¶ Zedekiah was one¹ and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

And he did³ that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD, according⁴ to all that Jehoiakim had done.

For through⁵ the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah⁶ rebelled against the king of Babylon.

And it came to pass in the ninth year⁷ of his reign, in the tenth month⁸, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched⁹ against it, and built forts against it round about.

So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

And in the fourth¹⁰ month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine¹¹ was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

Then the city¹² was broken up, and all the men¹³ of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain.

¹⁴But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.

Then they took¹⁵ the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah¹⁶ in the land of Hamath¹⁷; where he gave judgment upon him.

¶ And the king of Babylon slew¹⁸ the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew¹⁹ also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.

Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah²⁰; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains²¹, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.

¶ Now in the fifth²² month, in the tenth²³ day of the month, which was the nineteenth²⁴ year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard²⁵, which served²⁶ the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem,

And burned²⁷ the house of the LORD, and the king's²⁸ house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire:

And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake²⁹ down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.

Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried³⁰ away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.

But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left certain³¹ of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.

Also the pillars³² of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases³³, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.

The caldrons³⁴ also, and the shovels³⁵, and the snuffers³⁶, and the bowls³⁷, and the spoons³⁸, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.

And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks⁴⁰, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard away.

¶ The two⁴¹ pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the brass⁴² of all these vessels was without weight.

And concerning⁴³ the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet⁴⁴ of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.

And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one chapiter was five cubits, with network⁴⁵ and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all of brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like unto these.

And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the⁴⁶ pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about.

¶ And the captain⁴⁷ of the guard took Seraiah⁴⁸ the chief priest, and Zephaniah⁴⁹ the second priest, and the three keepers of the door⁵⁰:

He took also out of the city an eunuch⁵¹, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person⁵², which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host⁵³, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.

So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.

And the king⁵⁴ of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah⁵⁵ in the land of Hamath. Thus⁵⁶ Judah was carried away captive out of his own land.

This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the⁵⁷ seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty:

In the eighteenth⁵⁸ year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons⁵⁹:

¶ In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried⁶⁰ away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.

¶ And it came⁶¹ to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth⁶² month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon⁶³ in the first year of his reign lifted up⁶⁴ the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison,

And spake kindly unto him,⁶⁵ and set⁶⁶ his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,

And changed⁶⁷ his prison garments: and he did⁶⁸ continually eat bread before him all the days of his life.

And for his diet, there was⁶⁹ a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion⁷⁰ until the day of his death, all the days of his life.