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2 Kings 25:1-9

1AnditcameH935topassintheninthהַתְּשִׁיעִ֜יתha.te.shi.'ItH8671yearבִשְׁנַ֨תvish.NatH8141ofhisreignלְמָלְכ֗וֹle.ma.le.KhoH4427,inthetenthהָעֲשִׂירִי֮ha.'a.si.RiH6224monthבַּחֹ֣דֶשׁba.Cho.deshH2320,onthetenthH6224ofthemonthלַחֹדֶשׁ֒la.cho.DeshH2320, [that]Nebuchadnezzarנְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּ֨רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5019kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֜לba.VelH894cameH935,heandallhisarmyחֵיל֛וֹchei.LoH2428,againstJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389,andencampedוַיִּ֣חַןvai.Yi.chanH2583againstit;andtheybuiltH1129turretsagainstitroundH5439about.

2Andthecityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892wasbesiegeduntiltheeleventhyearשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141ofkingלַמֶּ֖לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428Zedekiahצִדְקִיָּֽהוּ׃tzid.ki.Ya.huH6667.

3Ontheninthofthe[fourth]monthH2320thefamineהָרָעָ֖בha.ra.'AvH7458prevailedH2388inthecityבָּעִ֑ירba.'IrH5892,andtherewasH1961nobreadH3899forthepeopleלְעַ֥םle.'AmH5971ofthelandהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

4Andthecityהָעִ֗ירha.'IrH5892wasbrokenH1234into;andallthemenH376ofwarהַמִּלְחָמָ֤ה׀ha.mil.cha.MahH4421[fled]bynightהַלַּ֙יְלָה֙ha.Lay.lahH3915,bythewayH1870ofthegateשַׁ֣עַר׀Sha.'arH8179betweenthetwoהַחֹמֹתַ֗יִםha.cho.mo.Ta.yimH2346wallsH2346,which[leads]totheking'sgardenגַּ֣ןganH1588(nowtheChaldeansוְכַשְׂדִּ֥יםve.khas.DimH3778werebythecityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892roundH5439about);andtheywentthewayH1870towardtheplainH6160.

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

6Andtheytookthekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,andbroughtH5927himuptothekingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֖לba.VelH894untoRiblahרִבְלָ֑תָהriv.La.tahH7247;andtheypronouncedjudgmentמִשְׁפָּֽט׃mish.PatH4941uponhim,

7andslaughteredשָׁחֲט֖וּsha.cha.TuH7819thesonsבְּנֵי֙be.NeiH1121ofZedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֔הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huH6667beforehiseyesלְעֵינָ֑יוle.'ei.NavH5869,andputouttheeyesעֵינֵ֤י'ei.NeiH5869ofZedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙tzid.ki.Ya.huH6667,andboundH631himwithchainsofbrass,andcarriedhimtoBabylonבָּבֶֽל׃ סba.VelH894.

8Andinthefifthהַֽחֲמִישִׁי֙ha.cha.mi.ShiH2549monthוּבַחֹ֤דֶשׁu.va.Cho.deshH2320,ontheseventhofthemonthלַחֹ֔דֶשׁla.Cho.deshH2320,whichwasinthenineteenthyearH8141ofkingלַמֶּ֖לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428Nebuchadnezzarנְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּ֣רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5019,kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֑לba.VelH894, Nebuzar-adan,captainofthebody-guard,servantעֶ֥בֶד'E.vedH5650ofthekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֖לba.VelH894,cameH935untoJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ye.ru.sha.LimH3389;

9andheburnedוַיִּשְׂרֹ֥ףvai.yis.RofH8313thehouseH1004ofJehovah,andtheking'shouseH1004,andallthehousesH1004ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֛םye.ru.sha.LimH3389;andeverygreatגָּד֖וֹלga.DolH1419[man's]houseH1004heburnedשָׂרַ֥ףsa.RafH8313withfireבָּאֵֽשׁ׃ba.'EshH784.

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