nineteenth year of Nabouchodonosor, the King of Babylon), came Nabouzardan, the chief cook, who stood before the King of Babylon, unto Jerusalem. 9 And he burned the house of the Lord, and the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every house the chief cook burned. 10 And the army of the Chaldeans tore down the wall of Jerusalem all around. 11 And Nabouzardan, the chief cook, removed the remainder of the people that were left in the city and the men who had deserted to the King of Babylon, and the rest of the support. 12 But the chief cook left some of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen. 13 And the Chaldeans broke to pieces the bronze pillars that were in the house of the Lord, and the bases, and the bronze sea that was in the house of the Lord, and carried their bronze to Babylon. 14 And the caldrons, and the shovels, and the bowls, and the censers, and all the bronze utensils, with which they would minister with them, he took; 15 and the chief cook took the fire-pans, and the gold and silver bowls. 16 Two pillars, the one sea, and the bases, which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord; there was no weight of the bronze of all the utensils. 17 The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was of bronze; and the height of the chapiter was three cubits; the latticework, and the pomegranates on the chapiter all around were all of bronze. And the second pillar had the same on the latticework. 18 And the chief cook took Saraias the chief priest and Sophonias, the son second in order, and the three doorkeepers, 19 and from the city he took one eunuch who was the commander of the men of war, and five men * who are seers of the king’s face, who were found in the city, and the secretary of the commander of the army, who drew up the order of battle of the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the city. 20 And Nabouzardan, the chief cook, took them, and led them away to the King of Babylon to Deblatha. 21 And the King of Babylon struck them down and killed them at * Deblatha in the land of * Aimath. So Judah was carried away from his land. 22 And as for the people who were left behind in the land of Judah, whom Nabouchodonosor, the King of Babylon, left behind, even over them he appointed Godolias, the son of Achikam, the son of Saphan. 23 And all the commanders of the army, they and their men, heard that the King of Babylon had appointed Godolias, and they came to Godolias in * Massephath, both Ismael, the son of * Nathanias, and * Joanan, the son of Kareth, and Saraias, the son of * Thanamath the * Netophathite, and * Jezonias, the son of a * Machathite, they and their men. 24 And Godolias swore to them and their men, and said to them, Fear not an incursion of the Chaldeans; stay in the land, and be subject to the King of Babylon, and it shall be well with you. 25 And it came to pass in the seventh month that * Ismael, the son of Nathanias, the son of * Elisama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and he struck down Godolias, that he died, him and the Jews and the Chaldeans, who were with him * in * Massephath. 26 And all the people, from small to great, and the commanders of the army arose, and went into Egypt, because they were afraid from before the face of the Chaldeans. 27 And it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the carrying away of Joachim, the King of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, that * Euialmarodak, the King of Babylon in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Joakhim, the King of Judah, and brought him out of his prison house. 28 And he spoke kindly to him, and put his throne above the thrones of the kings that were with him in Babylon. 29 And he changed his prison clothes, and he ate bread continually before him all the days of his life. 30 And his allowance, a continual allowance, was given to him from the house of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.
* i.e the King.
* Codex Vaticanus reads: “Jerdablathan”.
* i.e the king’s council.
* Codex Vaticanus reads: “Reblatha”.
* Codex Alexandrinus reads: “Aitham”.
* Codex Alexandrinus reads: “Massepha”.
* Codex Alexandrinus reads: “Maththanias”.
* Codex Vaticanus reads: “Jona”.
* Codex Alexandrinus reads: “Thaneman”.
* Codex Alexandrinus reads: “Nethophathite”.
* Codex Vaticanus reads: “Ozonias”.
* Codex Vaticanus reads: “Achathite”; Codex Alexandrinus reads: “Machaththite”.
* Codex Vaticanus reads: “Manael”.
* Codex Vaticanus reads: “Eleisama”.
* Codex Vaticanus reads: “at”.
* Codex Alexandrinus reads: “Massepha”.
* Codex Vaticanus reads: “Euialmarodek”; Codex Alexandrinus reads: “Eueianarodak”.
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DONE!!!
Chapter 25
And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, that Nabouchodonosor, the King of Babylon and his whole army came against Jerusalem; and encamped against it, and built a rampart against it all around. 2 And the city was besieged until King Sedekias’s eleventh year on the ninth day of the month. 3 And the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. 4 And the city was broken up, and all the men of war went forth by night, by the way of the gate between the walls; this is the gate of the king’s garden, and the Chaldeans were set against the city all around. And * he went by the way of the plain. 5 And the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and overtook him in Araboth Jericho, and his entire army was dispersed from about him. 6 And they captured the king, and brought him to the King of Babylon in * Deblatha, and he spoke judgment upon him. 7 And he slaughtered the sons of Sedekias before his eyes, and blinded the eyes of Sedekias, and bound him in chains, and led him to Babylon. 8 And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month (this is the nineteenth year of Nabouchodonosor, the King of Babylon), came Nabouzardan, the chief cook, who stood before the King of Babylon, unto Jerusalem. 9 And he burned the house of the Lord, and the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every house the chief cook burned. 10 And the army of the Chaldeans tore down the wall of Jerusalem all around. 11 And Nabouzardan, the chief cook, removed the remainder of the people that were left in the city and the men who had deserted to the King of Babylon, and the rest of the support. 12 But the chief cook left some of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen. 13 And the Chaldeans broke to pieces the bronze pillars that were in the house of the Lord, and the bases, and the bronze sea that was in the house of the Lord, and carried their bronze to Babylon. 14 And the caldrons, and the shovels, and the bowls, and the censers, and all the bronze utensils, with which they would minister with them, he took; 15 and the chief cook took the fire-pans, and the gold and silver bowls. 16 Two pillars, the one sea, and the bases, which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord; there was no weight of the bronze of all the utensils. 17 The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was of bronze; and the height of the chapiter was three cubits; the latticework, and the pomegranates on the chapiter all around were all of bronze. And the second pillar had the same on the latticework. 18 And the chief cook took Saraias the chief priest and Sophonias, the son second in order, and the three doorkeepers, 19 and from the city he took one eunuch who was the commander of the men of war, and five men * who are seers of the king’s face, who were found in the city, and the secretary of the commander of the army, who drew up the order of battle of the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the city. 20 And Nabouzardan, the chief cook, took them, and led them away to the King of Babylon to Deblatha. 21 And the King of Babylon struck them down and killed them at * Deblatha in the land of * Aimath. So Judah was carried away from his land. 22 And as for the people who were left behind in the land of Judah, whom Nabouchodonosor, the King of Babylon, left behind, even over them he appointed Godolias, the son of Achikam, the son of Saphan. 23 And all the commanders of the army, they and their men, heard that the King of Babylon had appointed Godolias, and they came to Godolias in * Massephath, both Ismael, the son of * Nathanias, and * Joanan, the son of Kareth, and Saraias, the son of * Thanamath the * Netophathite, and * Jezonias, the son of a * Machathite, they and their men. 24 And Godolias swore to them and their men, and said to them, Fear not an incursion of the Chaldeans; stay in the land, and be subject to the King of Babylon, and it shall be well with you. 25 And it came to pass in the seventh month that * Ismael, the son of Nathanias, the son of * Elisama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and he struck down Godolias, that he died, him and the Jews and the Chaldeans, who were with him * in * Massephath. 26 And all the people, from small to great, and the commanders of the army arose, and went into Egypt, because they were afraid from before the face of the Chaldeans. 27 And it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the carrying away of Joachim, the King of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, that * Euialmarodak, the King of Babylon in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Joakhim, the King of Judah, and brought him out of his prison house. 28 And he spoke kindly to him, and put his throne above the thrones of the kings that were with him in Babylon. 29 And he changed his prison clothes, and he ate bread continually before him all the days of his life. 30 And his allowance, a continual allowance, was given to him from the house of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.
* i.e the King.
* Codex Vaticanus reads: “Jerdablathan”.
* i.e the king’s council.
* Codex Vaticanus reads: “Reblatha”.
* Codex Alexandrinus reads: “Aitham”.
* Codex Alexandrinus reads: “Massepha”.
* Codex Alexandrinus reads: “Maththanias”.
* Codex Vaticanus reads: “Jona”.
* Codex Alexandrinus reads: “Thaneman”.
* Codex Alexandrinus reads: “Nethophathite”.
* Codex Vaticanus reads: “Ozonias”.
* Codex Vaticanus reads: “Achathite”; Codex Alexandrinus reads: “Machaththite”.
* Codex Vaticanus reads: “Manael”.
* Codex Vaticanus reads: “Eleisama”.
* Codex Vaticanus reads: “at”.
* Codex Alexandrinus reads: “Massepha”.
* Codex Vaticanus reads: “Euialmarodek”; Codex Alexandrinus reads: “Eueianarodak”.
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DONE!!!
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