1 Zedekiah was one 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. 2 And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 3 For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

4 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about. 5 So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. 6 And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land. 7 Then the city was broken up, and all the men 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.

8 But 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. 9 Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him. 10 And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah. 11 Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.

12 Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem, 13 And burned the house of the LORD, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire: 14 And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about. 15 Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried 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. 16 But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen. 17 Also 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, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon. 18 The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. 19 And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, 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. 20 The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the brass of all these vessels was without weight. 21 And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow. 22 And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one chapiter was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all of brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like unto these. 23 And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about.

24 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: 25 He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king’s person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, 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. 26 So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. 27 And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land. 28 This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty: 29 In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons: 30 In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.

31 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison, 32 And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon, 33 And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life. 34 And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.

1 西底家登基的时候是二十一岁， 他在耶路撒冷作王十一年； 他母亲名叫哈慕他， 是立拿人耶利米的女儿。

2 他行耶和华眼中看为恶的事， 像约雅敬一切所行的。

3 因为耶和华的怒气向耶路撒冷和犹大发作， 直到他把他们从自己的面前赶走。后来， 西底家背叛了巴比伦王。

4 西底家作王第九年十月十日， 巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒率领他的全军来攻打耶路撒冷； 他们在城外安营， 又在四周筑垒攻城。

5 于是， 城被围困， 直到西底家王第十一年。

6 四月九日， 城里饥荒非常严重， 甚至那地的人民都断了粮食。

7 城终于被攻破了， 所有的战士就在夜间从靠近王的花园的两墙中间的那门， 逃跑出城。那时迦勒底人在四围攻城； 他们就往亚拉巴的方向逃走。

8 迦勒底人的军队追赶， 在耶利哥的原野上把西底家追上了； 他的全军都离开他四散了。

9 他们把王擒住， 把他解到哈马地的利比拉巴比伦王那里； 他就宣判他的罪。

10 巴比伦王在利比拉， 当着西底家眼前杀了他的众子， 也杀了犹大所有的领袖，

11 并且把西底家的眼睛弄瞎， 然后用铜链锁住他。巴比伦王把他带到巴比伦去， 关在牢里， 直到他去世的日子。

12 五月十日， 就是巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒第十九年， 侍立在巴比伦王面前的护卫长尼布撒拉旦来到耶路撒冷。

13 他放火焚烧耶和华的殿和王宫， 以及耶路撒冷一切房屋， 一切高大的房屋， 他都放火烧了。

14 跟随护卫长的迦勒底人全军拆毁了耶路撒冷周围所有的城墙。

15 至于人民中最贫穷的、城中剩下的人民， 和已经向巴比伦王投降的人， 以及剩下的技工， 护卫长尼布撒拉旦都掳了去。

16 至于那地最贫穷的人， 护卫长尼布撒拉旦把他们留下， 去修理葡萄园和耕种田地。

17 耶和华殿的铜柱， 以及耶和华殿的铜座和铜海， 迦勒底人都打碎了， 把所有的铜都运到巴比伦去。

18 他们又把锅、铲子、烛剪、碗、碟子， 和敬拜用的一切铜器都拿去了。

19 此外， 碗盆、火鼎、碗、锅、灯台、碟子和奠酒的爵， 无论是金的或是银的， 护卫长都拿去了。

20 所罗门王为耶和华的殿所做的两根铜柱、一个铜海、铜海下面的十二头铜牛， 和十个铜座， 这一切器皿的铜， 重得无法可称。

21 至于那些柱子， 每根高八公尺， 圆周是五公尺三公分， 柱子是空心的。铜的厚度有七十五公厘。

22 柱上有铜柱头， 柱头高两公尺三十公分， 柱头四周有网子和石榴都是铜的； 另一根柱子同样也有石榴。

23 每个网子周围共有一百个石榴， 明显可见的有九十六个。

24 护卫长拿住祭司长西莱雅、副祭司长西番亚和三个守门的；

25 又从城里拿住一个管理军兵的官长， 并且在城里搜获常见王面的七个人， 和一个负责召募当地人民的军长书记， 又在城中搜获六十个当地的人民。

26 护卫长尼布撒拉旦把他们拿住， 带到利比拉巴比伦王那里。

27 巴比伦王击打他们， 在哈马地的利比拉把他们处死。这样， 犹大人被掳， 离开了他们的国土。

28 以下是尼布甲尼撒掳去的人民的数目： 在他执政第七年， 有犹大人三千零二十三名；

29 尼布甲尼撒第十八年， 从耶路撒冷掳去的， 有八百三十二人；

30 尼布甲尼撒第二十三年， 护卫长尼布撒拉旦掳去犹大人七百四十五名。总数是四千六百人。

31 犹大王约雅斤被掳后第三十七年， 就是巴比伦王以未．米罗达登基的那一年， 十二月二十五日， 他恩待（"恩待"原文作"使抬起头来"）犹大王约雅斤， 把他从狱中领出来，

32 并且安慰他， 使他的地位高过和他一起在巴比伦的众王。

33 又换下他的囚衣， 赐他终生常在王面前吃饭。

34 他的生活费用， 在他一生的年日中， 每日不断由巴比伦王供应， 直到他去世的日子。