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2 Kings 25:10

All the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down the walls around Jerusalem.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    All the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down the walls around Jerusalem.

  • KJV King James Version

    And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, broke down the walls of Jerusalem round about.

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Cross-references (4)

Passages linked to 2 Kings 25:10 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Nehemiah 1:3 They said to me, “The remnant who are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”
  • Jeremiah 5:10 “Go up on her walls, and destroy; but don’t make a full end. Take away her branches, for they are not Yahweh’s.
  • Jeremiah 39:8 The Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
  • Jeremiah 52:14-23 All the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down all the walls of Jerusalem all around. Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the poorest of the people, and the residue of the people who were left in the city, and those who fell away, who fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude. But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vineyard keepers and farmers. The Chaldeans broke the pillars of bronze that were in Yahweh’s house, and the bases and the bronze sea that were in Yahweh’s house in pieces, and carried all of their bronze to Babylon. They also took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the basins, the spoons, and all the vessels of bronze with which they ministered. The captain of the guard took away the cups, the fire pans, the basins, the pots, the lamp stands, the spoons, and the bowls; that which was of gold, in gold, and that which was of silver, in silver. They took the two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve bronze bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made for Yahweh’s house. The bronze of all these vessels was without weight. As for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a line of twelve cubits encircled it; and its thickness was four fingers. It was hollow. A capital of bronze was on it; and the height of the one capital was five cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capital all around, all of bronze: and the second pillar also had like these, and pomegranates. There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates were one hundred on the network all around.

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Explain this verse (5 sources)

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ki 25:10 And all the army of the Chaldees,…

2Ki 25:10 And all the army of the Chaldees, that [were with] the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.

Ver. 10. And all the army of the Chaldees.] Hic lege, et luge. Those of the captivity bewailed the destruction of Jerusalem by an annual fast. {Zec 7:5 Psa 137:1-9} The Jews at this day, when they build a house, leave one part of it unfinished, in remembrance that Jerusalem and the temple lie desolate. At least they leave about a yard square of the house unplastered, on which they write in great letters, Si oblitus fuero, Ierusalem, "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning"; or else these words, Zecher lechorban, The memory of the desolation. {a}

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{a} Leo Modena.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 10. Brake down the walls] In the same…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 10. Brake down the walls — And in that…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (10) With the captain.—The preposition, though wanting in the…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And all the army of the Chaldees, that were…

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