KJV King James Version
And in the fifth month, on the seventh [day] of the month, which [is] the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:
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2 Kings 25:8
And in the fifth month, on the seventh [day] of the month, which [is] the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
WEB World English Bible
Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, to Jerusalem.
ASV American Standard Version
Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And in the fifth month, on the seventh of the month (it is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), hath Nebuzaradan chief of the executioners, servant of the king of Babylon, come to Jerusalem,
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 25
5 And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.
6 So they took the king, and brought 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 put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
8 And in the fifth month, on the seventh [day] of the month, which [is] the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:
9 And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great [man’s] house burnt he with fire.
10 And all the army of the Chaldees, that [were with] the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
11 Now the rest of the people [that were] left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away.
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וּבַחֹ֤דֶשׁH2320 · cho.deshmonthהַֽחֲמִישִׁי֙H2549 · cha.mi.shififthבְּשִׁבְעָ֣הH7651 · she.vasevenלַחֹ֔דֶשׁH2320 · cho.deshmonthהִ֗יאH1931 · huhe/she/itשְׁנַת֙H8141 · sha.nehyearתְּשַֽׁע־H8672 · te.sahnineעֶשְׂרֵ֣הH6240 · a.sartenשָׁנָ֔הH8141 · sha.nehyearלַמֶּ֖לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingנְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּ֣רH5019 · ne.vu.khad.nets.tsarNebuchadnezzarמֶֽלֶךְ־H4428 · me.lekhkingבָּבֶ֑לH894 · ba.velBabylonבָּ֞אH935 · boto come (in): comeנְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֧ןH5018 · ne.vu.zar.a.danNebuzaradanרַב־H7227 · ravmanyטַבָּחִ֛יםH2876 · tab.bachguardעֶ֥בֶדH5650 · e.vedservant/slaveמֶֽלֶךְ־H4428 · me.lekhkingבָּבֶ֖לH894 · ba.velBabylonיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃H3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalem
Cross-references
Jeremiah 52:12-16Now in the fifth month, in the tenth [day] of the month, which [was] the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, [which] served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem,Lamentations 4:12The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.Jeremiah 40:1-4The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon.2 Kings 25:27And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth [day] of the month, [that] Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;2 Kings 24:12And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.Jeremiah 39:8-14And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.Zechariah 8:19Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth [month], and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.
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