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The people carried away.

CHAP. XXV.

CHAP. XXV.

Gedaliah is slain 16 The two pillars, one sea, and the ND it came to pass in the ninth year bases which Solomon had made for the of his reign, in the tenth month, in house of the LORD; the brass of all these tenth day of the month, that Nebuchad- vessels was without weight. zzar king of Babylon came, he, and all 17 The height of the one pillar was host, against Jerusalem, and pitched eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it inst it; and they built forts against it was brass: and the height of the chapiter ind about. three cubits; and the wreathen work, and

2 And the city was besieged unto the pomegranates upon the chapiter round venth year of king Zedekiah. about, all of brass: and like unto these bad 3 And on the ninth day of the fourth the second pillar with wreathen work. nth the famine prevailed in the city, 18 And the captain of the guard took 1 there was no bread for the people of Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah : land. the second priest, and the three keepers And the city was broken up, and of the door: the men of war fled by night by the 19 And out of the city he took an officer y of the gate between two walls, which that was set over the men of war, and five by the king's garden: (now the Chal- men of them that were in the king's prees were against the city round about ;) sence, which were found in the city, and d the king went the way toward the plain. the principal scribe of the host, which 5 And the army of the Chaldees pur- mustered the people of the land, and threeed after the king, and overtook him in score men of the people of the land that › plains of Jericho and all his army were found in the city:

ere scattered from him.

20 And Nebuzar-adan captain of the 6 So they took the king, and brought guard took these, and brought them to the n up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; King of Babylon to Riblah: 21 And the king of Babylon smote

d they gave judgment upon him.

7 And they slew the sons of Zedekiah them, and slew them at Riblah in the land fore his eyes, and put out the eyes of of Hamath. So Judah was carried away dekiak, and bound him with fetters of out of their land. ass, and carried him to Babylon.

22 And as for the people that re8 ¶ And in the fifth month, on the se-mained in the land of Judah, whom Nenth day of the month,(which is the nine-buchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, enth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king even over them he made Gedaliah the son Babylon,) came Nebuzar-adan, captain of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler. the guard, a servant of the king of Ba- 23 And when all the captains of the arion, unto Jerusalem :

9 And he burnt the house of the LORD, d the king's house, and all the houses Jerusalem, and every great man's house irnt he with fire.

mies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Serai10 And all the army of the Chaldees, that ah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophaere with the captain of the guard, brake thite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maacha. own the walls of Jerusalem round about. thite, they and their men.

11 Now the rest of the people that were 24 And Gedaliah sware to them, and ft in the city, and the fugitives that fell to their men, and said unto them, Fear vay to the king of Babylon, with the not to be the servants of the Chaldees: mnant of the multitude, did Nebuzar- dwell in the land, and serve the king of lan the captain of the guard carry away. Babylon, and it shall be well with you. 12 But the captain of the guard left of 25 But it came to pass in the seventh e poor of the land to be vine-dressers month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, nd husbandmen. the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, 13 And the pillars of brass that were in and ten men with him, and smote Gedae house of the LORD, and the bases, and liah, that he died, and the Jews and the e brazen sea that was in the house of the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah. ORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, 26 And all the people, both small and nd carried the brass of them to Babylon. great, and the captains of the armies, arose, 14 And the pots, and the shovels, and and came to Egypt: for they were afraid e snuffers, and the spoons, and all the of the Chaldees. essels of brass wherewith they minister- 27 ¶ And it came to pass in the seven d, took they away. and thirtieth year of the captivity of Je15 And the fire-pans, and the bowls, hoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth nd such things as were of gold, in gold, month, on the seven and twentieth day of nd of silver, in silver, the captain of the the month, that Evil-merodach king of uard took away. Babylon in the year that he began to reign

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Adam's line, Thè sons of Shem. I. CHRONICLES.

The posterity of Abrahan did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of and he did eat bread continually bee Judah out of prison; him all the days of his life. 28 And he spake kindly to him, and 30 And his allowance was a conti set his throne above the throne of the allowance given him of the king, a r kings that were with him in Babylon; rate for every day, all the days d 29 And changed his prison garments: life.

I The First Book of the CHRONICLES.

CHAP. I.

ADAM, Sheth, Enosh,

2 Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered, 3 Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech, 4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 5 T The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

6 And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

7 And the sons of Javan; Elishah,and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

8 T The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

9 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.

10 And Cush begat Nimrod. He began to be mighty upon the earth.

11 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

12 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphtorim.

13 And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,

14 The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,

15 And the Hivite, and the Archite, and the Sinite,

16 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.

first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then i
dar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
30 Mishma, and, Dumah, Massa,
dad, and Tema,

31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedem These are the sons of Ishmael.

32 Now the sons of Keturab, A ham's concubine: she bare Zimran, Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of shan; Sheba, and Dedan.

33 And the sons of Midian; Ephaha Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and daah. All these are the sons of Ken

34 And Abraham begat Isaac. T sons of Isaac; Esau, and Israel.

35 T The sons of Esau ; Eliphaz, Re and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.

36 The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek.

37 The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Ze Shammah, and Mizzah.

38 And the sons of Seir; Lotan, Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dis and Ezer, and Dishan.

39 And the sons of Lotan; Hori, Homam: and Timna was Lotan's siste 40 The sons of Shobal; Alian, a Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and On And the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Ar

41 The sons of Anah; Dishon. Al the sons of Dishon; Amram, and Esht

17 The sons of Shem; Elam, and As-and Ithran, and Cheran. shur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram,

42 The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and

and Uz, and Hul,and Gether,and Meshech. van, and Jakan. The sons of Dishan; 18 And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and and Aran.

Shelah begat Eber.

43 ¶ Now these are the kings that rei 19 And unto Eber were born two sons: ed in the land of Edom before any the name of the one was Peleg; because reigned over the children of Israel Es in his days the earth was divided: and the son of Beor: and the name of his f his brother's name was Joktan. was Dinhabah.

20 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

21 Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah, 22 And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba, 23 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

24 Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, 25 Eber, Peleg, Reu,

26 Serug, Nahor, Terah,

27 Abram; the same is Abraham. 28 The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.

29 T These are their generations. The

44 And when Bela was dead, Jobab↑ son of Zera of Bozrah reigned in his ste

45 And when Jobab was dead, Hustă i of the land of the Temanites reigned i:s stead.

46 And when Husham was dead, dad the son of Bedad, which smote M an in the field of Moab, reigned in stead: and the name of his city Avith.

47 And when Hadad was dead, Sambh of Mazrekah reigned in his stead. 48 And when Samlah was dead, Shr

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