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2 Kings 25:1-17

1AnditcameH935topassintheninthהַתְּשִׁיעִ֜יתha.te.shi.'ItH8671yearבִשְׁנַ֨תvish.NatH8141ofhisreignלְמָלְכ֗וֹle.ma.le.KhoH4427,inthetenthהָעֲשִׂירִי֮ha.'a.si.RiH6224monthבַּחֹ֣דֶשׁba.Cho.deshH2320,inthetenthH6224dayofthemonthלַחֹדֶשׁ֒la.cho.DeshH2320,thatNebuchadnezzarנְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּ֨רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5019kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֜לba.VelH894cameH935,heandallhisarmyחֵיל֛וֹchei.LoH2428,againstJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389,andencampedוַיִּ֣חַןvai.Yi.chanH2583againstit;andtheybuiltH1129fortsagainstitroundH5439about.

2Sothecityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892wasbesiegeduntotheeleventhyearשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141ofkingלַמֶּ֖לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428Zedekiahצִדְקִיָּֽהוּ׃tzid.ki.Ya.huH6667.

3OntheninthdayofthefourthmonthH2320thefamineהָרָעָ֖בha.ra.'AvH7458wasH1961soreinthecityבָּעִ֑ירba.'IrH5892,sothattherewasH1961nobreadH3899forthepeopleלְעַ֥םle.'AmH5971ofthelandהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

4Thenabreachwasmadeinthecityהָעִ֗ירha.'IrH5892,andallthemenH376ofwarהַמִּלְחָמָ֤ה׀ha.mil.cha.MahH4421fledbynightהַלַּ֙יְלָה֙ha.Lay.lahH3915bythewayH1870ofthegateשַׁ֣עַר׀Sha.'arH8179betweenthetwoהַחֹמֹתַ֗יִםha.cho.mo.Ta.yimH2346wallsH2346,whichwasbytheking’sהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428gardenגַּ֣ןganH1588(nowtheChaldeansוְכַשְׂדִּ֥יםve.khas.DimH3778wereagainstthecityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892roundH5439about);andthekingH4428wentbythewayH1870oftheArabahהָעֲרָבָֽה׃ha.'a.ra.VahH6160.

5Butthearmyחֵיל־cheil-H2428oftheChaldeansכַּשְׂדִּים֙kas.DimH3778pursuedH7291afterthekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,andovertookוַיַּשִּׂ֥גוּvai.ya.Si.guH5381himintheplainsבְּעַרְב֣וֹתbe.'ar.VotH6160ofJerichoיְרֵח֑וֹye.re.ChoH3405;andallhisarmyחֵיל֔וֹchei.LoH2428wasscatteredנָפֹ֖צוּna.Fo.tzuH6327fromhim.

6Thentheytookthekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,andcarriedhimupuntothekingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֖לba.VelH894toRiblahרִבְלָ֑תָהriv.La.tahH7247;andtheygavejudgmentמִשְׁפָּֽט׃mish.PatH4941uponhim.

7Andtheyslewthesonsבְּנֵי֙be.NeiH1121ofZedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֔הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huH6667beforehiseyesלְעֵינָ֑יוle.'ei.NavH5869,andputouttheeyesעֵינֵ֤י'ei.NeiH5869ofZedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙tzid.ki.Ya.huH6667,andboundH631himinfettersבַֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִםvan.chush.Ta.yimH5178,andcarriedhimtoBabylonבָּבֶֽל׃ סba.VelH894.

8Nowinthefifthהַֽחֲמִישִׁי֙ha.cha.mi.ShiH2549monthוּבַחֹ֤דֶשׁu.va.Cho.deshH2320,ontheseventhdayofthemonthלַחֹ֔דֶשׁla.Cho.deshH2320,whichwasthenineteenthyearH8141ofkingלַמֶּ֖לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428Nebuchadnezzarנְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּ֣רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5019,kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֑לba.VelH894,cameH935Nebuzaradanנְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֧ןne.vu.zar.'a.DanH5018thecaptainoftheguard,aservantעֶ֥בֶד'E.vedH5650ofthekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֖לba.VelH894, untoJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ye.ru.sha.LimH3389.

9AndheburntH8313thehouseH1004ofJehovah,andtheking’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428houseH1004;andallthehousesH1004ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֛םye.ru.sha.LimH3389,eveneverygreatגָּד֖וֹלga.DolH1419houseH1004,burnthewithfireבָּאֵֽשׁ׃ba.'EshH784.

10Andallthearmyחֵ֣ילcheilH2428oftheChaldeansכַּשְׂדִּ֔יםkas.DimH3778,thatwerewiththecaptainoftheguard, brakedownthewallsחוֹמֹ֥תcho.MotH2346ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389roundH5439about.

11Andtheresidueofthepeopleהָעָ֜םha.'AmH5971thatwereleftH7604inthecityבָּעִ֗ירba.'IrH5892,andthosethatfellH5307away,thatfellH5307tothekingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֔לba.VelH894,andtheresidueofthemultitudeהֶהָמ֑וֹןhe.ha.MonH1995,didNebuzaradanנְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֖ןne.vu.zar.'a.DanH5018thecaptainoftheguardcarryawaycaptive.

12ButthecaptainoftheguardleftH7604ofthepoorestofthelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776tobevinedressersלְכֹֽרְמִ֖יםle.kho.re.MimH3755andhusbandmen.

13Andthepillarsעַמּוּדֵ֨י'a.mu.DeiH5982ofbrassthatwereinthehouseבֵּית־beit-H1004ofJehovah,andthebasesandthebrazenseaיָ֧םyamH3220thatwereinthehouseבְּבֵית־be.veit-H1004ofJehovah,didtheChaldeansכַשְׂדִּ֑יםkhas.DimH3778breakH7665inpieces,andcarriedH5375thebrassofthemtoBabylonבָּבֶֽלָה׃ba.Ve.lahH894.

14Andthepotsהַסִּירֹ֨תha.si.RotH5518,andtheshovelsהַיָּעִ֜יםhai.ya.'ImH3257,andthesnuffersהַֽמְזַמְּר֣וֹתham.za.me.RotH4212,andthespoons,andallthevesselsH3627ofbrasswherewiththeyministered,tookH3947theyawayH3947.

15Andthefirepansהַמַּחְתּוֹת֙ha.mach.tOtH4289,andthebasins,thatwhichwasofgoldזָהָב֙za.HavH2091,ingoldזָהָ֔בza.HavH2091,andthatwhichwasofsilverכֶּ֖סֶףKe.sefH3701,insilverכָּ֑סֶףKa.sefH3701,thecaptainoftheguardtookH3947awayH3947.

16Thetwoשְׁנַ֗יִםshe.Na.yimH8147pillarsהָעַמּוּדִ֣ים׀ha.'a.mu.DimH5982,theoneהָֽאֶחָד֙ha.'e.ChadH259seaהַיָּ֤םhai.YamH3220,andthebases,whichSolomonשְׁלֹמֹ֖הshe.lo.MohH8010hadmadeH6213forthehouseלְבֵ֣יתle.VeitH1004ofJehovah,thebrassofallthesevesselsH3627wasH1961withoutweightמִשְׁקָ֔לmish.KalH4948.

17Theheightקוֹמַ֣ת׀ko.MatH6967oftheoneהָאֶחָ֗דha.'e.ChadH259pillarהָעַמּ֣וּדha.'a.MudH5982waseighteencubitsאַמָּ֜ה'a.MahH520,andacapitalוְכֹתֶ֨רֶתve.kho.Te.retH3805ofbrasswasuponit;andtheheightוְקוֹמַ֣תve.ko.MatH6967ofthecapitalהַכֹּתֶרֶת֮ha.ko.te.RetH3805wasthreeשָׁלֹ֣שׁsha.LoshH7969cubitsאַמּוֹת֒'a.mahH520,withnetworkוּשְׂבָכָ֨הu.se.va.KhahH7639andpomegranatesH7416uponthecapitalהַכֹּתֶ֛רֶתha.ko.Te.retH3805roundH5439about,allofbrass:andlikeuntothesehadthesecondהַשֵּׁנִ֖יha.she.NiH8145pillarלַֽעַמּ֥וּדla.'a.MudH5982withnetworkהַשְּׂבָכָֽה׃ha.se.va.KhahH7639.

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