1 King Zedekiah was 21 years old. He was king for 11 years in the city. His mom was Hamutal from Libnah. 2 King Zedekiah did bad like King Jehoiakim did. God was not happy. 3 God was angry at the city and Judah. It got very bad. Zedekiah said “no” to the king of Babylon. ⚠️ 4 In year 9, month 10, day 10, King Nebuchadnezzar came. His army came to the city. They made camps and walls around it. ️ 5 The army stayed a long time. They kept the city closed until year 11. ⏳️ 6 In month 4, day 9, there was no food. People were very hungry. ❌ 7 The wall broke. The soldiers ran at night by a small gate by the king’s garden. The enemy was all around. They ran to the flat land. ️♂️ 8 The army from Babylon ran after King Zedekiah. They caught him near Jericho. His men ran away. ♂️➡️️ 9 They took Zedekiah to King Nebuchadnezzar at a town named Riblah. The king said what to do. ➡️️⚖️ 10 They made Zedekiah watch. His sons died. The leaders of Judah died too. ⚰️ 11 They made Zedekiah blind. They put chains on him. They took him to Babylon. He stayed in jail until he died. ⛓️ 12 In month 5, day 10, year 19 of King Nebuchadnezzar, the boss guard, Nebuzaradan, came to the city. ♂️️️ 13 He burned God’s house, the king’s house, and all big houses. ⛪ 14 The army broke down all the walls of the city. 15 Nebuzaradan took many people away to Babylon. He took the poor who were left, and others too. ♂️♀️➡️️ 16 He left some poor people to work the farms and vines. 17 They broke the big brown metal pillars, the big bowl, and the stands at God’s house. They took the metal to Babylon. ➡️️ 18 They took pots, shovels, snippers, bowls, and dishes. They were brown metal. 19 The boss guard took bowls, fire pans, basins, pots, stands, spoons, and cups of gold and silver. He took them all. 20 He took the two pillars, the big bowl, and the twelve bulls under the bowl. There was so much metal. Too much to weigh. ⚖️❌ 21 Each pillar was very tall and thick. It was hollow. 22 The top part was high. It had a net design and fruit shapes. All were brown metal. The second pillar was the same. 23 There were many fruit shapes. There were 96 on the sides. There were 100 all around. 24 The boss guard took Seraiah the head priest, Zephaniah the second priest, and three door men. ♂️⛪ 25 He took a top soldier leader, seven of the king’s close helpers, the scribe who counted soldiers, and 60 men from the land. ♂️♀️ 26 Nebuzaradan took them all to the king of Babylon at Riblah. ♂️➡️️ 27 The king of Babylon had them killed at Riblah. Many people from Judah were taken away from their land. ⚰️➡️️ 28 This is the count: in year 7, the king took 3,023 people away. ♂️♀️ 29 In year 18, he took 832 people from the city. ♂️♀️ 30 In year 23, the boss guard took 745 people. The total was 4,600 people. 31 In year 37 of Jehoiachin in jail, month 12, day 25, a new king, Evil-merodach, brought Jehoiachin out of jail. ⛓️➡️ 32 The new king spoke kind words to him. He gave him a high seat above other kings there. ️ 33 Jehoiachin took off jail clothes. He ate at the king’s table every day. ️ 34 The king gave him food and gifts each day, all his life, until he died. ️