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II Kings Chapter 25

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The chapter describes the final battle of Jerusalem as the Babylonian army, led by King Nebuchadnezzar, overwhelms the small forces of Judah. Zedekiah, the last king, is captured, executed, and the temple and city are destroyed, marking the end of the Davidic monarchy. The narrative underscores God's judgment on Israel's disobedience and the removal of the monarchy.

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(1) And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.
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II Chronicles 36:17II Chronicles 36:18II Chronicles 36:19II Chronicles 36:20II Chronicles 36:21Jeremiah 34:2Jeremiah 34:3Jeremiah 34:4Jeremiah 34:5Jeremiah 34:6Jeremiah 39:1Jeremiah 39:2

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Jeremiah 52:4Esther 3:7Genesis 8:5Ezekiel 24:1Jeremiah 52:12Ezekiel 29:1

(2) And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
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Jeremiah 52:5

(3) And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
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Jeremiah 39:2Jeremiah 52:6Zechariah 8:19Leviticus 26:26Deuteronomy 28:52Deuteronomy 28:53Lamentations 4:4Lamentations 4:5Lamentations 4:6Lamentations 4:7Lamentations 4:8Lamentations 4:9

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Esther 3:7Jeremiah 52:6Jeremiah 39:2Zechariah 7:1I Kings 6:1I Chronicles 27:7

(4) And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain.
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Jeremiah 5:10Jeremiah 39:2Jeremiah 39:3Jeremiah 52:6Jeremiah 52:7Jeremiah 52:8Jeremiah 52:9Jeremiah 52:10Jeremiah 52:11Ezekiel 33:21Leviticus 26:17Leviticus 26:36

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Jeremiah 52:7Jeremiah 39:4Ezekiel 40:23Ezekiel 40:27Ezekiel 40:44Zechariah 14:10

(5) And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.
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Isaiah 30:16Jeremiah 24:8Jeremiah 39:5Jeremiah 52:8Amos 2:14Amos 2:15Amos 2:16

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Jeremiah 52:8Jeremiah 39:5Exodus 14:9I Samuel 4:16I Samuel 17:21I Kings 20:25

(6) So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
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II Chronicles 33:11Jeremiah 21:7Jeremiah 34:21Jeremiah 34:22Jeremiah 38:23Lamentations 4:19Lamentations 4:20Ezekiel 17:20Ezekiel 17:21Ezekiel 21:25Ezekiel 21:26Ezekiel 21:27

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Jeremiah 39:5Jeremiah 52:9Jeremiah 39:6

(7) 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.
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Genesis 21:16Genesis 44:34Deuteronomy 28:34Jeremiah 22:30Jeremiah 39:6Jeremiah 39:7Jeremiah 52:10Jeremiah 52:11Jeremiah 32:4Jeremiah 32:5Jeremiah 34:3Ezekiel 12:13

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Jeremiah 39:6Jeremiah 52:11Jeremiah 52:10II Kings 25:13Jeremiah 52:17II Chronicles 33:11

(8) And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:
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Jeremiah 52:12Jeremiah 52:13Jeremiah 52:14Zechariah 8:19II Kings 25:27II Kings 24:12Jeremiah 39:9Jeremiah 39:10Jeremiah 39:11Jeremiah 39:12Jeremiah 39:13Jeremiah 39:14

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Jeremiah 52:12Esther 3:7Ezra 7:9II Kings 25:1Ezekiel 20:1Genesis 8:5

(9) And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire.
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I Kings 9:8II Chronicles 36:19Psalms 74:3Psalms 74:4Psalms 74:5Psalms 74:6Psalms 74:7Psalms 79:1Isaiah 64:10Isaiah 64:11Jeremiah 7:14Jeremiah 26:9

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Esther 8:8Esther 3:3Esther 3:12Jeremiah 52:13Exodus 10:6Jeremiah 19:13

(10) And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
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Nehemiah 1:3Jeremiah 5:10Jeremiah 39:8Jeremiah 52:14Jeremiah 52:15Jeremiah 52:16Jeremiah 52:17Jeremiah 52:18Jeremiah 52:19Jeremiah 52:20Jeremiah 52:21Jeremiah 52:22

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Jeremiah 52:14Ezekiel 27:11I Kings 6:5II Kings 25:4II Kings 25:5Ezekiel 46:23

(11) Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away.
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Jeremiah 15:1Jeremiah 15:2Jeremiah 39:9Jeremiah 52:12Ezekiel 5:2Ezekiel 12:15Ezekiel 12:16Ezekiel 22:15Ezekiel 22:16

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Jeremiah 39:9Jeremiah 52:15II Kings 25:8Jeremiah 52:12II Kings 25:20Jeremiah 39:11

(12) But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
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II Kings 24:14Jeremiah 39:10Jeremiah 40:7Jeremiah 52:16Ezekiel 33:24

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Jeremiah 52:16Jeremiah 39:10Jeremiah 52:15

(13) And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.
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II Kings 20:17II Chronicles 36:18Jeremiah 27:19Jeremiah 27:20Jeremiah 27:21Jeremiah 27:22Jeremiah 52:17Jeremiah 52:18Jeremiah 52:19Jeremiah 52:20Lamentations 1:10Exodus 27:3

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Jeremiah 52:17I Chronicles 18:8Jeremiah 51:22Jeremiah 51:23Exodus 38:17Jeremiah 52:20

(14) And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.
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Exodus 27:3Exodus 38:3I Kings 7:47I Kings 7:48I Kings 7:49I Kings 7:50II Chronicles 4:20II Chronicles 4:21II Chronicles 4:22II Chronicles 24:14

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Jeremiah 52:18Exodus 38:3II Samuel 8:10I Kings 7:45I Chronicles 18:8Numbers 4:14

(15) And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.
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Exodus 37:23Numbers 7:13Numbers 7:14I Kings 7:48I Kings 7:49I Kings 7:50I Kings 7:51II Chronicles 24:14Ezra 1:9Ezra 1:10Ezra 1:11Daniel 5:2

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Jeremiah 52:19Exodus 38:17Numbers 7:84II Kings 12:13I Chronicles 28:17Genesis 23:16

(16) The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
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I Kings 7:47

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Jeremiah 52:20I Chronicles 18:8Exodus 38:17II Samuel 8:10I Kings 7:47II Kings 25:13

(17) The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.
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I Kings 7:15I Kings 7:16Jeremiah 52:21Jeremiah 52:22Jeremiah 52:23

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Jeremiah 52:22I Kings 7:16I Kings 7:27II Chronicles 4:1I Kings 7:23II Chronicles 4:2

(18) And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
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II Kings 25:24II Kings 25:25II Kings 25:26I Chronicles 6:14Ezra 7:1Jeremiah 52:24Jeremiah 21:1Jeremiah 29:25Jeremiah 29:29

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Jeremiah 52:24II Kings 23:4Ezekiel 41:3

(19) And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city:
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Esther 1:14

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Jeremiah 52:25II Samuel 24:4II Chronicles 26:11Ezekiel 48:16Matthew 25:20II Chronicles 24:11

(20) And Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah:
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Jeremiah 52:26Jeremiah 52:27Lamentations 4:16

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II Kings 25:8Jeremiah 52:12Jeremiah 52:26II Kings 25:11Jeremiah 39:9Jeremiah 39:11

(21) And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.
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II Kings 17:20II Kings 23:27Leviticus 26:33Leviticus 26:34Leviticus 26:35Deuteronomy 4:26Deuteronomy 28:36Deuteronomy 28:64Jeremiah 24:9Jeremiah 24:10Jeremiah 25:9Jeremiah 25:10

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Jeremiah 39:6Jeremiah 52:27Jeremiah 52:10II Kings 24:15Ezra 2:1Esther 2:6

(22) And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.
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Jeremiah 40:5Jeremiah 40:6Jeremiah 40:7Jeremiah 40:8Jeremiah 40:9Jeremiah 40:10Jeremiah 40:11Jeremiah 40:12II Kings 25:25Jeremiah 39:14Jeremiah 41:2II Kings 22:12

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Jeremiah 29:3Jeremiah 40:5Jeremiah 40:7Jeremiah 40:9Jeremiah 40:11Jeremiah 41:2

(23) And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.
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Jeremiah 40:7Jeremiah 40:8Jeremiah 40:9Jeremiah 40:11Jeremiah 40:12

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Jeremiah 40:8Jeremiah 41:10Jeremiah 41:16Jeremiah 40:15Jeremiah 41:1Jeremiah 41:2

(24) And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.
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II Samuel 14:11II Samuel 19:23Jeremiah 40:9Jeremiah 40:10Ezekiel 33:24Ezekiel 33:25Ezekiel 33:26Ezekiel 33:27Ezekiel 33:28Ezekiel 33:29Jeremiah 43:6

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Jeremiah 40:9II Kings 4:26Jeremiah 40:4Joshua 24:15Judges 9:28Jeremiah 27:8

(25) But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.
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Zechariah 7:5Zechariah 8:19Jeremiah 40:15Jeremiah 40:16Jeremiah 41:1Jeremiah 41:2Jeremiah 41:3Jeremiah 41:4Jeremiah 41:5Jeremiah 41:6Jeremiah 41:7Jeremiah 41:8

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Jeremiah 41:1Esther 3:7Jeremiah 41:10Jeremiah 41:2II Kings 25:23Jeremiah 40:15

(26) And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.
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Jeremiah 41:16Jeremiah 41:17Jeremiah 41:18Jeremiah 42:14Jeremiah 42:15Jeremiah 42:16Jeremiah 42:17Jeremiah 42:18Jeremiah 42:19Jeremiah 42:20Jeremiah 42:21Jeremiah 42:22

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Deuteronomy 1:15Jeremiah 42:11Ezekiel 2:6I Chronicles 28:1

(27) And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
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Jeremiah 24:5Jeremiah 24:6Jeremiah 52:31Jeremiah 52:32Jeremiah 52:33Jeremiah 52:34Proverbs 21:1Genesis 40:13Genesis 40:20

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Jeremiah 52:31Esther 3:7II Chronicles 29:17Exodus 12:18I Kings 6:1Ezra 7:9

(28) And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon;
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Jeremiah 27:6Jeremiah 27:7Jeremiah 27:8Jeremiah 27:9Jeremiah 27:10Jeremiah 27:11Daniel 2:37Daniel 5:18Daniel 5:19

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Jeremiah 52:32Ezekiel 1:26Revelation 4:6I Kings 1:37I Kings 1:47I Kings 9:5

(29) And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life.
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II Kings 24:12Genesis 41:14Genesis 41:42Esther 4:4Esther 8:15Isaiah 61:3Zechariah 3:4Luke 15:22II Samuel 9:7

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Jeremiah 52:33Exodus 29:21Leviticus 8:30Ezekiel 44:19

(30) And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.
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Nehemiah 11:23Nehemiah 12:47Daniel 1:5Matthew 6:11Luke 11:3Acts 6:1Genesis 48:15Genesis 48:16

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