The .xxv. Chapter.¶ By the rebellynge of Zedekiah is the towne of Ierusalem
beseged of Nabuchodonozor. The towne and
the temple are bothe burnt: the sonnes of zedekiah are
slayne before hys eyes, and after are his eyes put out.
Iuda is brought to Babylon. And after is Iehoacin
exalted.
Wherfore in the nynth yeare of
hys raygne, the tenthe daye of
the tenthe monethe, A came Nabuchodonozor
Kynge of Babilon
wyth all his power to Ierusalem:
and pytched agaynst the towne and
made engynes agaynst it on euery syde. And
the cyty continued beseged vnto the .xi. yeare
of kynge Zedekiah. And the nynthe daye of
the fourthe monethe of that yeare, there was
so great hongre in the cytye, that there was
no sustinaunce for the people of the lande.
B And therto the cytye was broken vp: wherfore
al the men of Armes fled by nyght, by a
waye thorowe a Gate, betwene two walles
harde on the Kynges garden: the Caldeyes
lyenge aboute the cytie.
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And the kynge went strayght towarde the
deserte. And þe; hoste of the Caldeyes folowed
after him, and toke hym in the deserte of Iericho,
all his armye beynge scatered awaye
fr&obar; him. And when they had taken him, they
brought him to Nabuchodonozor the kynge
of Babilon to Reblah, where they note reasoned
wyth him. And they slue the sonnes of Zedekiah
before hys eyes, and put out the eyes
of Zedekiah, and fettered him, and caried him
to Babylon.
And the seuenthe day of the fyfth moneth
which was in the nintenth yeare of king Nabuchodonozor
kynge of Babylon, came Nabusaradan
seruaunte of the kinge of Babil&obar;,
and note chefe Marshal, vnto Ierusalem: and
burnte the house of the Lorde and the kynges
house, and all the houses of Ierusalem, and al
greate houses burnte he wyth fyre, And al the
hoste of the Caldeyes that were with the chefe
Marshal, brake doune the walles of Ierusalem
rounde aboute. And the rest of the people
that were lefte in the cytie, and th&ebar; that were
fled to the kynge of Babilon, ∧ the remnaunt
of the comen people, C Nabusaradan the chefe
Marshal caryed awaye, and lefte of the poore
of the lande to dresse the vynes, and to tyl the
grounde.
And the pyllers of brasse that were in the
house of the Lorde and the botomes, and the
brasen sea, that was in the house of the Lorde
the Caldeyes brake, ∧ caryed the brasse of th&ebar;
to Babylon. And the lauers, shouelles, note dressynge
kniues, ladelles, and the mynystrynge
vesselles of brasse, they caried awaie. D And the
firep&abar;nes ∧ basens that were eyther of gould
or syluer, them toke the chefe Marshal away
with the two pillers and the sea of brasse, and
the bottomes whiche Salomon had made in
the house of the Lorde. The brasse of al these
vesselles was without weyght. The heyghte
of the one piller was .xviij. cubites, and the
heade theron was brasse and thre cubites l&obar;g
wyth a wrethe ∧ pomegranetes round aboute
vpon the heade, all of brasse. And of the same
fasshyon was the seconde pyller &wt; a wrethe.
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Iehoacin.
E And the chefe Marshall toke Saraiah the
chefe preste, and Zophoniah, the hiest preste
saue one, ∧ thre kepers of the dore. And out
of the citie he toke a certayne chambrelayne
that had the ouersyght of the men of warre,
and fiue men that were euer in the kynges
presence, whiche were founde in the cytye,
and Sopher the captayne of the Hoste that
taught the people of the lande to make warre
and threskore men of the people of the lande
that were founde in the citie also. And Nabusaradan
the chefe Marshall toke them and
brought them to the Kynge of Babilon to
Reblah. And the kynge of Babilon smote
them and slue them at Reblah in the lande of
Hemath. And so Iuda was caried awaye out
of their lande.
F And ouer the people that remayned in the
lande of Iuda, whiche Nabuchodonozor
Kynge of Babilon lefte, he set Godoliah the
sonne of Ahikam the sonne of Saphan. And
when all the capitaynes of the men of warre
and the men hearde that the Kynge of Babilon
had made Godoliah gouerner: there came
to Godoliah to Mazphah: Ismael the
soune of Nathaniah and Iohanan the sonne
of Kareah and Saraiah the sonne of Thanehumeth
the Netophathite and Iezoniah the
sonne of Maachati and theyr men. And Godoliah
sware to them and to theyr men, and
sayde to them: feare not ye the seruauntes of
the Caldeyes. But dwelle in the lande and
serue the Kynge of Babilon and ye shalbe in
good condycion.
G But it chaunced the seuenth monethe after,
that Ismael the sonne of Nathaniah the
sonne of Elisama of the Kynges bloude came,
and ten men with hym and smote Godoliah
that he dyed: and so did he the Iewes
∧ the Caldeys that were with hym at Mazphah.
There vpon all the people both smalle
and greate and the captaynes of the men of
warre arose ∧ went to Egipte: for they were
afrayed of the Caldeyes.
noteNotwithstandinge yet the .xxxiiij. yere after
Iehoacin Kynge of Iuda was caryed awaye,
the .xxvij. daye of the twelueth monethe,
dyd Euilmerodah Kynge of Babilon
lifte vp the head of Iehoacin Kynge of Iuda
out of the presone house, and speake kyndelye
to hym and set hys seate aboue the seate of all
the Kynges that were with hym in Babilon,
and chaunged hys preson garmentes.
And he dyd euer eate breade before
hym all the dayes of hys lyfe.
And a continuall porcyon
was assygned hym of
the Kynge, daye by
daye as long as
he lyued.
¶ The ende of the fourth boke of the
Kynges, whych after the
Hebrues is the
seconde.
