The Destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem

8

Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, to Jerusalem.

9

He burnt the LORD’s house, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burnt he with fire.

10

All the army of the Kasdim, 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 residue of the people who were left in the city, and those who fell away, who fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude.

12

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

13

The Kasdim broke up the pillars of brass that were in the LORD’s house and the bases and the bronze sea that were in the LORD’s house, and carried the brass pieces to Babylon.

14

They took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the spoons, and all the vessels of brass with which they ministered.

15

The captain of the guard took away the fire pans, the basins, that which was of gold, in gold, and that which was of silver, in silver.

16

The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases, which Solomon had made for the LORD’s house, the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

17

The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a capital of brass was on it; and the height of the capital was three cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capital around it, all of brass: and like to these had the second pillar with network.

Reading Style

Typeface

Font Size 19px

Reading Width 45 chars

Options