"And all the army of the Chaldees, that {were with} the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round abo…" — 2 Kings 25:10

2 Kings 25:10 · KJV

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

— 2 Kings 25:10

Verse 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.

Verse 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. {fugitives: Heb. fallen away}

2 Kings 25 — Context

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: {captain...: or, chief marshal}

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.

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

But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land {to be} vinedressers and husbandmen.

Cross References

Nehemiah 1:3

And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province {are} in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also {is} broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.

Jeremiah 39:8

And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 5:10

Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they {are} not the LORD'S.

Jeremiah 52:14-23

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

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