2 Kings 25:8 Cross References - LEB

⁸ In the fifth month, on the seventh of the month, that is, the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, a commander of the imperial guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.

¹² Jehoiachin king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his court officials. The king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.

²⁷ It happened in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month on the twenty-seventh of the month, lifted Evil-Merodach king of Babylon in the year that he became king, the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah from the house of imprisonment.

⁸ And the Chaldeans burned the palace* of the king and the houses* of the people with fire and broke down the walls of Jerusalem. ⁹ Then the rest of the people who were left in the city, and those deserting who had deserted to him, and the rest of the people who remained, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard,* deported to Babylon. ¹⁰ And some of the poor people, _⌊who had nothing_⌋,* Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard,* left in the land of Judah. And he gave them vineyards and fields on that day. ¹¹ And Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon commanded concerning Jeremiah _⌊through_⌋* Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard,* _⌊saying_⌋,* ¹² "Take him and set your eyes on him. And you must not do something bad to him, _⌊but only_⌋* that which he speaks to you, so do with him." ¹³ So Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard,* sent word, _⌊along with_⌋* Nebushazban the chief officer, and Nergal-sharezer the high official, and all the chief officers of the king of Babylon. ¹⁴ And they sent and took Jeremiah from the courtyard of the guard and gave him to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him to the house, so he stayed in the midst of the people.

¹ The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh after Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard,* had let him go from Ramah, _⌊where he had been taken_⌋* bound in chains in the midst of all the exiles* of Jerusalem and Judah who were being deported to Babylon. ² And the captain of the guard* took Jeremiah and said to him, "Yahweh your God threatened this disaster to this place, ³ and now he has brought it about,* and Yahweh has done _⌊just as_⌋* he threatened. Because you sinned against Yahweh and did not listen to his voice, so this thing has happened to you. ⁴ And so then look, I have released you _⌊today_⌋* from the chains that were on your hands.* If it is good in your eyes to come with me to Babylon, then come, and _⌊I will take care of you_⌋.* But if it is bad in your eyes to come with me to Babylon, then refrain. Look, the whole land is _⌊before you_⌋.* To wherever it is good and right in your eyes to go, then go there."

¹² Now in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard,* who stood _⌊before_⌋* the king of Babylon, entered into Jerusalem. ¹³ And he burned the _⌊temple_⌋* of Yahweh, and the palace* of the king, and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house he burned with fire. ¹⁴ And all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard* broke down all the walls of Jerusalem all around. ¹⁵ And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard* deported some of the poor of the people, and the rest of the people who were left in the city, and the deserters who deserted to the king of Babylon, along with the rest of the craftsmen. ¹⁶ But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard* left some of the poor of the land to serve as vinedressers and farmers.

¹² The kings of the earth did not believe, and all the inhabitants of the world, that a foe and an enemy could enter into the gates of Jerusalem.

¹⁹ "Thus says Yahweh of hosts: 'The fast of the fourth month, the fifth month, the seventh month, and the tenth month will be for the house of Judah jubilation and joy and merry festivals; therefore love truth and peace.'