II Kings 25

vayehi vishnat hatteshi'it lemolkho bakhodesh ha'asiri be'asor lakhodesh ba nevukhadnetsar melekh-bavel hu vekhol-khelo al-yerushalai͏m vayyikhan aleha vayyivnu aleha dayeq saviv

And in the ninth year of his reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar moved against Jerusalem with his whole army. He besieged it; and they built towers against it all around.

vattavo ha'ir bammatsor ad ashte esreh shanah lammelekh tsidqiyyahu

The city continued in a state of siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

betishah lakhodesh vayyekhezaq hara'av ba'ir velo-hayah lekhem le'am ha'arets

By the ninth day [of the fourth month] the famine had become acute in the city; there was no food left for the common people.

vattibbaqa ha'ir vekhol-anshe hammilkhamah hallaylah derekh sha'ar ben hakhomotayim asher al-gan hammelekh vekhasdim al-ha'ir saviv vayyelekh derekh ha'aravah

Then [the wall of] the city was breached. All the soldiers [left the city] by night through the gate between the double walls, which is near the king’s garden—the Chaldeans were all around the city; and [the king] set out for the Arabah.

vayyirdefu khel-kasdim akhar hammelekh vayyassigu oto be'arvot yerekho vekhol-khelo nafotsu me'alayw

But the Chaldean troops pursued the king, and they overtook him in the steppes of Jericho as his entire force left him and scattered.

vayyitpesu et-hammelekh vayya'alu oto el-melekh bavel rivlatah vayedabberu itto mishpat

They captured the king and brought him before the king of Babylon at Riblah; and they put him on trial.

ve'et-bene tsidqiyyahu shakhatu le'enayw ve'et-ene tsidqiyyahu ivver vayya'asrehu bankhushtayim vayevi'ehu bavel

They slaughtered Zedekiah’s sons before his eyes; then Zedekiah’s eyes were put out. He was chained in bronze fetters and he was brought to Babylon.

uvakhodesh hakhamishi beshivah lakhodesh hi shenat tesha-esreh shanah lammelekh nevukhadnetsar melekh-bavel ba nevuzaradan rav-tabbakhim eved melekh-bavel yerushalai͏m

On the seventh day of the fifth month—that was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon—Nebuzaradan, the chief of the guards, an officer of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.

vayyisrof et-bet-Adonai ve'et-bet hammelekh ve'et kol-batte yerushalai͏m ve'et-kol-bet gadol saraf ba'esh

He burned the House of GOD, the king’s palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem; he burned down the house of every notable person.

ve'et-khomot yerushalai͏m saviv natetsu kol-khel kasdim asher rav-tabbakhim

The entire Chaldean force that was with the chief of the guard tore down the walls of Jerusalem on every side.

ve'et yeter ha'am hannisharim ba'ir ve'et-hannofelim asher nafelu al-hammelekh bavel ve'et yeter hehamon heglah nevuzaradan rav-tabbakhim

The remnant of the people that was left in the city, the defectors who had gone over to the king of Babylon—and the remnant of the population—were taken into exile by Nebuzaradan, the chief of the guards.

umiddallat ha'arets hishir rav-tabbakhim lekhoremim uleyogevim

But some of the poorest in the land were left by the chief of the guards, to be vinedressers and field hands.

ve'et-ammude hannekhoshet asher bet-Adonai ve'et-hammekhonot ve'et-yam hannekhoshet asher bevet-Adonai shibberu khasdim vayyisu et-nekhushtam bavelah

The Chaldeans broke up the bronze columns of the House of GOD, the stands, and the bronze tank that was in the House of GOD; and they carried the bronze away to Babylon.

ve'et-hassirot ve'et-hayya'im ve'et-hamezammerot ve'et-hakkappot ve'et kol-kele hannekhoshet asher yesharetu-vam laqakhu

They also took all the pails, scrapers, snuffers, ladles, and all the other bronze vessels used in the service.

ve'et-hammakhtot ve'et-hammizraqot asher zahav zahav va'asher-kesef kasef laqakh rav-tabbakhim

The chief of the guards took whatever was of gold and whatever was of silver: firepans and sprinkling bowls.

ha'ammudim shenayim hayyam ha'ekhad vehammekhonot asher-asah shelomoh levet Adonai lo-hayah mishqal linkhoshet kol-hakkelim ha'elleh

The two columns, the one tank, and the stands that Solomon provided for the House of GOD—all these objects contained bronze beyond weighing.

shemoneh esreh ammah qomat ha'ammud ha'ekhad vekhoteret alayw nekhoshet veqomat hakkoteret shalosh (mh) [ammot] usevakhah verimmonim al-hakkoteret saviv hakkol nekhoshet vekha'elleh la'ammud hasheni al-hassevakhah

The one column was eighteen cubits high. It had a bronze capital above it; the height of the capital was three cubits, and there was a meshwork [decorated] with pomegranates about the capital, all made of bronze. And the like was true of the other column with its meshwork.

vayyiqqakh rav-tabbakhim et-serayah kohen harosh ve'et-tsefanyahu kohen mishneh ve'et-sheloshet shomere hassaf

The chief of the guards also took Seraiah, the chief priest, Zephaniah, the deputy priest, and the three guardians of the threshold.

umin-ha'ir laqakh saris ekhad asher-hu faqid al-anshe hammilkhamah vakhamisha anashim mero'e fene-hammelekh asher nimtse'u va'ir ve'et hassofer sar hatsava hammatsbi et-am ha'arets veshishim ish me'am ha'arets hannimtse'im ba'ir

And from the city he took a eunuch who was in command of the soldiers; five of the royal privy councillors who were present in the city; the scribe of the army commander, who was in charge of mustering the people of the land; and sixty of the common people who were inside the city.

vayyiqqakh otam nevuzaradan rav-tabbakhim vayyolekh otam al-melekh bavel rivlatah

Nebuzaradan, the chief of the guards, took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

vayyakh otam melekh bavel vayemitem berivlah be'erets khamat vayyigel yehudah me'al admato

The king of Babylon had them struck down and put to death at Riblah, in the region of Hamath. Thus Judah was exiled from its land.

veha'am hannishar be'erets yehudah asher hishir nevukhadnetsar melekh bavel vayyafqed alehem et-gedalyahu ben-akhiqam ben-shafan

King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon put Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan in charge of the people whom he left in the land of Judah.

vayyishme'u khol-sare hakhayalim hemmah veha'anashim ki-hifqid melekh-bavel et-gedalyahu vayyavo'u el-gedalyahu hammitspah veyishma'el ben-netanyah veyokhanan ben-qareakh userayah ven-tankhumet hannetofati veya'azanyahu ben-hamma'akhati hemmah ve'anshehem

When the officers of the troops and their men heard that the king of Babylon had put Gedaliah in charge, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah with Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maachite, together with their men.

vayyishava lahem gedalyahu ule'anshehem vayyomer lahem al-tire'u me'avde hakkasdim shevu va'arets ve'ivdu et-melekh bavel veyitav lakhem

Gedaliah reassured them and their men, saying, “Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Stay in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well with you.”

vayehi bakhodesh hashevi'i ba yishma'el ben-netanyah ben-elishama mizzera hammelukhah va'asarah anashim itto vayyakku et-gedalyahu vayyamot ve'et-hayyehudim ve'et-hakkasdim asher-hayu itto bammitspah

In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah son of Elishama, who was of royal descent, came with ten men, and they struck down Gedaliah and he died; [they also killed] the Judeans and the Chaldeans who were present with him at Mizpah.

vayyaqumu khol-ha'am miqqaton ve'ad-gadol vesare hakhayalim vayyavo'u mitsrayim ki yare'u mippene khasdim

And all the people, young and old, and the officers of the troops set out and went to Egypt because they were afraid of the Chaldeans.

vayehi vishloshim vasheva shanah legalut yehoyakhin melekh-yehudah bishnem asar khodesh be'esrim veshivah lakhodesh nasa evil merodakh melekh bavel bishnat molkho et-rosh yehoyakhin melekh-yehudah mibbet kele

In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month, King Evil-merodach of Babylon, in the year he became king, took note of King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him from prison.

vayedabber itto tovot vayyitten et-kiso me'al kisse hammelakhim asher itto bevavel

He spoke kindly to him, and gave him a throne above those of other kings who were with him in Babylon.

veshinna et bigde khilo ve'akhal lekhem tamid lefanayw kol-yeme khayyayw

His prison garments were removed, and [Jehoiachin] received regular rations by his favor for the rest of his life.

va'arukhato arukhat tamid nittenah-llo me'et hammelekh devar-yom beyomo kol yeme khayyav

A regular allotment of food was given him at the king’s behest—an allotment for each day—all the days of his life.