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2 Kings 25:7

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

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2 Kings 25:7 in other translations

And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

2 Kings 25:7 · American Standard Version

2 Kings 25:7 in context

  1. 5But the Chaldean army pursued the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
  2. 6Then they captured the king, and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they passed judgment on him.
  3. 7They killed Zedekiah’s sons before his eyes, then put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
  4. 8Now 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.
  5. 9He burned Yahweh’s house, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, he burned with fire.