Revised Version 1895

2 Kings 25:1-9

1And itcameH935topassH935in theninthהַתְּשִׁיעִ֜יתha.te.shi.'ItH8671yearבִשְׁנַ֨תvish.NatH8141of hisreignלְמָלְכ֗וֹle.ma.le.KhoH4427, in thetenthהָעֲשִׂירִי֮ha.'a.si.RiH6224monthבַּחֹ֣דֶשׁba.Cho.deshH2320, in thetenthH6224dayH2320of themonthלַחֹדֶשׁ֒la.cho.DeshH2320, thatNebuchadnezzarנְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּ֨רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5019kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֜לba.VelH894cameH935, he andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605hisarmyחֵיל֛וֹchei.LoH2428,againstעַל־'al-H5921Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389, andencampedוַיִּ֣חַןvai.Yi.chanH2583againstעָלֶ֑יהָ'a.Lei.haH5921it; and theybuiltוַיִּבְנ֥וּvai.yiv.NuH1129fortsagainstעָלֶ֖יהָ'a.Lei.haH5921itroundסָבִֽיב׃sa.VivH5439aboutוַיְהִי֩vay.HiH1961.

2Soוַתָּבֹ֥אva.ta.Vo'H935thecityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892wasbesiegedבַּמָּצ֑וֹרba.ma.TzorH4692unto theeleventhעֶשְׂרֵ֣ה'es.RehH6240yearשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141ofkingלַמֶּ֖לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428Zedekiahצִדְקִיָּֽהוּ׃tzid.ki.Ya.huH6667.

3On theninthבְּתִשְׁעָ֣הbe.tish.'AhH8672dayבַּחֹדֶשׁba.Cho.deshH2320of the fourthmonthלַחֹ֔דֶשׁla.Cho.deshH2320thefamineהָרָעָ֖בha.ra.'AvH7458was sore in thecityבָּעִ֑ירba.'IrH5892,soהָ֥יָהHa.yahH1961that there wasnoוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808breadלֶ֖חֶםLe.chemH3899for thepeopleלְעַ֥םle.'AmH5971of thelandהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

4Then abreachוַתִּבָּקַ֣עva.ti.ba.Ka'H1234wasmadeH3605in thecityהָעִ֗ירha.'IrH5892, andallH3605themenH376ofwarהַמִּלְחָמָ֤ה׀ha.mil.cha.MahH4421fled bynightהַלַּ֙יְלָה֙ha.Lay.lahH3915by thewayדֶּ֜רֶךְDe.rekhH1870of thegateשַׁ֣עַר׀Sha.'arH8179betweenבֵּ֣יןbeinH996thetwoהַחֹמֹתַ֗יִםha.cho.mo.Ta.yimH2346wallsH2346,whichאֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherH834was by theking’sהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428gardenגַּ֣ןganH1588: (now theChaldeansוְכַשְׂדִּ֥יםve.khas.DimH3778wereagainstH5921thecityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892roundH5439aboutH5439:) and thekingH4428wentH376by thewayדֶּ֥רֶךְDe.rekhH1870of theArabahהָעֲרָבָֽה׃ha.'a.ra.VahH6160.

5But thearmyחֵיל־cheil-H2428of theChaldeansכַּשְׂדִּים֙kas.DimH3778pursuedוַיִּרְדְּפ֤וּvai.yir.de.FuH7291afterאַחַ֣ר'a.CharH310thekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, andovertookוַיַּשִּׂ֥גוּvai.ya.Si.guH5381him in theplainsבְּעַרְב֣וֹתbe.'ar.VotH6160ofJerichoיְרֵח֑וֹye.re.ChoH3405: andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605hisarmyחֵיל֔וֹchei.LoH2428wasscatteredנָפֹ֖צוּna.Fo.tzuH6327from him.

6Then theytookוַֽיִּתְפְּשׂוּ֙vai.yit.pe.SuH8610thekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, andcarriedH5927himupH5927unto thekingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֖לba.VelH894toRiblahרִבְלָ֑תָהriv.La.tahH7247; and they gavejudgmentמִשְׁפָּֽט׃mish.PatH4941uponאֶל־'el-H413him.

7And theyslewשָׁחֲט֖וּsha.cha.TuH7819thesonsבְּנֵי֙be.NeiH1121ofZedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֔הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huH6667beforeH5869hiseyesלְעֵינָ֑יוle.'ei.NavH5869, andputH935outH935theeyesעֵינֵ֤י'ei.NeiH5869ofZedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙tzid.ki.Ya.huH6667, andboundוַיַּאַסְרֵ֙הוּ֙vai.ya.'as.Re.huH631him infettersבַֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִםvan.chush.Ta.yimH5178, andcarriedH935him toBabylonבָּבֶֽל׃ סba.VelH894.

8NowH7227in thefifthהַֽחֲמִישִׁי֙ha.cha.mi.ShiH2549monthוּבַחֹ֤דֶשׁu.va.Cho.deshH2320, on theseventhבְּשִׁבְעָ֣הbe.shiv.'AhH7651dayH2320of themonthלַחֹ֔דֶשׁla.Cho.deshH2320,whichהִ֗יאHi'H1931was the nineteenthyearH8141ofkingלַמֶּ֖לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428Nebuchadnezzarנְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּ֣רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5019,kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֑לba.VelH894,cameבָּ֞אba'H935Nebuzaradanנְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֧ןne.vu.zar.'a.DanH5018thecaptainH7227of theguardטַבָּחִ֛יםta.ba.ChimH2876, aservantעֶ֥בֶד'E.vedH5650of thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֖לba.VelH894, untoJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ye.ru.sha.LimH3389:

9And heburntוַיִּשְׂרֹ֥ףvai.yis.RofH8313thehouseבֵּית־beit-H1004of theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068, and theking’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428houseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004; andallכָּל־kol-H3605thehousesבָּתֵּ֧יba.TeiH1004ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֛םye.ru.sha.LimH3389,evenH853everyכָּל־kol-H3605greatגָּד֖וֹלga.DolH1419houseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004,burntשָׂרַ֥ףsa.RafH8313he withfireבָּאֵֽשׁ׃ba.'EshH784.

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