## II Kings Chapter 25

###### II Kings 25:1
[II Kings 25:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Kings/r/25:1)

וַיְהִי֩ בִשְׁנַ֨ת הַתְּשִׁיעִ֜ית לְמׇלְכ֗וֹ בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָעֲשִׂירִי֮ בֶּעָשׂ֣וֹר לַחֹ֒דֶשׁ֒ בָּ֠א נְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּ֨ר מֶלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֜ל ה֧וּא וְכׇל־חֵיל֛וֹ עַל־יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם וַיִּ֣חַן עָלֶ֑יהָ וַיִּבְנ֥וּ עָלֶ֛יהָ דָּיֵ֖ק סָבִֽיב׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
It was in the ninth year of his [Tzidkiyohu’s] reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, that Nevuchadnetzar king of Bavel came, he and his entire army, against Yerusholayim and encamped near it, built siege towers around it.


###### II Kings 25:2
[II Kings 25:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Kings/r/25:2)

וַתָּבֹ֥א הָעִ֖יר בַּמָּצ֑וֹר עַ֚ד עַשְׁתֵּ֣י עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה שָׁנָ֔ה לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ צִדְקִיָּֽהוּ׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The city came under siege until the eleventh year of king Tzidkiyohu.


###### II Kings 25:3
[II Kings 25:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Kings/r/25:3)

בְּתִשְׁעָ֣ה לַחֹ֔דֶשׁ וַיֶּחֱזַ֥ק הָרָעָ֖ב בָּעִ֑יר וְלֹא־הָ֥יָה לֶ֖חֶם לְעַ֥ם הָאָֽרֶץ׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
On the ninth of the [fourth] month, the famine in the city became severe, and the people of the land had no food.


###### II Kings 25:4
[II Kings 25:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Kings/r/25:4)

וַתִּבָּקַ֣ע הָעִ֗יר וְכׇל־אַנְשֵׁ֨י הַמִּלְחָמָ֤ה׀הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙ דֶּ֜רֶךְ שַׁ֣עַר**׀** בֵּ֣ין הַחֹמֹתַ֗יִם אֲשֶׁר֙ עַל־גַּ֣ן הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְכַשְׂדִּ֥ים עַל־הָעִ֖יר סָבִ֑יב וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ דֶּ֥רֶךְ הָעֲרָבָֽה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The city [wall] was breached, and all the men of war [fled] at night by way of the gate between the two walls that was near the king’s garden; the Kasdim were surrounding the city, and he [Tzidkiyohu] went by way of the Arovoh.


###### II Kings 25:5
[II Kings 25:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Kings/r/25:5)

וַיִּרְדְּפ֤וּ חֵיל־כַּשְׂדִּים֙ אַחַ֣ר הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וַיַּשִּׂ֥גוּ אֹת֖וֹ בְּעַֽרְב֣וֹת יְרֵח֑וֹ וְכׇ֨ל־חֵיל֔וֹ נָפֹ֖צוּ מֵעָלָֽיו׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The army of the Kasdim pursued the king, and they overtook him on the plains of Yericho, and his entire army scattered [and left] him.


###### II Kings 25:6
[II Kings 25:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Kings/r/25:6)

וַֽיִּתְפְּשׂוּ֙ אֶת־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וַיַּעֲל֥וּ אֹת֛וֹ אֶל־מֶ֥לֶךְ בָּבֶ֖ל רִבְלָ֑תָה וַיְדַבְּר֥וּ אִתּ֖וֹ מִשְׁפָּֽט׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
They seized the king and brought him up to the king of Bavel, at Rivloh, and called him to account.


###### II Kings 25:7
[II Kings 25:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Kings/r/25:7)

וְאֶת־בְּנֵי֙ צִדְקִיָּ֔הוּ שָׁחֲט֖וּ לְעֵינָ֑יו וְאֶת־עֵינֵ֤י צִדְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙ עִוֵּ֔ר וַיַּאַסְרֵ֙הוּ֙ בַּֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִם וַיְבִאֵ֖הוּ בָּבֶֽל׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
They slaughtered Tzidkiyohu’s children before his eyes, and they blinded Tzidkiyohu’s eyes, and bound him in chains and brought him to Bavel.


###### II Kings 25:8
[II Kings 25:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Kings/r/25:8)

וּבַחֹ֤דֶשׁ הַחֲמִישִׁי֙ בְּשִׁבְעָ֣ה לַחֹ֔דֶשׁ הִ֗יא שְׁנַת֙ תְּשַֽׁע־עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה שָׁנָ֔ה לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ נְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּ֣ר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֑ל בָּ֞א נְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֧ן רַב־טַבָּחִ֛ים עֶ֥בֶד מֶלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֖ל יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
In the fifth month, on the seventh of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nevuchadnetzar king of Bavel, Nevuzaradon came—the chief executioner, servant of the king of Bavel—to Yerusholayim.


###### II Kings 25:9
[II Kings 25:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Kings/r/25:9)

וַיִּשְׂרֹ֥ף אֶת־בֵּית־יְהֹוָ֖ה וְאֶת־בֵּ֣ית הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וְאֵ֨ת כׇּל־בָּתֵּ֧י יְרוּשָׁלַ֛͏ִם וְאֶת־כׇּל־בֵּ֥ית גָּד֖וֹל שָׂרַ֥ף בָּאֵֽשׁ׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
He burned the Beis [Hamikdosh] of Adonoy and the king’s palace, and all of Yerusholayim’s houses, and all the houses of the dignitaries he burned in fire.


###### II Kings 25:10
[II Kings 25:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Kings/r/25:10)

וְאֶת־חוֹמֹ֥ת יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם סָבִ֑יב נָֽתְצוּ֙ כׇּל־חֵ֣יל כַּשְׂדִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֖ר רַב־טַבָּחִֽים׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The walls surrounding Yerusholayim were demolished by the entire army of Kasdim that was with the chief executioner.


###### II Kings 25:11
[II Kings 25:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Kings/r/25:11)

וְאֵת֩ יֶ֨תֶר הָעָ֜ם הַנִּשְׁאָרִ֣ים בָּעִ֗יר וְאֶת־הַנֹּֽפְלִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר נָֽפְלוּ֙ עַל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֔ל וְאֵ֖ת יֶ֣תֶר הֶהָמ֑וֹן הֶגְלָ֕ה נְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֖ן רַב־טַבָּחִֽים׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The remnant of the people who remained in the city, and the defectors who defected to the king of Bavel, and the rest of the population, Nevuzaradon the chief executioner sent into exile.


###### II Kings 25:12
[II Kings 25:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Kings/r/25:12)

וּמִדַּלַּ֣ת הָאָ֔רֶץ הִשְׁאִ֖יר רַב־טַבָּחִ֑ים לְכֹרְמִ֖ים וּלְיֹגְבִֽים׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Some of the poorest of the land were left over by the chief executioner to be workers in vineyards and farmers.


###### II Kings 25:13
[II Kings 25:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Kings/r/25:13)

וְאֶת־עַמּוּדֵ֨י הַנְּחֹ֜שֶׁת אֲשֶׁ֣ר בֵּית־יְהֹוָ֗ה וְֽאֶת־הַמְּכֹנ֞וֹת וְאֶת־יָ֧ם הַנְּחֹ֛שֶׁת אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּבֵית־יְהֹוָ֖ה שִׁבְּר֣וּ כַשְׂדִּ֑ים וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ אֶת־נְחֻשְׁתָּ֖ם בָּבֶֽלָה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The copper pillars that were in the Beis [Hamikdosh] of Adonoy and the bases and the copper sea that was in the Beis [Hamikdosh] of Adonoy, the Kasdim shattered, and they carried off their copper to Bavel.


###### II Kings 25:14
[II Kings 25:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Kings/r/25:14)

וְאֶת־הַסִּירֹ֨ת וְאֶת־הַיָּעִ֜ים וְאֶת־הַֽמְזַמְּר֣וֹת וְאֶת־הַכַּפּ֗וֹת וְאֵ֨ת כׇּל־כְּלֵ֧י הַנְּחֹ֛שֶׁת אֲשֶׁ֥ר יְשָֽׁרְתוּ־בָ֖ם לָקָֽחוּ׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The pots, shovels, musical instruments, spoons, and all the copper vessels with which they served, they took away.


###### II Kings 25:15
[II Kings 25:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Kings/r/25:15)

וְאֶת־הַמַּחְתּוֹת֙ וְאֶת־הַמִּזְרָק֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֤ר זָהָב֙ זָהָ֔ב וַאֲשֶׁר־כֶּ֖סֶף כָּ֑סֶף לָקַ֖ח רַב־טַבָּחִֽים׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The firepans and the bowls, whether of gold or of silver, the chief executioners took away.


###### II Kings 25:16
[II Kings 25:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Kings/r/25:16)

הָעַמּוּדִ֣ים**׀** שְׁנַ֗יִם הַיָּ֤ם הָֽאֶחָד֙ וְהַמְּכֹנ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֥ה שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה לְבֵ֣ית יְהֹוָ֑ה לֹא־הָיָ֣ה מִשְׁקָ֔ל לִנְחֹ֖שֶׁת כׇּל־הַכֵּלִ֥ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The two pillars, the one sea, and the stands that Shlomo had made for the Beis [Hamikdosh] of Adonoy; there was no weight for the copper of all these vessels.


###### II Kings 25:17
[II Kings 25:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Kings/r/25:17)

שְׁמֹנֶה֩ עֶשְׂרֵ֨ה אַמָּ֜ה קוֹמַ֣ת**׀** הָעַמּ֣וּד הָאֶחָ֗ד וְכֹתֶ֨רֶת עָלָ֥יו׀נְחֹ֘שֶׁת֮ וְקוֹמַ֣ת הַכֹּתֶ֘רֶת֮ שָׁלֹ֣שׁ (אמה) [אַמּוֹת֒] וּשְׂבָכָ֨ה וְרִמֹּנִ֧ים עַֽל־הַכֹּתֶ֛רֶת סָבִ֖יב הַכֹּ֣ל נְחֹ֑שֶׁת וְכָאֵ֛לֶּה לַעַמּ֥וּד הַשֵּׁנִ֖י עַל־הַשְּׂבָכָֽה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The height of one pillar was eighteen *amohs* and there was a crown of copper upon it, the height of the crown was three *amohs*, and a netting and pomegranates on the crown around, all was of copper; the second pillar had the same [ornaments] on the netting.


###### II Kings 25:18
[II Kings 25:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Kings/r/25:18)

וַיִּקַּ֣ח רַב־טַבָּחִ֗ים אֶת־שְׂרָיָה֙ כֹּהֵ֣ן הָרֹ֔אשׁ וְאֶת־צְפַנְיָ֖הוּ כֹּהֵ֣ן מִשְׁנֶ֑ה וְאֶת־שְׁלֹ֖שֶׁת שֹׁמְרֵ֥י הַסַּֽף׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The chief executioner took Seroyoh the chief *kohein*, and Tzephanyohu the deputy *kohein*, and the three gatekeepers.


###### II Kings 25:19
[II Kings 25:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Kings/r/25:19)

וּמִן־הָעִ֡יר לָקַח֩ סָרִ֨יס אֶחָ֜ד אֲֽשֶׁר־ה֥וּא פָקִ֣יד**׀** עַל־אַנְשֵׁ֣י הַמִּלְחָמָ֗ה וַחֲמִשָּׁ֨ה אֲנָשִׁ֜ים מֵרֹאֵ֤י פְנֵֽי־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִמְצְא֣וּ בָעִ֔יר וְאֵ֗ת הַסֹּפֵר֙ שַׂ֣ר הַצָּבָ֔א הַמַּצְבִּ֖א אֶת־עַ֣ם הָאָ֑רֶץ וְשִׁשִּׁ֥ים אִישׁ֙ מֵעַ֣ם הָאָ֔רֶץ הַֽנִּמְצְאִ֖ים בָּעִֽיר׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And from the city he took one officer who was in charge of the men of war, and five men of those who saw the king’s face, who were found in the city, and the scribe of the general of the army, who would muster out the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the city.


###### II Kings 25:20
[II Kings 25:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Kings/r/25:20)

וַיִּקַּ֣ח אֹתָ֔ם נְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֖ן רַב־טַבָּחִ֑ים וַיֹּ֧לֶךְ אֹתָ֛ם עַל־מֶ֥לֶךְ בָּבֶ֖ל רִבְלָֽתָה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Nevuzaradon the chief executioner took them and brought them to the king of Bavel, to Rivloh.


###### II Kings 25:21
[II Kings 25:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Kings/r/25:21)

וַיַּ֣ךְ אֹתָם֩ מֶ֨לֶךְ בָּבֶ֧ל וַיְמִיתֵ֛ם בְּרִבְלָ֖ה בְּאֶ֣רֶץ חֲמָ֑ת וַיִּ֥גֶל יְהוּדָ֖ה מֵעַ֥ל אַדְמָתֽוֹ׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The king of Bavel struck them down and killed them in Rivloh in the land of Chamos, and Yehudah was exiled from its land.


###### II Kings 25:22
[II Kings 25:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Kings/r/25:22)

וְהָעָ֗ם הַנִּשְׁאָר֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ יְהוּדָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר הִשְׁאִ֔יר נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֖ר מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֑ל וַיַּפְקֵ֣ד עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם אֶת־גְּדַלְיָ֖הוּ בֶּן־אֲחִיקָ֥ם בֶּן־שָׁפָֽן׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And [for] the people who remained in the land of Yehudah whom Nevuchadnetzar king of Bavel had left over, he appointed over them Gedalyohu son of Achikom, son of Shophon.


###### II Kings 25:23
[II Kings 25:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Kings/r/25:23)

וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ֩ כׇל־שָׂרֵ֨י הַחֲיָלִ֜ים הֵ֣מָּה וְהָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים כִּֽי־הִפְקִ֤יד מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶל֙ אֶת־גְּדַלְיָ֔הוּ וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ אֶל־גְּדַלְיָ֖הוּ הַמִּצְפָּ֑ה וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל בֶּן־נְתַנְיָ֡ה וְיוֹחָנָ֣ן בֶּן־קָ֠רֵ֠חַ וּשְׂרָיָ֨ה בֶן־תַּנְחֻ֜מֶת הַנְּטֹפָתִ֗י וְיַאֲזַנְיָ֙הוּ֙ בֶּן־הַמַּ֣עֲכָתִ֔י הֵ֖מָּה וְאַנְשֵׁיהֶֽם׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And all the officers of the armies heard, they and the men, that the king of Bavel had appointed Gedalyohu, and they came to Gedalyohu to Mitzpoh, with Yishmoeil son of Nesanyoh, Yochonon son of Koreiach, Seroyoh son of Tanchumes of Netophes, and Yaazneyohu son of the Maachasi, they and their men.


###### II Kings 25:24
[II Kings 25:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Kings/r/25:24)

וַיִּשָּׁבַ֨ע לָהֶ֤ם גְּדַלְיָ֙הוּ֙ וּלְאַנְשֵׁיהֶ֔ם וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָהֶ֔ם אַל־תִּֽירְא֖וּ מֵעַבְדֵ֣י הַכַּשְׂדִּ֑ים שְׁב֣וּ בָאָ֗רֶץ וְעִבְד֛וּ אֶת־מֶ֥לֶךְ בָּבֶ֖ל וְיִטַ֥ב לָכֶֽם׃{פ}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Gedalyohu swore to them and to their men, and said to them, “Do not fear the servants of the Kasdim; settle in the land and serve the king of Bavel and it will be well for you.”


###### II Kings 25:25
[II Kings 25:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Kings/r/25:25)

וַיְהִ֣י**׀** בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י בָּ֣א יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל בֶּן־נְ֠תַנְיָ֠ה בֶּן־אֱלִ֨ישָׁמָ֜ע מִזֶּ֣רַע הַמְּלוּכָ֗ה וַעֲשָׂרָ֤ה אֲנָשִׁים֙ אִתּ֔וֹ וַיַּכּ֥וּ אֶת־גְּדַלְיָ֖הוּ וַיָּמֹ֑ת וְאֶת־הַיְּהוּדִים֙ וְאֶת־הַכַּשְׂדִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁר־הָי֥וּ אִתּ֖וֹ בַּמִּצְפָּֽה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And it was in the seventh month that there came Yishmoeil son of Nesanyoh, son of Elishomo of the royal family, with ten men, and they struck down Gedalyohu and he died, along with the Jews and the Kasdim who were with him at Mitzpoh.


###### II Kings 25:26
[II Kings 25:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Kings/r/25:26)

וַיָּקֻ֨מוּ כׇל־הָעָ֜ם מִקָּטֹ֤ן וְעַד־גָּדוֹל֙ וְשָׂרֵ֣י הַחֲיָלִ֔ים וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ מִצְרָ֑יִם כִּ֥י יָֽרְא֖וּ מִפְּנֵ֥י כַשְׂדִּֽים׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
All the people got up young and old, and the army officers and came to Egypt, because they were afraid of the Kasdim.


###### II Kings 25:27
[II Kings 25:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Kings/r/25:27)

וַיְהִי֩ בִשְׁלֹשִׁ֨ים וָשֶׁ֜בַע שָׁנָ֗ה לְגָלוּת֙ יְהוֹיָכִ֣ין מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֔ה בִּשְׁנֵ֤ים עָשָׂר֙ חֹ֔דֶשׁ בְּעֶשְׂרִ֥ים וְשִׁבְעָ֖ה לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ נָשָׂ֡א אֱוִ֣יל מְרֹדַךְ֩ מֶ֨לֶךְ בָּבֶ֜ל בִּשְׁנַ֣ת מׇלְכ֗וֹ אֶת־רֹ֛אשׁ יְהוֹיָכִ֥ין מֶלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֖ה מִבֵּ֥ית כֶּֽלֶא׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And it was in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Yehoyachin king of Yehudah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, that Evil Merodach king of Bavel elevated in the year of his coronation Yehoyachin king of Yehudah [and released him] from prison.


###### II Kings 25:28
[II Kings 25:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Kings/r/25:28)

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר אִתּ֖וֹ טֹב֑וֹת וַיִּתֵּן֙ אֶת־כִּסְא֔וֹ מֵעַ֗ל כִּסֵּ֧א הַמְּלָכִ֛ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר אִתּ֖וֹ בְּבָבֶֽל׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
He spoke kindly with him, and placed his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Bavel.


###### II Kings 25:29
[II Kings 25:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Kings/r/25:29)

וְשִׁנָּ֕א אֵ֖ת בִּגְדֵ֣י כִלְא֑וֹ וְאָכַ֨ל לֶ֧חֶם תָּמִ֛יד לְפָנָ֖יו כׇּל־יְמֵ֥י חַיָּֽיו׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
He changed his prison clothing, and he ate meals before him regularly, for the rest of his life.


###### II Kings 25:30
[II Kings 25:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Kings/r/25:30)

וַאֲרֻחָת֗וֹ אֲרֻחַ֨ת תָּמִ֧יד נִתְּנָה־לּ֛וֹ מֵאֵ֥ת הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ דְּבַר־י֣וֹם בְּיוֹמ֑וֹ כֹּ֖ל יְמֵ֥י חַיָּֽו׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
His food allowance was a regular allowance, given to him from the king, each day’s need on its day, for the rest of his life.