seekeroftruth
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2 Kings 25:8 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. 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.
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. 17 Each pillar was eighteen cubits[e] high. The bronze capital on top of one pillar was three cubits[f] high and was decorated with a network and pomegranates of bronze all around. The other pillar, with its network, was similar.
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.
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. 17 Each pillar was eighteen cubits[e] high. The bronze capital on top of one pillar was three cubits[f] high and was decorated with a network and pomegranates of bronze all around. The other pillar, with its network, was similar.
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.
e. 2 Kings 25:17 That is, about 27 feet or about 8.1 meters
f. 2 Kings 25:17 That is, about 4 1/2 feet or about 1.4 meters
As I write this, the government is using a "special" gas on a big group of people trying to enter the US for whatever reason. These people are reported to be part of group of thousands of people who left somewhere in South America because life was too hard to stay. It's a special gas... a weaker gas, according to the president. I don't know who gave us this quote... "we don't gas children".
The people in these verses, however, were herded. They didn't join a group headed north to a better life. The people in these verses were prisoners and spoils of war. Judah was empty except for some extremely poor who were left behind to tend the fields and the vines.
These conquerors not only took people as spoils, they tore the temple apart and took everything of any value. Remember those beautiful hand carved brass laden pillars with names? Jachin and Boaz were the names on those two pillars and they were 24' tall. That was too big to transport so they cut them up... not for historical value.... for the metal.... they were to be melted down.
This is from the Bible-studys.org site.
Nebuzar-adan executed several prominent people. Among them, priest, military official, and some of that were “in the king’s presence”. With Judah’s leaders’ dead or deported, the city all but gone, and the people taken captive, the long exile began. Not until (538 B.C.), shortly after the Persian king Cyrus conquered Babylon, would the Israelites start to reoccupy their homeland (2 Chron. 36:22-23; Ezra chapters 1 and 2).
Fifth, Nebuzar-adan took Jerusalem’s remaining leaders to Riblah, where Nebuchadnezzar had them executed. This insured that they would never lead another rebellion against Babylon.
Fifth, Nebuzar-adan took Jerusalem’s remaining leaders to Riblah, where Nebuchadnezzar had them executed. This insured that they would never lead another rebellion against Babylon.
Oh it's a sad day. There is no king in Israel. There is no king in Judah. There are only the very poorest of the poor who have a little knowledge of how to farm and tend the grapes are left. The rest have been carried off. The leaders have been murdered. Others have been castrated. I'd feel really bad for them.... if they didn't worship every shiny object that came along. They were warned... and now even the people God sent to warn them were herded away.... Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel. I guess when I read their books I'll get the rest of the story.
