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2 Kings 25:6-20

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.

18AndthecaptainoftheguardH8104tookH3947Seraiahשְׂרָיָה֙se.ra.YahH8304thechiefH7218priestכֹּהֵ֣ןko.HenH3548,andZephaniahצְפַנְיָ֖הוּtze.fan.Ya.huH6846thesecondמִשְׁנֶ֑הmish.NehH4932priestכֹּהֵ֣ןko.HenH3548,andthethreeשְׁלֹ֖שֶׁתshe.Lo.shetH7969keepersשֹׁמְרֵ֥יsho.me.ReiH8104ofthethreshold:

19andoutofthecityהָעִ֡ירha.'IrH5892hetookH3947anofficerthatwassetoverthemenאִישׁ֙'ishH376ofwarהַמִּלְחָמָ֗הha.mil.cha.MahH4421;andfiveוַחֲמִשָּׁ֨הva.cha.mi.ShahH2568menH376ofthemthatsawH7200theking’sהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428faceפְנֵֽי־fe.nei-H6440,whowerefoundH4672inthecityבָעִ֔ירva.'IrH5892;andthescribeהַסֹּפֵר֙ha.so.FerH5608,thecaptainofthehostH6635,whomusteredהַמַּצְבִּ֖אha.matz.Bi'H6633thepeopleעַ֣ם'amH5971ofthelandהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776;andthreescoremenH376ofthepeopleמֵעַ֣םme.'AmH5971ofthelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776,thatwerefoundH4672inthecityבָּעִֽיר׃ba.'IrH5892.

20AndNebuzaradanנְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֖ןne.vu.zar.'a.DanH5018thecaptainoftheguardtookH3947them,andbroughtthemtothekingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֖לba.VelH894toRiblahרִבְלָֽתָה׃riv.La.tahH7247.

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