OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 9

2 Kings 25:9

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He burned the LORD’s house, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem. He burned every great house with fire.

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2 Kings 25:9 in context

2 Kings 25:6–12

6

Then they captured the king and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they passed judgment on him.

7

They killed Zedekiah’s sons before his eyes, then put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

8

Now 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.

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He burned the LORD’s house, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem. He burned every great house with fire.

10

All the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down the walls around Jerusalem.

11

Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive the rest of the people who were left in the city and those who had deserted to the king of Babylon—all the rest of the multitude.

12

But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to work the vineyards and fields.

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