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1 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 entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
1 Y ACONTECIÓ á los nueve años de su reinado, en el mes décimo, á los diez del mes, que Nabucodonosor rey de Babilonia vino con todo su ejército contra Jerusalem, y cercóla; y levantaron contra ella ingenios alrededor.
2 And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.
2 Y estuvo la ciudad cercada hasta el undécimo año del rey Sedecías.
3 By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.
3 A los nueve del mes prevaleció el hambre en la ciudad, que no hubo pan para el pueblo de la tierra.
4 Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,
4 Abierta ya la ciudad, [huyeron] de noche todos los hombres de guerra por el camino de la puerta que estaba entre los dos muros, junto á los huertos del rey, estando los Caldeos alrededor de la ciudad; [y el rey] se fué camino de la campiña.
5 but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was separated from him.
5 Y el ejército de los Caldeos siguió al rey, y tomólo en las llanuras de Jericó, habiéndose esparcido de él todo su ejército.
6 The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him.
6 Tomado pues el rey, trajéronle al rey de Babilonia á Ribla, y profirieron contra él sentencia.
7 And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
7 Y degollaron á los hijos de Sedecías en presencia suya; y á Sedecías sacaron los ojos, y atado con cadenas lleváronlo á Babilonia.
8 On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
8 En el mes quinto, á los siete del mes, siendo el año diecinueve de Nabucodonosor rey de Babilonia, vino á Jerusalem Nabuzaradán, capitán de los de la guardia, siervo del rey de Babilonia.
9 He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
9 Y quemó la casa de Jehová, y la casa del rey, y todas las casas de Jerusalem; y todas las casas de los príncipes quemó á fuego.
10 And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.
10 Y todo el ejército de los Caldeos que estaba [con] el capitán de la guardia, derribó los muros de Jerusalem alrededor.
11 Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population.
11 Y á los del pueblo que habían quedado en la ciudad, y á los que se habían juntado al rey de Babilonia, y á los que habían quedado del vulgo, trasportólos Nabuzaradán, capitán de los de la guardia.
12 But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.
12 Mas de los pobres de la tierra dejó Nabuzaradán, capitán de los de la guardia, para que labrasen las viñas y las tierras.
13 Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon.
13 Y quebraron los Caldeos las columnas de bronce que estaban en la casa de Jehová, y las basas, y el mar de bronce que estaba en la casa de Jehová, y llevaron el metal de ello á Babilonia.
14 They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.
14 Lleváronse también los calderos, y las paletas, y las tenazas, y los cucharones, y todos los vasos de metal con que ministraban.
15 The captain of the guard also took away the censers and sprinkling bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.
15 Incensarios, cuencos, los que de oro, en oro, y los que de plata, en plata, [todo] lo llevó el capitán de los de la guardia;
16 As for the two pillars, the Sea, and the movable stands that Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.
16 Las dos columnas, un mar, y las basas que Salomón había hecho para la casa de Jehová: no había peso de todos estos vasos.
17 Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall. The bronze capital atop one pillar was three cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its network, was similar.
17 La altura de la una columna era diez y ocho codos y tenía encima un capitel de bronce, y la altura del capitel era de tres codos; y sobre el capitel había un enredado y granadas alrededor, todo de bronce: y semejante [obra] había en la otra columna con el enredado.
18 The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.
18 Tomó entonces el capitán de los de la guardia á Saraías primer sacerdote, y á Sophonías segundo sacerdote, y tres guardas de la vajilla;
19 Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as five royal advisors. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.
19 Y de la ciudad tomó un eunuco, el cual era maestre de campo, y cinco varones de los continuos del rey, que se hallaron en la ciudad; y al principal escriba del ejército, que hacía la reseña de la gente del país; y sesenta varones del pueblo de la tierra, que se hallaron en la ciudad.
20 Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
20 Estos tomó Nabuzaradán, capitán de los de la guardia, y llevólos á Ribla al rey de Babilonia.
21 There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.
21 Y el rey de Babilonia los hirió y mató en Ribla, en tierra de Hamath. Así fué trasportado Judá de sobre su tierra.
22 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over the people he had left behind in the land of Judah.
22 Y al pueblo que Nabucodonosor rey de Babilonia dejó en tierra de Judá, puso por gobernador á Gedalías, hijo de Ahicam hijo de Saphán.
23 When all the commanders of the armies and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, as well as their men.
23 Y oyendo todos los príncipes del ejército, ellos y su gente, que el rey de Babilonia había puesto por gobernador á Gedalías, viniéronse á él en Mizpa, [es á saber], Ismael hijo de Nathanías, y Johanán hijo de Carea, y Saraía hijo de Tanhumet Netofatita, y Jaazanías hijo de Maachâti, ellos con los suyos.
24 And Gedaliah took an oath before them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.”
24 Entonces Gedalías les hizo juramento, á ellos y á los suyos, y díjoles: No temáis de [ser] siervos de los Caldeos; habitad en la tierra, y servid al rey de Babilonia, y os irá bien.
25 In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down and killed Gedaliah, along with the Judeans and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.
25 Mas en el mes séptimo vino Ismael hijo de Nathanías, hijo de Elisama, de la estirpe real, y con él diez varones, é hirieron á Gedalías, y murió: y también á los Judíos y Caldeos que estaban con él en Mizpa.
26 Then all the people small and great, together with the commanders of the army, arose and fled to Egypt for fear of the Chaldeans.
26 Y levantándose todo el pueblo, desde el menor hasta el mayor, con los capitanes del ejército, fuéronse á Egipto por temor de los Caldeos.
27 On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison.
27 Y aconteció á los treinta y siete años de la trasportación de Joachîn rey de Judá, en el mes duodécimo, á los veinte y siete del mes, que Evil-merodach rey de Babilonia, en el primer año de su reinado, levantó la cabeza de Joachîn rey de Judá, [sacándolo] de la casa de la cárcel;
28 And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
28 Y hablóle bien, y puso su asiento sobre el asiento de los reyes que con él estaban en Babilonia.
29 So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life.
29 Y mudóle los vestidos de su prisión, y comió siempre delante de él todos los días de su vida.
30 And the king provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life.
30 Y fuéle diariamente dada su comida de parte del rey de continuo, todos los días de su vida.

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People

  • Ahikam

    Official, father of Gedaliah

    Son of Shaphan, sent by Josiah with Hilkiah to inquire of the LORD, and named as the father of Gedaliah.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 22:12; 2 Kings 22:14; 2 Kings 25:22

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  • Elishama

    Grandfather of Ishmael

    Named as the father of Nethaniah, said to be of the royal family, and so grandfather of Ishmael who killed Gedaliah.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 25:25; Jeremiah 41:1

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  • Evil-merodach

    King of Babylon who freed Jehoiachin

    King of Babylon who, in the year he became king, released Jehoiachin from prison, spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the other kings in Babylon.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 25:27; Jeremiah 52:31

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  • Gedaliah

    Governor over those left behind

    Son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, appointed by Nebuchadnezzar over the people left in Judah, who took an oath at Mizpah and was killed there by Ishmael son of Nethaniah.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 25:22; 2 Kings 25:23; 2 Kings 25:24

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  • Ishmael

    Royal family member who killed Gedaliah

    Son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, a member of the royal family, who came with ten men and killed Gedaliah and those with him at Mizpah.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 25:23; 2 Kings 25:25; Jeremiah 40:8

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  • Jaazaniah

    Army commander who came to Gedaliah

    Called 'son of the Maacathite', one of the army commanders who came to Gedaliah at Mizpah.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 25:23; Jeremiah 40:8

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  • Johanan

    Army commander who came to Gedaliah

    Son of Kareah, one of the army commanders who came to Gedaliah at Mizpah.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 25:23; Jeremiah 40:8; Jeremiah 41:11

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  • Kareah

    Father of Johanan

    Named as the father of Johanan and Jonathan.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 25:23; Jeremiah 40:8; Jeremiah 41:11

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  • Nebuchadnezzar

    King of Babylon who destroyed Jerusalem

    King of Babylon who made Jehoiakim his vassal, took Jehoiachin captive, placed Zedekiah on the throne, besieged Jerusalem, and appointed Gedaliah over those left in the land.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 24:1; 2 Kings 24:11; 2 Kings 25:1

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  • Nebuzaradan

    Babylonian captain of the guard

    The captain of the guard who entered Jerusalem in Nebuchadnezzar's nineteenth year, burned the temple, palace and houses, broke down the walls, and carried the people into exile.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 25:8; 2 Kings 25:11; 2 Kings 25:20

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  • Nethaniah

    Father of Ishmael

    Son of Elishama and father of Ishmael, who killed Gedaliah.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 25:23; 2 Kings 25:25; Jeremiah 40:8

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  • Seraiah

    Priest, son of Azariah

    Chief priest when Jerusalem fell, taken to Riblah and put to death by the king of Babylon; 1 Chronicles 6:14 lists him as son of Azariah and father of Jehozadak, and Ezra traced…

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 25:18; 1 Chronicles 6:14; Ezra 7:1–5

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  • Seraiah

    Army commander who came to Gedaliah

    Son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, one of the army commanders who came to Gedaliah at Mizpah.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 25:23; Jeremiah 40:8

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  • Tanhumeth

    Father of Seraiah

    Named as the father of Seraiah, a commander who came to Gedaliah.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 25:23; Jeremiah 40:8

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  • Zephaniah

    Priest sent to Jeremiah

    The priest, son of Maaseiah, whom Zedekiah sent to ask Jeremiah to pray and to whom a letter from Shemaiah was addressed. When Jerusalem fell he was taken as 'the second priest'…

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 25:18; Jeremiah 21:1; Jeremiah 29:25

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Places

  • Babylon

    Today: Iraq (on the Euphrates)

    Capital of Nebuchadnezzar's empire on the Euphrates. It destroyed Jerusalem in 586 BC and carried Judah into exile, where Daniel and the people kept their faith.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 25:1; Daniel 1:1; Psalm 137:1

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Cross references (29)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Jeremiah 52:4–11; Isaiah 29:3; Jeremiah 43:10; Jeremiah 34:1–6; 1 Chronicles 6:15
  2. 3 Jeremiah 38:2; Deuteronomy 28:52–53; Ezekiel 5:12; Lamentations 4:4–10; Leviticus 26:26
  3. 4 Ezekiel 33:21; Jeremiah 5:10; Deuteronomy 32:24–25; 2 Kings 25:5; Deuteronomy 32:30
  4. 5 Amos 2:14–16; Jeremiah 39:5; Jeremiah 52:8; Isaiah 30:16; Jeremiah 24:8
  5. 6 2 Kings 23:33; Jeremiah 34:21–22; Ezekiel 17:20–21; 2 Chronicles 33:11; Jeremiah 21:7
  6. 7 Jeremiah 32:4–5; Genesis 44:34; Psalm 149:8; 2 Chronicles 33:11; Judges 16:21
  7. 8 Jeremiah 52:12–16; Jeremiah 40:1–4; Jeremiah 39:8–14; Lamentations 4:12; 2 Kings 25:27
  8. 9 Psalm 74:3–7; Amos 2:5; Psalm 79:1; 1 Kings 9:8; 2 Chronicles 36:19
  9. 10 Nehemiah 1:3; Jeremiah 5:10; Jeremiah 39:8; Jeremiah 52:14–23
  10. 11 2 Chronicles 36:20; Jeremiah 39:9; Jeremiah 52:12; Jeremiah 15:1–2; Ezekiel 5:2
  11. 12 Jeremiah 40:7; 2 Kings 24:14; Ezekiel 33:24; Jeremiah 52:16; Jeremiah 39:10
  12. 13 2 Chronicles 36:18; Lamentations 1:10; Jeremiah 52:17–20; 2 Kings 20:17; 1 Kings 7:15
  13. 14 Exodus 27:3; 1 Kings 7:47–50; 2 Chronicles 24:14; Exodus 38:3; 2 Chronicles 4:20–22
  14. 15 Daniel 5:2–3; 2 Chronicles 24:14; 1 Kings 7:48–51; Exodus 37:23; Numbers 7:13–14
  15. 16 1 Kings 7:47
  16. 17 1 Kings 7:15–22; Jeremiah 52:21–23
  17. 18 Jeremiah 29:25; Jeremiah 21:1; 1 Chronicles 6:14; Ezra 7:1; Jeremiah 29:29
  18. 19 Esther 1:14
  19. 20 Lamentations 4:16; Jeremiah 52:26–27; 2 Kings 23:33
  20. 21 Deuteronomy 28:64; 2 Kings 23:27; Ezekiel 24:14; Deuteronomy 28:36; Jeremiah 24:9–10
  21. 22 Jeremiah 39:14; Jeremiah 26:24; 2 Kings 22:12; 2 Chronicles 34:20; Jeremiah 41:2
  22. 23 Jeremiah 40:7–9; Jeremiah 40:11–12; Joshua 18:26
  23. 24 Jeremiah 40:9–10; Ezekiel 33:24–29; 2 Samuel 19:23; Jeremiah 43:6; 2 Samuel 14:11
  24. 25 Zechariah 8:19; Zechariah 7:5; Jeremiah 40:15–41:15; 2 Kings 11:1
  25. 26 Jeremiah 43:4–7; Jeremiah 41:16–18; Jeremiah 42:14–22
  26. 27 Genesis 40:20; Jeremiah 52:31–34; Genesis 40:13; 2 Kings 24:12; Proverbs 21:1
  27. 28 Daniel 2:37; Jeremiah 27:6–11; Daniel 5:18–19
  28. 29 2 Samuel 9:7; Isaiah 61:3; Genesis 41:42; Luke 15:22; 2 Kings 24:12
  29. 30 Luke 11:3; Matthew 6:11; Nehemiah 11:23; Nehemiah 12:47; Daniel 1:5

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