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2 Kings 25
Zedekiah rebels; Nebuchadnezzar besieges Jerusalem until famine takes the city. Zedekiah is blinded and taken to Babylon, the temple and the city are burned, the walls torn down and the people exiled. Gedaliah is murdered, and Jehoiachin is released from prison in Babylon.
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- Textually stated
Each capital was 5 cubits high.
Stated in 1 Kings 7:16, Jeremiah 52:22 and 2 Chronicles 3:15. 2 Kings 25:17 gives 3 cubits, perhaps the ornamented part only.
- Textually stated
The Babylonians broke up the pillars, the stands and the Sea and took the bronze to Babylon.
Stated in 2 Kings 25:13 and Jeremiah 52:17.
- Strongly supported
Kings and Jeremiah describe the burning of the Temple, the palace and every great house, and the walls broken down.
- Strongly supported
Kings and Chronicles give its size, materials and furnishings, and its burning by Nebuchadnezzar's army.