Lang: he; Title: מלכים ב פרק כה; Content:

(א) וַיְהִי בִשְׁנַת הַתְּשִׁיעִית לְמׇלְכוֹ בַּחֹדֶשׁ הָעֲשִׂירִי בֶּעָשׂוֹר לַחֹדֶשׁ בָּא נְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּר מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל הוּא וְכׇל חֵילוֹ עַל יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם וַיִּחַן עָלֶיהָ וַיִּבְנוּ עָלֶיהָ דָּיֵק סָבִיב. (ב) וַתָּבֹא הָעִיר בַּמָּצוֹר עַד עַשְׁתֵּי עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה לַמֶּלֶךְ צִדְקִיָּהוּ. (ג) בְּתִשְׁעָה לַחֹדֶשׁ וַיֶּחֱזַק הָרָעָב בָּעִיר וְלֹא הָיָה לֶחֶם לְעַם הָאָרֶץ. (ד) וַתִּבָּקַע הָעִיר וְכׇל אַנְשֵׁי הַמִּלְחָמָה הַלַּיְלָה דֶּרֶךְ שַׁעַר בֵּין הַחֹמֹתַיִם אֲשֶׁר עַל גַּן הַמֶּלֶךְ וְכַשְׂדִּים עַל הָעִיר סָבִיב וַיֵּלֶךְ דֶּרֶךְ הָעֲרָבָה. (ה) וַיִּרְדְּפוּ חֵיל כַּשְׂדִּים אַחַר הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיַּשִּׂגוּ אֹתוֹ בְּעַרְבוֹת יְרֵחוֹ וְכׇל חֵילוֹ נָפֹצוּ מֵעָלָיו. (ו) וַיִּתְפְּשׂוּ אֶת הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיַּעֲלוּ אֹתוֹ אֶל מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל רִבְלָתָה וַיְדַבְּרוּ אִתּוֹ מִשְׁפָּט. (ז) וְאֶת בְּנֵי צִדְקִיָּהוּ שָׁחֲטוּ לְעֵינָיו וְאֶת עֵינֵי צִדְקִיָּהוּ עִוֵּר וַיַּאַסְרֵהוּ בַּנְחֻשְׁתַּיִם וַיְבִאֵהוּ בָּבֶל. (ח) וּבַחֹדֶשׁ הַחֲמִישִׁי בְּשִׁבְעָה לַחֹדֶשׁ הִיא שְׁנַת תְּשַׁע עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה לַמֶּלֶךְ נְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּר מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל בָּא נְבוּזַרְאֲדָן רַב טַבָּחִים עֶבֶד מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל יְרוּשָׁלָ͏ִם. (ט) וַיִּשְׂרֹף אֶת בֵּית י״י וְאֶת בֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ וְאֵת כׇּל בָּתֵּי יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם וְאֶת כׇּל בֵּית גָּדוֹל שָׂרַף בָּאֵשׁ. (י) וְאֶת חוֹמֹת יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם סָבִיב נָתְצוּ כׇּל חֵיל כַּשְׂדִּים אֲשֶׁר רַב טַבָּחִים. (יא) וְאֵת יֶתֶר הָעָם הַנִּשְׁאָרִים בָּעִיר וְאֶת הַנֹּפְלִים אֲשֶׁר נָפְלוּ עַל הַמֶּלֶךְ בָּבֶל וְאֵת יֶתֶר הֶהָמוֹן הֶגְלָה נְבוּזַרְאֲדָן רַב טַבָּחִים. (יב) וּמִדַּלַּת הָאָרֶץ הִשְׁאִיר רַב טַבָּחִים לְכֹרְמִים וּלְיֹגְבִים. (יג) וְאֶת עַמּוּדֵי הַנְּחֹשֶׁת אֲשֶׁר בֵּית י״י וְאֶת הַמְּכֹנוֹת וְאֶת יָם הַנְּחֹשֶׁת אֲשֶׁר בְּבֵית י״י שִׁבְּרוּ כַשְׂדִּים וַיִּשְׂאוּ אֶת נְחֻשְׁתָּם בָּבֶלָה. (יד) וְאֶת הַסִּירֹת וְאֶת הַיָּעִים וְאֶת הַמְזַמְּרוֹת וְאֶת הַכַּפּוֹת וְאֵת כׇּל כְּלֵי הַנְּחֹשֶׁת אֲשֶׁר יְשָׁרְתוּ בָם לָקָחוּ. (טו) וְאֶת הַמַּחְתּוֹת וְאֶת הַמִּזְרָקוֹת אֲשֶׁר זָהָב זָהָב וַאֲשֶׁר כֶּסֶף כָּסֶף לָקַח רַב טַבָּחִים. (טז) הָעַמּוּדִים שְׁנַיִם הַיָּם הָאֶחָד וְהַמְּכֹנוֹת אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה שְׁלֹמֹה לְבֵית י״י לֹא הָיָה מִשְׁקָל לִנְחֹשֶׁת כׇּל הַכֵּלִים הָאֵלֶּה. (יז) שְׁמֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה אַמָּה קוֹמַת הָעַמּוּד הָאֶחָד וְכֹתֶרֶת עָלָיו נְחֹשֶׁת וְקוֹמַת הַכֹּתֶרֶת שָׁלֹשׁ [אַמּוֹת] (אמה) וּשְׂבָכָה וְרִמֹּנִים עַל הַכֹּתֶרֶת סָבִיב הַכֹּל נְחֹשֶׁת וְכָאֵלֶּה לַעַמּוּד הַשֵּׁנִי עַל הַשְּׂבָכָה. (יח) וַיִּקַּח רַב טַבָּחִים אֶת שְׂרָיָה כֹּהֵן הָרֹאשׁ וְאֶת צְפַנְיָהוּ כֹּהֵן מִשְׁנֶה וְאֶת שְׁלֹשֶׁת שֹׁמְרֵי הַסַּף. (יט) וּמִן הָעִיר לָקַח סָרִיס אֶחָד אֲשֶׁר הוּא פָקִיד עַל אַנְשֵׁי הַמִּלְחָמָה וַחֲמִשָּׁה אֲנָשִׁים מֵרֹאֵי פְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲשֶׁר נִמְצְאוּ בָעִיר וְאֵת הַסֹּפֵר שַׂר הַצָּבָא הַמַּצְבִּא אֶת עַם הָאָרֶץ וְשִׁשִּׁים אִישׁ מֵעַם הָאָרֶץ הַנִּמְצְאִים בָּעִיר. (כ) וַיִּקַּח אֹתָם נְבוּזַרְאֲדָן רַב טַבָּחִים וַיֹּלֶךְ אֹתָם עַל מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל רִבְלָתָה. (כא) וַיַּךְ אֹתָם מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל וַיְמִיתֵם בְּרִבְלָה בְּאֶרֶץ חֲמָת וַיִּגֶל יְהוּדָה מֵעַל אַדְמָתוֹ. (כב) וְהָעָם הַנִּשְׁאָר בְּאֶרֶץ יְהוּדָה אֲשֶׁר הִשְׁאִיר נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּר מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל וַיַּפְקֵד עֲלֵיהֶם אֶת גְּדַלְיָהוּ בֶּן אֲחִיקָם בֶּן שָׁפָן. (כג) וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ כׇל שָׂרֵי הַחֲיָלִים הֵמָּה וְהָאֲנָשִׁים כִּי הִפְקִיד מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל אֶת גְּדַלְיָהוּ וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל גְּדַלְיָהוּ הַמִּצְפָּה וְיִשְׁמָעֵאל בֶּן נְתַנְיָה וְיוֹחָנָן בֶּן קָרֵחַ וּשְׂרָיָה בֶן תַּנְחֻמֶת הַנְּטֹפָתִי וְיַאֲזַנְיָהוּ בֶּן הַמַּעֲכָתִי הֵמָּה וְאַנְשֵׁיהֶם. (כד) וַיִּשָּׁבַע לָהֶם גְּדַלְיָהוּ וּלְאַנְשֵׁיהֶם וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם אַל תִּירְאוּ מֵעַבְדֵי הַכַּשְׂדִּים שְׁבוּ בָאָרֶץ וְעִבְדוּ אֶת מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל וְיִטַב לָכֶם. (כה) וַיְהִי בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי בָּא יִשְׁמָעֵאל בֶּן נְתַנְיָה בֶּן אֱלִישָׁמָע מִזֶּרַע הַמְּלוּכָה וַעֲשָׂרָה אֲנָשִׁים אִתּוֹ וַיַּכּוּ אֶת גְּדַלְיָהוּ וַיָּמֹת וְאֶת הַיְּהוּדִים וְאֶת הַכַּשְׂדִּים אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ אִתּוֹ בַּמִּצְפָּה. (כו) וַיָּקֻמוּ כׇל הָעָם מִקָּטֹן וְעַד גָּדוֹל וְשָׂרֵי הַחֲיָלִים וַיָּבֹאוּ מִצְרָיִם כִּי יָרְאוּ מִפְּנֵי כַשְׂדִּים. (כז) וַיְהִי בִשְׁלֹשִׁים וָשֶׁבַע שָׁנָה לְגָלוּת יְהוֹיָכִין מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה בִּשְׁנֵים עָשָׂר חֹדֶשׁ בְּעֶשְׂרִים וְשִׁבְעָה לַחֹדֶשׁ נָשָׂא אֱוִיל מְרֹדַךְ מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל בִּשְׁנַת מׇלְכוֹ אֶת רֹאשׁ יְהוֹיָכִין מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה מִבֵּית כֶּלֶא. (כח) וַיְדַבֵּר אִתּוֹ טֹבוֹת וַיִּתֵּן אֶת כִּסְאוֹ מֵעַל כִּסֵּא הַמְּלָכִים אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ בְּבָבֶל. (כט) וְשִׁנָּא אֵת בִּגְדֵי כִלְאוֹ וְאָכַל לֶחֶם תָּמִיד לְפָנָיו כׇּל יְמֵי חַיָּיו. (ל) וַאֲרֻחָתוֹ אֲרֻחַת תָּמִיד נִתְּנָה לּוֹ מֵאֵת הַמֶּלֶךְ דְּבַר יוֹם בְּיוֹמוֹ כֹּל יְמֵי חַיָּו.

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Lang: en; Title: Melakhim II 25; Content:

(1) And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem. And he encamped against it, and they built a bulwark around it. (2) So the city was under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. (3) On the ninth day of the month the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land. (4) Then the city was broken into, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden — now the Chaldeans were surrounding the city — and the king went by the way of the Arabah. (5) But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king and overtook him at the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him. (6) Then they took the king, and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him. (7) And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and they blinded the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon. (8) Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. (9) And he burnt the house of Hashem, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, every great man's house, he burnt with fire. (10) And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, broke down the walls surrounding Jerusalem. (11) And the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the defectors that defected to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard exiled. (12) But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and ploughmen. (13) And the pillars of brass that were in the house of Hashem, and the bases and the brazen sea that were in the house of Hashem, the Chaldeans broke in pieces and carried their brass to Babylon. (14) And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the pans, and all the vessels of brass with which they served, they took away. (15) And the fire-pans, and the basins, that which was of gold, for gold, and that which was of silver, for silver, the captain of the guard took away. (16) The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases, which Solomon had made for the house of Hashem; the brass of all these vessels was without weight. (17) The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a capital of brass was upon it; and the height of the capital was three cubits; with network and pomegranates on the capital around, all of brass. And the second pillar was like these with network. (18) And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers. (19) And from the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of those that saw the king's face, who were found in the city, and the scribe of the captain of the army, who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land, that were found in the city. (20) And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. (21) And the king of Babylon smote them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was exiled out of his land. (22) And as for the people that were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor over them. (23) Now when all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men. (24) And Gedaliah swore to them and to their men, and said to them, "Do not fear the servants of the Chaldeans; dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you." (25) But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal offspring, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldeans that were with him at Mizpah. (26) And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces, arose, and came to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans. (27) And it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, raised the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison. (28) And he spoke kindly to him, and he set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon. (29) And he changed his prison garments, and ate bread before him continually all the days of his life. (30) And for his allowance, a continual allowance was given to him from the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.