2 Kings 25
King James Version · 30 verses · 476 cross-references linking it to 179 other chapters
Explore 2 Kings 25 in the interactive map- 1And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.41 cross-references: Jeremiah 52:4–11, Jeremiah 34:1–6, Isaiah 29:3, 1 Chronicles 6:15, Jeremiah 43:10
- 2And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
- 3And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.19 cross-references: Lamentations 4:4–10, Ezekiel 7:15, Leviticus 26:26, Jeremiah 52:6, Jeremiah 38:2
- 4And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king’s garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain.41 cross-references: Ezekiel 33:21, Deuteronomy 28:25, Nehemiah 3:15, Leviticus 26:36, Jeremiah 5:10
- 5And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.12 cross-references: Amos 2:14–16, Jeremiah 39:5, Jeremiah 52:8, Jeremiah 24:8, Isaiah 30:16
- 6So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.23 cross-references: 2 Kings 23:33, Jeremiah 34:21–22, Jeremiah 38:23, Ezekiel 21:25–27, Jeremiah 32:4
- 7And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.29 cross-references: Jeremiah 32:4–5, Jeremiah 39:6–7, Jeremiah 22:30, Genesis 21:16, Ezekiel 7:27
- 8And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar–adan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:12 cross-references: Jeremiah 52:12–16, 2 Kings 25:27, Lamentations 4:12, Jeremiah 40:1–4, 2 Kings 24:12
- 9And he burnt the house of the Lord, and the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man’s house burnt he with fire.41 cross-references: Psalms 74:3–7, Amos 2:5, Micah 3:12, 1 Kings 9:8, 2 Chronicles 36:19
- 10And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.8 cross-references: Nehemiah 1:3, Jeremiah 5:10, Jeremiah 52:14–23, Jeremiah 39:8
- 11Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard carry away.20 cross-references: Ezekiel 22:15–16, Jeremiah 15:1–2, Ezekiel 5:2, Jeremiah 52:12, Ezekiel 12:15–16
- 12But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.10 cross-references: Jeremiah 40:7, 2 Kings 24:14, Jeremiah 39:10, Ezekiel 33:24, Jeremiah 52:16
- 13And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the Lord, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the Lord, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.28 cross-references: 2 Chronicles 36:18, 1 Kings 7:15, Lamentations 1:10, Jeremiah 52:17–20, 2 Kings 20:17
- 14And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.13 cross-references: Exodus 27:3, 1 Kings 7:47–50, 2 Chronicles 4:20–22, Exodus 38:3, 2 Chronicles 24:14
- 15And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.10 cross-references: Daniel 5:2–3, Numbers 7:13–14, Ezra 1:9–11, 2 Chronicles 24:14, 1 Kings 7:48–51
- 16The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.5 cross-references: 1 Kings 7:47
- 17The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.10 cross-references: Jeremiah 52:21–23, 1 Kings 7:15–22
- 18And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:28 cross-references: Jeremiah 29:25, 1 Chronicles 6:14, Jeremiah 21:1, Ezra 7:1, Jeremiah 29:29
- 19And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king’s presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city:5 cross-references: Esther 1:14
- 20And Nebuzar–adan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah:5 cross-references: Lamentations 4:16, 2 Kings 23:33, Jeremiah 52:26–27
- 21And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.21 cross-references: 2 Kings 23:27, Deuteronomy 28:64, Amos 5:27, Ezekiel 24:14, Deuteronomy 28:36
- 22And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.16 cross-references: Jeremiah 39:14, 2 Kings 22:12, 2 Chronicles 34:20, Jeremiah 26:24, Jeremiah 41:2
- 23And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.12 cross-references: Jeremiah 40:7–9, Joshua 18:26, Jeremiah 40:11–12
- 24And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.7 cross-references: Jeremiah 40:9–10, 2 Samuel 14:11, Ezekiel 33:24–29, 2 Samuel 19:23, Jeremiah 43:6
- 25But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.16 cross-references: Zechariah 7:5, Zechariah 8:19, Jeremiah 40:15 – Jeremiah 41:15, 2 Kings 11:1
- 26And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.5 cross-references: Jeremiah 43:4–7, Jeremiah 41:16–18, Jeremiah 42:14–22
- 27And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil–merodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;22 cross-references: Jeremiah 52:31–34, Genesis 40:20, Genesis 40:13, 2 Kings 24:12, Proverbs 21:1
- 28And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon;3 cross-references: Daniel 2:37, Jeremiah 27:6–11, Daniel 5:18–19
- 29And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life.12 cross-references: 2 Samuel 9:7, Isaiah 61:3, Genesis 41:42, Esther 8:15, Zechariah 3:4
- 30And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.9 cross-references: Luke 11:3, Matthew 6:11, Nehemiah 11:23, Daniel 1:5, Nehemiah 12:47
Explained connections
- The temple burned
Kings reports Babylon burning the temple and Jerusalem. Lamentations is the poetry of that disaster, mourning that God rejected his own sanctuary.
- The siege and fall of Jerusalem
The final chapter of Jeremiah repeats 2 Kings' account of Jerusalem's fall almost verbatim, closing the prophet's book with proof that his warnings came true.
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People in 2 Kings 25
Gedaliah, Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzar-adan, God, Zedekiah, Ishmael, Nethaniah, Solomon, Seraiah, Zephaniah, Ahikam, Shaphan, Johanan, Kareah, Seraiah, Tanhumeth, Jezaniah, Elishama, Jehoiachin, Evil-merodach
Places in 2 Kings 25
Babylon, Jerusalem, Riblah, Mizpah, Arabah, Jericho, Hamath, Egypt
Hard questions about 2 Kings 25
- Was the temple burned on the seventh or the tenth day of the fifth month?
- Were the capitals on the temple pillars three cubits or five cubits high?
- Were five or seven of the king’s advisers taken from Jerusalem?
- Was Jehoiachin released from prison on the twenty-fifth or the twenty-seventh day of the month?
- Did Zedekiah see the king of Babylon, and did he see Babylon?