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2 Kings 25:7
7They killed all Zedekiah's sons as their punishment, while Zedekiah watched. Then they cut out Zedekiah's eyes to make him blind. They tied him with chains and they took him to Babylon.
2 Kings 25:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
- New International Version (NIV)They killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him in chains and took him to Babylon.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then they killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, put out the eyes of Zedekiah, bound him with bronze fetters, and took him to Babylon.
Context of 2 Kings 25:7
5But the soldiers of Babylon's army chased after the king. They caught him on the flat land near Jericho. All King Zedekiah's soldiers ran away from him in many directions. 6Babylon's soldiers took hold of King Zedekiah. They took him to King Nebuchadnezzar at Riblah. Nebuchadnezzar decided how to punish Zedekiah. They killed all Zedekiah's sons as their punishment, while Zedekiah watched. Then they cut out Zedekiah's eyes to make him blind. They tied him with chains and they took him to Babylon. 8King Nebuchadnezzar had an officer whose name was Nebuzaradan. He was the captain of the king's royal guards. Nebuzaradan came to Jerusalem when Nebuchadnezzar had ruled Babylon for 19 years. It was on the 7th day of the 5th month. 9Nebuzaradan destroyed the Lord's temple, the king's palace and all the other houses in Jerusalem. He burned them all with fire, so that he destroyed every important building in the city.
Read all of 2 Kings 252 Kings 25:7 word by word
וְאֶת־בְּנֵי֙ צִדְקִיָּ֔הוּ שָׁחֲט֖וּ לְעֵינָ֑יו וְאֶת־עֵינֵ֤י צִדְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙ עִוֵּ֔ר וַיַּאַסְרֵ֙הוּ֙ בַֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִם וַיְבִאֵ֖הוּ בָּבֶֽל׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And they slewשָׁחַטshâchaţ · to slaughterH7819
- the sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
- of Zedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֫הוּtsidqîyâh tsidqîyâhû · ZedekiahH6667
- before his eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
- and put outעָוַר‛âvar · to blindH5786
- the eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: appearanceH5869
- and boundאָסַר'âsar · to bindH631
- him with fettersנְחֹ֫שֶׁתnechôsheth · bronzeH5178
- of brassנְחֹ֫שֶׁתnechôsheth · bronzeH5178
- and carriedבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): towardsH935
- him to Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
Cross-references for 2 Kings 25:7
- Genesis 21:16She herself went and sat down about 100 metres away from him. She thought, ‘I cannot watch the boy die.’ As she sat there, she began to cry.
- Genesis 44:34I cannot go back to my father if the boy is not with me. I never want to see how upset my father would be.’
- Deuteronomy 28:34When you see what is happening to you, you will become crazy.
- Jeremiah 22:30The Lord says, ‘Write this man's name on the list. Write it as the name of a man who has no children. He will not have success in his life. None of his sons will rule as a descendant of King David. None of them will be king of Judah.’
- Jeremiah 39:6He decided how he would punish Zedekiah. He told his soldiers to kill all Zedekiah's sons, while Zedekiah watched. Nebuchadnezzar also punished all the important men of Judah with death.
- Jeremiah 52:10He told his soldiers to kill all Zedekiah's sons, while Zedekiah watched. He also punished all the officers of Judah with death there at Riblah.
- Jeremiah 32:4Zedekiah, king of Judah, will not escape from Babylon's army. They will take him to the king of Babylon. Zedekiah will have to stand in front of the king of Babylon and answer his questions.
- Jeremiah 34:3You will not be able to escape. Babylon's soldiers will certainly take hold of you. They will take you to the king of Babylon. You will have to stand in front of the king of Babylon and answer his questions. Then you will go to Babylon as his prisoner.
- Ezekiel 12:13I will throw my net over him and I will catch him in my trap. I will take him to Babylon city, in the land of the Chaldeans. But he will not see that land. He will die there.
- Judges 16:21The Philistines took hold of Samson. They cut out his eyes. They tied him up with bronze chains. They made him do hard work as their prisoner. He had to push a heavy stone to make grain into flour.
- 2 Chronicles 33:11So the Lord brought the officers of the king of Assyria's army to attack them. They took hold of Manasseh. They put metal hooks in his nose and they tied bronze chains around him. Then they took him away to Babylon.
- 2 Chronicles 36:6While he was king, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Judah. He took hold of King Jehoiakim. He tied bronze chains around him and he took him away to Babylon.
- Psalms 107:10Some people sat in a completely dark place. Iron chains held them as prisoners, and they were very sad.
- Psalms 149:8They must tie up the foreign kings with chains, and put the rulers in prison.
- Ezekiel 7:27The king will be very sad. His son will not hope for anything good to happen. The people will shake with fear. I will punish them as they deserve for the way that they have lived. I will judge them in the same way that they have judged other people. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’
- Ezekiel 17:16I promise you this, as surely as I live, says the AlmightyLord. That man that the king of Babylon made king in Jerusalem will die! He will die in Babylon because he did not obey the agreement he had made with the king of Babylon. He thought that his promise was not important.
Commentaries on 2 Kings 25:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Before his eyes - This refinement of cruelty seems to have especially shocked the Jews, whose manners were less barbarous than those of most Orientals. It is noted by Jeremiah in two places Jeremiah 39:6; Jeremiah 52:10. And put out the eyes of Zedekiah - Blinding has always been among the most common of secondary punishments in the East (compare Judges 16:2 l). The blinding of Zedekiah reconciled in a very remarkable way prophecies, apparently…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7they put out his eyes: In the ancient Near East, rebellious leaders were often blinded. Zedekiah's blinding was especially cruel because his last sight was his sons being killed. True to the prophecy, Zedekiah was captured and died in captivity (Jeremiah 32:4–5; 34:3; 52:11; Ezekiel 12:11–14).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-76-7. they took the king, and brought him ... to Riblah--Nebuchadnezzar, having gone from the siege to oppose the auxiliary forces of Pharaoh-hophra, left his generals to carry on the blockade, he himself not returning to the scene of action, but taking up his station at Riblah in the land of Hamath (2Ki 23:33). they gave judgment upon him--They, that is, the council (Jr 39:3, 13; Da 6:7, 8, 12), regarding him as a seditious and rebellious vassal…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Kings 25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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