KJV King James Version
Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;
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Jeremiah 27:20
Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take when he carried Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem.
WEB World English Bible
which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon didn’t take, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;
ASV American Standard Version
which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
That Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon hath not taken, in his removing Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon with all the freemen of Judah and Jerusalem,
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 27
17 Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?
18 But if they [be] prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and [in] the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.
19 For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city,
20 Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;
21 Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain [in] the house of the LORD, and [in] the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem;
22 They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, saith the LORD; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.
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אֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotלְקָחָ֗םH3947 · la.qachto take: takeנְבֽוּכַדְנֶאצַּר֙H5019 · ne.vu.khad.nets.tsarNebuchadnezzarמֶ֣לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingבָּבֶ֔לH894 · ba.velBabylonבַּ֠גְלוֹתוֹH1540 · ga.lahHeglamאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]יְכֹנְיָ֨הH3204 · ye.khon.yahJeconiahבֶן־H1121 · benson: childיְהוֹיָקִ֧יםH3079 · ye.ho.ya.qimJehoiakimמֶֽלֶךְ־H4428 · me.lekhkingיְהוּדָ֛הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahמִירֽוּשָׁלִַ֖םH3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalemבָּבֶ֑לָהH894 · ba.velBabylonוְאֵ֛תH853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallחֹרֵ֥יH2715 · chornobleיְהוּדָ֖הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahוִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ סH3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalem
Cross-references
Jeremiah 24:1The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs [were] set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.2 Chronicles 36:10And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.2 Kings 24:14-16And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, [even] ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.Jeremiah 22:28[Is] this man Coniah a despised broken idol? [is he] a vessel wherein [is] no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?2 Chronicles 36:18And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all [these] he brought to Babylon.
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