CHAPTER 24
1 During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded the land, and Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years. But then he turned against Nebuchadnezzar and rebelled. 2 The Lord sent Babylonian, Aramean, Moabite and Ammonite raiders against him to destroy Judah, in accordance with the word of the Lord proclaimed by his servants the prophets. 3 Surely these things happened to Judah according to the Lord’s command, in order to remove them from his presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all he had done, 4 including the shedding of innocent blood. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord was not willing to forgive.
6 Jehoiakim rested with his ancestors. And Jehoiachin his son succeeded him as king.
10 At that time Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon advanced on Jerusalem and laid siege to it. 12 Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his attendants, his nobles and his officials all surrendered to him.
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by TED LARSON
"King Nebuchadnezzar's Siege of Jerusalem"
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by DAVID ROBERTS
"The Siege of Jerusalem"
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Great Bible, 1410
"Nebuchadnezzar Besieges Jerusalem"
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by PETRUS COMESTOR, 1372
"Nebuchadnezzar Camped outside Jerusalem.
Famine in the City"
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Zwiefalten Abbey, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
"Nebuchadnezzer and Zedekiah"
Nebuchadnezzar battles King Zedekiah of Judah
(who holds a plan of Jerusalem)
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13 As the Lord had declared, Nebuchadnezzar removed the treasures from the temple of the Lord and from the royal palace, and cut up the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made for the temple of the Lord. 14 He carried all Jerusalem into exile: all the officers and fighting men, and all the skilled workers and artisans—a total of ten thousand. Only the poorest people of the land were left.
15 Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachin captive to Babylon. He also took from Jerusalem to Babylon the king’s mother, his wives, his officials and the prominent people of the land. 16 The king of Babylon also deported to Babylon the entire force of seven thousand fighting men, strong and fit for war, and a thousand skilled workers and artisans. 17 He made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.
18 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. 19 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, just as Jehoiakim had done. 20 It was because of the Lord’s anger that all this happened to Jerusalem and Judah, and in the end he thrust them from his presence.
Now Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
CHAPTER 25
1 So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army. He encamped outside the city and built siege works all around it. <.B> 2 The city was kept under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
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3 By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city had become so severe that there was no food for the people to eat. 4 Then the city wall was broken through, and the whole army fled at night, 5 but the Babylonian army pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho. All his soldiers were separated from him and scattered, 6 and he was captured.
He was taken to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where sentence was pronounced on him. 7 They killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon.
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by FRANÇOIS-XAVIER FABRE, 1787
"Nabuchodonosor Has Zedekiah's Children
Killed before his Eyes"
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by PAT NICOLLE
"Nebuchadnezzar and Zedekiah"
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by GUSTAVE DORÉ
"Slaughter of the Sons of Zedekiah before their Father"
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by PETRUS COMESTOR, 1372
"Zedekiah is Chained and Brought before Nebuchadnezzar"
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8 On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard, an official of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 9 He set fire to the temple of the Lord, the royal palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every important building he burned down. 10 The whole Babylonian army under the commander of the imperial guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.
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by SAMUEL COLMAN
"The Destruction of the Temple"
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by FRANCESCO HAYEZ
"The Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem"
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by NICOLAS POUSSIN
"Destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem"
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by PETER JACKSON
"Fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonian Army
of Nebuchadnezzar II, 587 BC"
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by JUAN DE LA CORTE
"The Burning of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar’s Army"
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by WILLIAM BRASSEY HOLE
"The Destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar"
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11 Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the rest of the populace and those who had deserted to the king of Babylon. 12 But the commander left behind some of the poorest people of the land to work the vineyards and fields.
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"Zedekiah and the People of Judah Carried Captive"
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Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493
"Expulsion of the Jews from Jerusalem
under Nebuchadnezzar"
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13 The Babylonians broke up the bronze pillars, the movable stands and the bronze Sea that were at the temple of the Lord and they carried the bronze to Babylon. 14 They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes and all the bronze articles used in the temple service. 15 The commander of the imperial guard took away the censers and sprinkling bowls—all that were made of pure gold or silver.
16 The bronze from the two pillars, the Sea and the movable stands, which Solomon had made for the temple of the Lord, was more than could be weighed.
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18 The commander of the guard took as prisoners Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest next in rank and the three doorkeepers. 19 Of those still in the city, he took the officer in charge of the fighting men, and five royal advisers. He also took the secretary who was chief officer in charge of conscripting the people of the land and sixty of the conscripts who were found in the city. 20 Nebuzaradan the commander took them all and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. 21 There at Riblah, in the land of Hamath, the king had them executed.
So Judah went into captivity, away from her land.
22 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to be over the people he had left behind in Judah. 23 When all the army officers and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, Jaazaniah the son of the Maakathite, and their men. 24 Gedaliah took an oath to reassure them and their men. “Do not be afraid of the Babylonian officials,” he said. “Settle down in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well with you.”
25 In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was of royal blood, came with ten men and assassinated Gedaliah and also the men of Judah and the Babylonians who were with him at Mizpah. 26 At this, all the people from the least to the greatest, together with the army officers, fled to Egypt for fear of the Babylonians.
27 In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the year Awel-Marduk became king of Babylon, he released Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison. He did this on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month. 28 He spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat of honor higher than those of the other kings who were with him in Babylon. 29 So Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes and for the rest of his life ate regularly at the king’s table. 30 Day by day the king gave Jehoiachin a regular allowance as long as he lived.
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by WILLIAM BRASSEY HOLE
"The Submission of Coniah [Jehoiachin]
to Nebuchadnezzar"
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by MASTER OF MARRADI
"The Treasure of the Temple at Jerusalem
Brought by Nebuchadnezzar to the House of God "
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which yielded most of the works above, here is the link:
Where no attribution appears below a work,
the source did not provide the artist's name.
Works are numbered to facilitate your commenting.
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241 wood engravings for
La Grande Bible de Tours
180 watercolors depicting Bible scenes
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so here is a fascinating and enjoyable link to assist in following along:
BIBLE TIMELINE
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PREVIOUS 156 POSTS IN THIS SERIES
with descriptive titles to assist you in finding those which interest you
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HOW GOD STARTED THIS SERIES
BY SHOWING ME JUST ONE PICTURE
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to FReeper left that other site,
who allowed God to make her His conduit
for incomparable enthusiasm, encouragement,
education, advice and technical assistance!
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Often, artists misrepresent the Scripture, but unless the error is material, licentious or heretical I usually include the artwork, trusting that the Spirit is perfectly capable of defending Himself. So, with such forgiving filters, it means that you're seeing practically everything I'm finding.
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Then, there is the human element: this is not actually a daily series, because I can only research, compose, edit and post five or six of these installments weekly. And because I only get to do this series once, I'm taking my time, chiefly by posting everything; if I find lots of art, I don't cherry-pick some and discard the rest. Rather, I line up all of them and then sort them into manageable bunches, often resulting in multiple days' episodes of the same story. Obviously, I like being thorough. Were you in a big hurry?
The Bible is a thick book, as you know; but we'll get there eventually, Lord willing—this is His project, after all. And always remember:
love, joy, peace, patience kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness & self-control is a fruit of the Spirit!
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so I'm just having fun here—I hope you are, too!
Thank you for your understanding.
Dan Lewis
DodgerDan
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