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Jeremiah 38

3 the officers of the king of on Babylon all came and held a council at the middle gate of the city--Nergalsarezer the cavalry commander, Nebushazban the field-marshal, and all the other officers of the king of Babylon; 14 they sent for Jeremiah from the guard-house and entrusted him to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam and the grandson of Shaphan, who was to take him to his own house. So Jeremiah stayed among the people. 38 [[In the tenth month of the ninth year of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon with all his army attacked Jerusalem and besieged it; 2 on the ninth day of the fourth month of the eleventh year of the reign of Zedekiah, a breach was made in the walls of the city, 4 and when Zedekiah king of Judah and the garrison saw this, they all took to flight, leaving the city during the night, through the royal gardens, by the gate between the two walls. They made for the Jordan valley. 5 However, the Chaldean army went in pursuit of them and overtook Zedekiah in the steppes of Jericho; they caught him and carried him to Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, at Riblah in the district of Hamath, where sentence was passed upon the prisoners. 6 At Riblah the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before their father’s eyes; the king of Babylon also slew all the officials of Judaea; 7 he then put out the eyes of Zedekiah and chained him fast, to carry him to Babylon.

8 The Chaldeans burned down the royal palace and the houses of the common people, and they demolished the walls of Jerusalem. 9 Nebuzaradan the commander-in-chief carried off to exile in Babylon the citizens who remained in the city, and those who had deserted to him, with all the craftsmen who were left. 10 However, he did leave in the land of Judah some poor people who were penniless, allotting them vineyards and fields.

11 As for Jeremiah, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon issued these orders to Nebuzaradan the commander-in-chief: 12 “Take good care of him; do him no harm, but treat him as he wishes.” 13 So a message to this effect was forwarded by Nebuzaradan the commander-in-chief to Nebushazban the field-marshal, and Nergalsarezer the cavalry commander, and the other principal officers of the king of Babylon.]]