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Listen & read in about 10-15 minutes a day! 2nd Kings 24: The Captivity of Jerusalem - Parent Category: 2nd Kings: The Divided Kingdoms of Judah and Israel - Category: 2nd Kings 21-25: The Ruin of Judah 2 Kings 24 Judah Overrun by Enemies 24In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him. 2And the Lord sent against him raiding bands of Chaldeans, bands of Syrians, bands of Moabites, and bands of the people of Ammon; He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord which He had spoken by His servants the prophets. 3Surely at the commandment of the Lord this came upon Judah, to remove them from His sight because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done, 4and also because of the innocent blood that he had shed; for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the Lord would not pardon. 5Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 6So Jehoiakim rested with his fathers. Then Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place. 7And the king of Egypt did not come out of his land anymore, for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the Brook of Egypt to the River Euphrates. The Reign and Captivity of Jehoiachin 8Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. 9And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father had done. 10At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. 11And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, as his servants were besieging it. 12Then Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his princes, and his officers went out to the king of Babylon; and the king of Babylon, in the eighth year of his reign, took him prisoner. The Captivity of Jerusalem 13And he carried out from there all the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s house, and he cut in pieces all the articles of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, as the Lord had said. 14Also he carried into captivity all Jerusalem: all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths. None remained except the poorest people of the land. 15And he carried Jehoiachin captive to Babylon. The king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officers, and the mighty of the land he carried into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. 16All the valiant men, seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths, one thousand, all who were strong and fit for war, these the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. Zedekiah Reigns in Judah 17Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah. 18Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 19He also did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 20For because of the anger of the Lord this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, that He finally cast them out from His presence. Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. 2nd Kings 25: The Fall and Captivity of Judah - Parent Category: 2nd Kings: The Divided Kingdoms of Judah and Israel - Category: 2nd Kings 21-25: The Ruin of Judah 2 King s 25 The Fall and Captivity of Judah 25Now it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and encamped against it; and they built a siege wall against it all around. 2So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. 3By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine had become so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land. 4Then the city wall was broken through, and all the men of war fled at night by way of the gate between two walls, which was by the king’s garden, even though the Chaldeans were still encamped all around against the city. And the king went by way of the plain. 5But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and they overtook him in the plains of Jericho. All his army was scattered from him. 6So they took the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and they pronounced judgment on him. 7Then they killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, put out the eyes of Zedekiah, bound him with bronze fetters, and took him to Babylon. 8And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month (which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 9He burned the house of the Lord and the king’s house; all the houses of Jerusalem, that is, all the houses of the great, he burned with fire. 10And all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard broke down the walls of Jerusalem all around. 11Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive the rest of the people who remained in the city and the defectors who had deserted to the king of Babylon, with the rest of the multitude. 12But the captain of the guard left some of the poor of the land as vinedressers and farmers. 13The bronze pillars that were in the house of the Lord, and the carts and the bronze Sea that were in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke in pieces, and carried their bronze to Babylon. 14They also took away the pots, the shovels, the trimmers, the spoons, and all the bronze utensils with which the priests ministered. 15The firepans and the basins, the things of solid gold and solid silver, the captain of the guard took away. 16The two pillars, one Sea, and the carts, which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord, the bronze of all these articles was beyond measure. 17The height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the capital on it was of bronze. The height of the capital was three cubits, and the network and pomegranates all around the capital were all of bronze. The second pillar was the same, with a network. 18And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers. 19He also took out of the city an officer who had charge of the men of war, five men of the king’s close associates who were found in the city, the chief recruiting officer of the army, who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the city. 20So Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, took these and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. 21Then the king of Babylon struck them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive from its own land. Gedaliah Made Governor of Judah 22Then he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor over the people who remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left. 23Now when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, Johanan the son of Careah, Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men. 24And Gedaliah took an oath before them and their men, and said to them, “Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.” 25But it happened in the seventh month that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal family, came with ten men and struck and killed Gedaliah, the Jews, as well as the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah. 26And all the people, small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose and went to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans. Jehoiachin Released from Prison 27Now it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, that Evil-Merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, released Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison. 28He spoke kindly to him, and gave him a more prominent seat than those of the kings who were with him in Babylon. 29So Jehoiachin changed from his prison garments, and he ate bread regularly before the king all the days of his life. 30And as for his provisions, there was a regular ration given him by the king, a portion for each day, all the days of his life.
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2 राजा अध्याय 25 यसकारण नबूकदनेस्सर बाबेलका राजा र उनका सबै सेनाहरू यरूशलेमको विरूद्धमा युद्ध गर्न आए। यो घटना सिदकियाहको नवौं वर्ष राज्यकालको दशौं महीनाको दशैं दिनमा भयो। नबूकदनेसरका सेनाले शहरको पर्खाल वरिपरि धेरै घेरा मचान खडा गरे। उनले शहरको चारैतिर माटोको भित्ता बनाए। 2 नबूकदनेसरको सेनाहरूले सिदियाह यहूदाका राजाको एघाह्रौं वर्ष नहुञ्जेलसम्म यरूशलेमको चारैतिर बसे। 3 शहरमा अनिकाल विकराल हुँदै गयो। चौथो महीनाको नवौं दिन शहरमा साधारण मानिसहरूका लागि अझै खाद्य थिएन। 4 नबूकदनेस्सरका सेनाहरूले अन्तमा शहरको भित्तालाई भत्काए। त्यस रात राजा सिदकियाह र उनका सबै सैनिकहरू भागे। तिनीहरूले गोप्यद्वार प्रयोग गरे जुन दुइ पर्खाल भएर गएको थियो। यो राजाको बगैंचा भएर गएको थियो। शत्रुका सैनिकहरू शहरको वरिपरि थिए तर सिदकियाह र उनका मानिसहरू मरूभूतिको बाटो भएर भागे। 5 बाबेली सेनाहरूले राजा सिदकियाहलाई पछ्याए अनि यरीहो छेऊ उनलाई पक्रिए। सिदकियाहाका सबै सैनिकहरूले उनलाई छोडे अनि भागे। 6 बाबेलीहरूले राजा सिदकियाहलाई रिब्लामा बाबेलका राजा कहाँ लगे। बाबेलीहरूले सिदकियाहलाई सजाय दिने निश्चय गरे। 7 तिनीहरूले सिदकियाहका छोराहरूलाई उनकै सामु मारे। तब तिनीहरूले सिदकियाहका आखाँहरू निकाले तिनीहरूले उनलाई साङ्गलाले बाँधे अनि बाबेल पुर्याए। 8 नबूकदनेस्सर आफू बाबेलको राजा भएको उन्नाइसौं वर्षको पाँचौ महीनाको सातौं दिन यरूशलेम आए। नबूजरदान नबूकदनेसरको प्रमुख सैनिकहरूका अधिकारी थिए। 9 नबूजरदानले परमप्रभुको मन्दिर, राजाको महल र यरूशलेमका सबै घरहरू जलाए। उनले मुख्य मानिसहरूका घरहरू पनि जलाए। 10 तब नबूजरदानसँगै भएको बाबेली सेनाहरूले यरूशलेमको वरिपरिको पर्खाहरू लडाए। 11 नबूजरदानले शहरमा छोडिएका सबै मानिसहरूलाई पत्रे। नबूजरदानले बाबेलको राजा समक्ष आत्म समर्पण गरेका सबै मानिसहरूलाई बन्दीको रूपमा लगे। 12 नबूजरदानले साधारण मानिसहरूमा अत्यन्त दरिद्रलाई मात्र त्यहाँ बस्न दिए। उनले तिनीहरूलाई बस्न दिए जसले गर्दा तिनीहरू दाख र अन्य बालीको हेरचाह गर्न सकून्। 13 बाबेली सैनिकहरूले परमप्रभुको मन्दिरमा भएका सबै काँसाका चीजहरू टुक्रा टुक्रा पारे। तिनीहरूले काँसाको खाँबो, काँसाको गाडी अनि विशाल काँसाको खँड्कुलो टुक्रायाए। तब तिनीहरूले त्यो सबै काँसा बाबेल लगे। 14 बाबेलीहरूले भाँडाहरू, बेल्चाहरू, मोसोदानी, धूपदानीभरू, चम्चीहरू, तथा सबै काँसाका थालहरू लगे जो परमप्रभुको मन्दिरमा उपयोग गरिन्थ्यो। 15 नबूजरदानले कराही र थालहरू सबै लगे। उनले सुनले बनिएका सबै चीजहरू सुनका लागि लगे। अनि उनले सबै चाँदीले बनिएका चीजहरू चाँदीका लागि लगे। 16 यसकारण नबूजरदानले लगेः 2वटा काँसाका खाँबाहरू। प्रत्येक खाँबो 18हात अग्लो थियो। खाँबोमाथिका गजूरहरू तीन हात फिट अग्लो थिए। तिनीहरू काँसाको बनाइएका थिए अनि जालो र दारिमको आकृति जस्ता थिए। दुवै खाँबाहरू एकै प्रकारको आकृत्तिका थिए। ठूलो काँसाको खडकुँलो, गाडीहरू जसलाई परमप्रभुको मन्दिरका लागि सलेमानले बनाएका थिए।यी चीजहरूको काँसा जोख्दा साह्रै नै गह्रौ थियो। 18 मन्दिरबाट नबूजरदानले लगे मुख्य पूजाहारी सरायाह, अर्का पूजाहारी सपन्याह, तीन जना मानिसहरू जसले प्रवेशद्वारको सुरक्षा गर्ने गर्दथे तिनीहरूलाई पनि लगे। 19 अनि शहरबाट नबूजरदानले एउटा अधिकारीलाई लगे जो सैनिकहरूको मुखिया थिए। पाँच जना राजाका सल्लाहकार जो अझै शहरमा नै थिए, एकजना अध्यक्ष जसले साधारण मानिसहरूलाई युद्धको निम्ति जम्मा गर्थे अनि 60 जना साधारण मानिसहरू जो अझै शहरमा थिए। 20 तब नबूजरदानले यी सबै मानिसहरूलाई हमातको इलाकामा रिब्लामा बाबेलका राजाकहाँ लगे। बाबेलका राजाले तिनीहरूलाई रिब्लामा मारे। यसरी यहूदाका मानिसहरू आफ्नो देशबाट बन्दीको रूपमा लखेटिए। 22 नबूकदनेस्सर बाबेलका राजाले यहूदा देशमा केही मानिसहरू छोडेका थिए। एक मानिस थिए जसको नाउँ गदल्याह थियो, शापानका छोरा अहीकामका छोरा थिए। नबूकदनेस्सरले यहूदामा मानिसहरूका राज्यपाल बनाए। 23 सेनाका सेनापतिहरू नतन्याहका छोरा ईश्माएल, कारेहका छोरा योहानान, नतोपातका तन्हमेतका छोरा सरायाह अनि माकाईका छोरा याजन्याह थिए। यी सेनापतिहरू तथा उनका मानिसहरूले थाह पाए, बाबेलका राजाले गदल्यालाई राज्यपाल बनाए। यसर्थ तिनीहरू गदल्याहसँग भेट गर्न मिस्पा गए। 24 गदल्याहले यी अधिकारीहरू तथा उनका मानिसहरूलाई शपथ दिए। गदल्याहले तिनीहरूलाई भने, “बाबेल का अधिकारीहरू सित डरमान्नु पर्दैन। यहाँ बस अनि बाबेलका राजाको सेवा गर। तब तिमीहरूका लागि सबै कुरो ठीक हुनेछ।” 25 एलीशामाको नाती नतन्याहको छोरा इश्माएल राजपरिवारका थिए। सातौं महिनामा इश्माएल अनि उनका दशजना मानिसहरूले गदल्याहमाथि आक्रमण गरे अनि मिस्पामा गदल्याह सँगै सबै यहूदीहरू तथा बाबेलीहरूलाई मारे। 26 तब सेनाका अधिकारीहरू अनि सबै मानिसहरू मिश्र भागे। कम्ती महत्वपूर्ण देखि बढी महत्वपूर्ण भएका प्रत्येक मानिसहरू भागे किनभने तिनीहरू बाबेलीहरूसित डराएका थिए। 27 पछि एबील-मरोदक बाबेलका राजा भए। उनले यहूदाका राजा यहोयाकीनलाई बन्दीगृहबाट मुक्त गरिदिए। यो घट्ना यहोयाकीन पक्राउ परेपछि, सत्ताईस दिन बाह्रा महीना सैंतीसौं वर्षमा भएको थियो। यो एबील-मरोदकको शासनको शुरूको वर्षमा भएको घट्ना हो। 28 एबील- मरोदक यहोयाकीनप्रति दयालु थिए। उनले बाबेलमा उनीसँग बस्ने अरू राजाहरू भन्दा यहोयाकीनलाई धेरै महत्वपूर्ण पद दिए। 29 एबील-मरोदकले यहोयाकीनलाई बन्दीको लुगा लगाउन बन्द गरे। अनि यहोयाकीनले जीवनको रहल समय प्रत्येक दिन एबील-मरोदकसँग एउटै मेजमा बसेर खाए। 30 यस प्रकार राजा एबील मरोदकले यहोयाकीनलाई रहल जीवनमा प्रत्येक दिन भोजन प्रदान गरे।