¹Filius vigintiZedekiah was a son of twenty-one years when he first began to reign.et unius anni erat Sedecias cum regnare cœpisset,And he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem.et undecim annis regnavit in Jerusalem.And the name of his mother was Hamutal,Et nomen matris ejus Amital filia Jeremiæ de Lobna.the daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah.

¹Filius vigintiZedekiah was a son of twenty-one years when he first began to reign.et unius anni erat Sedecias cum regnare cœpisset,And he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem.et undecim annis regnavit in Jerusalem.And the name of his mother was Hamutal,Et nomen matris ejus Amital filia Jeremiæ de Lobna.the daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah.

²Et fecit malum in oculis Domini,And he did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord,juxta omnia quæ fecerat Joakim,in accord with all that Jehoiakim had done.

²Et fecit malum in oculis Domini,And he did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord,juxta omnia quæ fecerat Joakim,in accord with all that Jehoiakim had done.

³quoniam furor Domini erat in JerusalemAnd so the fury of the Lord was toward Jerusalem,et in Juda,and toward Judah,usquequo projiceret eos a facie sua:even until he cast them away from his face.et recessit Sedecias a rege Babylonis.And Zedekiah drew away from the king of Babylon.

³quoniam furor Domini erat in JerusalemAnd so the fury of the Lord was toward Jerusalem,et in Juda,and toward Judah,usquequo projiceret eos a facie sua:even until he cast them away from his face.et recessit Sedecias a rege Babylonis.And Zedekiah drew away from the king of Babylon.

⁴Factum est autem in anno nono regni ejus, in mense decimo,And it happened that, in the ninth year of his reign,decima mensis,in the tenth month,venit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis,on the tenth of the month, Nebuchadnezzar,ipse et omnis exercitus ejus,the king of Babylon, he and his entire army,adversus Jerusalem:came against Jerusalem.et obsederunt eam,And they besieged it,et ædificaverunt contra eam munitiones in circuitu.and they built fortifications against it, on every side.

⁴Factum est autem in anno nono regni ejus, in mense decimo,And it happened that, in the ninth year of his reign,decima mensis,in the tenth month,venit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis,on the tenth of the month, Nebuchadnezzar,ipse et omnis exercitus ejus,the king of Babylon, he and his entire army,adversus Jerusalem:came against Jerusalem.et obsederunt eam,And they besieged it,et ædificaverunt contra eam munitiones in circuitu.and they built fortifications against it, on every side.

⁵Et fuit civitas obsessa usque ad undecimum annum regis Sedeciæ.And the city was besieged, until the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

⁵Et fuit civitas obsessa usque ad undecimum annum regis Sedeciæ.And the city was besieged, until the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

⁶Mense autem quarto,Then, in the fourth month,nona mensis, obtinuit fames civitatem,on the ninth of the month, a famine gripped the city.et non erant alimenta populo terræ.And there was no nourishment for the people of the land.

⁶Mense autem quarto,Then, in the fourth month,nona mensis, obtinuit fames civitatem,on the ninth of the month, a famine gripped the city.et non erant alimenta populo terræ.And there was no nourishment for the people of the land.

⁷Et dirupta est civitas,And the city was broken,et omnes viri bellatores ejus fugerunt,and all the men of war fled,exieruntque de civitate nocte, per viam portæ quæ est inter duos muros,and they departed from the city at night by way of the gate which is between the two walls,et ducit ad hortum regis,and which leads to the king’s garden,Chaldæis obsidentibus urbem in gyro,while the Chaldeans were besieging the city all around,et abierunt per viam quæ ducit in eremum.and they went away by the road that leads to the wilderness.

⁷Et dirupta est civitas,And the city was broken,et omnes viri bellatores ejus fugerunt,and all the men of war fled,exieruntque de civitate nocte, per viam portæ quæ est inter duos muros,and they departed from the city at night by way of the gate which is between the two walls,et ducit ad hortum regis,and which leads to the king’s garden,Chaldæis obsidentibus urbem in gyro,while the Chaldeans were besieging the city all around,et abierunt per viam quæ ducit in eremum.and they went away by the road that leads to the wilderness.

⁸Persecutus est autem Chadæorum exercitus regem,But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king.et apprehenderunt Sedeciam in deserto quod est juxta Jericho:And they overtook Zedekiah in the desert which is near Jericho.et omnis comitatus ejus diffugit ab eo.And all of his companions fled away from him.

⁸Persecutus est autem Chadæorum exercitus regem,But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king.et apprehenderunt Sedeciam in deserto quod est juxta Jericho:And they overtook Zedekiah in the desert which is near Jericho.et omnis comitatus ejus diffugit ab eo.And all of his companions fled away from him.

⁹Cumque comprehendissent regem,And when they had captured the king,adduxerunt eum ad regem Babylonis in Reblatha,they led him away to the king of Babylon at Riblah,quæ est in terra Emath,which is in the land of Hamath.et locutus est ad eum judicia.And he spoke a judgment against him.

⁹Cumque comprehendissent regem,And when they had captured the king,adduxerunt eum ad regem Babylonis in Reblatha,they led him away to the king of Babylon at Riblah,quæ est in terra Emath,which is in the land of Hamath.et locutus est ad eum judicia.And he spoke a judgment against him.

¹⁰Et jugulavit rex Babylonis filios Sedeciæ in oculis ejus,And the king of Babylon cut the throats of the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes,sed et omnes principes Juda occidit in Reblatha.and he also killed all the leaders of Judah at Riblah.

¹⁰Et jugulavit rex Babylonis filios Sedeciæ in oculis ejus,And the king of Babylon cut the throats of the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes,sed et omnes principes Juda occidit in Reblatha.and he also killed all the leaders of Judah at Riblah.

¹¹Et oculos Sedeciæ eruit,And he plucked out the eyes of Zedekiah,et vinxit eum compedibus,and he bound him with shackles,et adduxit eum rex Babylonis in Babylonem,and the king of Babylon led him away to Babylon,et posuit eum in domo carceris usque ad diem mortis ejus.and he placed him in the prison house, even until the day of his death.

¹¹Et oculos Sedeciæ eruit,And he plucked out the eyes of Zedekiah,et vinxit eum compedibus,and he bound him with shackles,et adduxit eum rex Babylonis in Babylonem,and the king of Babylon led him away to Babylon,et posuit eum in domo carceris usque ad diem mortis ejus.and he placed him in the prison house, even until the day of his death.

¹²In mense autem quinto,Then, in the fifth month,decima mensis,on the tenth of the month,ipse est annus nonusdecimus Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis,which is the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon,venit Nabuzardan princeps militiæ,Nebuzaradan, the leader of the military, arrived.qui stabat coram rege Babylonis, in Jerusalem,And he was standing before the king of Babylon at Jerusalem.

¹²In mense autem quinto,Then, in the fifth month,decima mensis,on the tenth of the month,ipse est annus nonusdecimus Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis,which is the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon,venit Nabuzardan princeps militiæ,Nebuzaradan, the leader of the military, arrived.qui stabat coram rege Babylonis, in Jerusalem,And he was standing before the king of Babylon at Jerusalem.

¹³et incendit domum Domini,And he set fire to the house of the Lord,et domum regis,and to the house of the king,et omnes domos Jerusalem:and to all the houses of Jerusalem.et omnem domum magnam igni combussit:And every great house he burned with fire.

¹³et incendit domum Domini,And he set fire to the house of the Lord,et domum regis,and to the house of the king,et omnes domos Jerusalem:and to all the houses of Jerusalem.et omnem domum magnam igni combussit:And every great house he burned with fire.

¹⁴et totum murum Jerusalem per circuitum destruxit cunctus exercitus Chaldæorum qui erat cum magistro militiæ.And the entire army of the Chaldeans, who were with the chief of the military, destroyed the entire wall all around Jerusalem.

¹⁴et totum murum Jerusalem per circuitum destruxit cunctus exercitus Chaldæorum qui erat cum magistro militiæ.And the entire army of the Chaldeans, who were with the chief of the military, destroyed the entire wall all around Jerusalem.

¹⁵De pauperibus autem populi,Then Nebuzaradan, the leader of the military,et de reliquo vulgo quod remanserat in civitate,took away some of the poor people, and some of the rest of the common people,et de perfugis qui transfugerant ad regem Babylonis,who had remained in the city, and some of the fugitives,et ceteros de multitudine transtulit Nabuzardan princeps militiæ.who had fled over to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.

¹⁵De pauperibus autem populi,Then Nebuzaradan, the leader of the military,et de reliquo vulgo quod remanserat in civitate,took away some of the poor people, and some of the rest of the common people,et de perfugis qui transfugerant ad regem Babylonis,who had remained in the city, and some of the fugitives,et ceteros de multitudine transtulit Nabuzardan princeps militiæ.who had fled over to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.

¹⁶De pauperibus vero terræ reliquit Nabuzardan princeps militiæ vinitores et agricolas.Yet truly, some of the poor of the land, Nebuzaradan, the leader of the military, left behind as vinedressers and farmers.

¹⁶De pauperibus vero terræ reliquit Nabuzardan princeps militiæ vinitores et agricolas.Yet truly, some of the poor of the land, Nebuzaradan, the leader of the military, left behind as vinedressers and farmers.

¹⁷Columnas quoque æreas quæ erant in domo Domini, et bases,The Chaldeans also broke apart the bronze pillars that were in the house of the Lord,et mare æneum quod erat in domo Domini, confregerunt Chaldæi,and the bases, and the sea of brass that was in the house of the Lord.et tulerunt omne æs eorum in Babylonem,And they took all the brass of these things to Babylon.

¹⁷Columnas quoque æreas quæ erant in domo Domini, et bases,The Chaldeans also broke apart the bronze pillars that were in the house of the Lord,et mare æneum quod erat in domo Domini, confregerunt Chaldæi,and the bases, and the sea of brass that was in the house of the Lord.et tulerunt omne æs eorum in Babylonem,And they took all the brass of these things to Babylon.

¹⁸et lebetes, et creagras,And they took the cooking pots, and the hooks,et psalteria,and the psalteries,et phialas,and the bowls,et mortariola,and the little mortars,et omnia vasa ærea quæ in ministerio fuerant, tulerunt:and all the bronze vessels that had been used in the ministry.

¹⁸et lebetes, et creagras,And they took the cooking pots, and the hooks,et psalteria,and the psalteries,et phialas,and the bowls,et mortariola,and the little mortars,et omnia vasa ærea quæ in ministerio fuerant, tulerunt:and all the bronze vessels that had been used in the ministry.

¹⁹et hydrias, et thymiamateria, et urceos,And the chief of the military took the water pots,et pelves,and the censers,et candelabra,and the pitchers,et mortaria,and the basins,et cyathos, quotquot aurea,and the lampstands, and the mortars,aurea, et quotquot argentea,and the little cups, whatever was gold,argentea,for the gold,tulit magister militiæ:and whatever was silver, for the silver,

¹⁹et hydrias, et thymiamateria, et urceos,And the chief of the military took the water pots,et pelves,and the censers,et candelabra,and the pitchers,et mortaria,and the basins,et cyathos, quotquot aurea,and the lampstands, and the mortars,aurea, et quotquot argentea,and the little cups, whatever was gold,argentea,for the gold,tulit magister militiæ:and whatever was silver, for the silver,

²⁰et columnas duas,as well as the two pillars,et mare unum,and the one brass sea,et vitulos duodecim æreos qui erant sub basibus quas fecerat rex Salomon in domo Domini.and the twelve oxen of brass that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the Lord.Non erat pondus æris omnium horum vasorum.There was no weight of brass left behind out of all these vessels.

²⁰et columnas duas,as well as the two pillars,et mare unum,and the one brass sea,et vitulos duodecim æreos qui erant sub basibus quas fecerat rex Salomon in domo Domini.and the twelve oxen of brass that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the Lord.Non erat pondus æris omnium horum vasorum.There was no weight of brass left behind out of all these vessels.

²¹De columnis autem decem et octo cubiti altitudinis erant in columna una,Now concerning the pillars, one pillar was eighteen cubits high,et funiculus duodecim cubitorum circuibat eam:and a cord of twelve cubits encircled it.porro grossitudo ejus quatuor digitorum,Moreover, its thickness was four fingers,et intrinsecus cava erat.and the interior was hollow.

²¹De columnis autem decem et octo cubiti altitudinis erant in columna una,Now concerning the pillars, one pillar was eighteen cubits high,et funiculus duodecim cubitorum circuibat eam:and a cord of twelve cubits encircled it.porro grossitudo ejus quatuor digitorum,Moreover, its thickness was four fingers,et intrinsecus cava erat.and the interior was hollow.

²²Et capitella super utramque ærea:And heads of brass were upon both.altitudo capitelli unius quinque cubitorum,And the height of one head was five cubits.et retiacula et malogranata super coronam in circuitu,And little nets with pomegranates were upon the heads all around,omnia ærea:all of brass.similiter columnæ secundæ,The second pillar was similar,et malogranata.and the pomegranates.

²²Et capitella super utramque ærea:And heads of brass were upon both.altitudo capitelli unius quinque cubitorum,And the height of one head was five cubits.et retiacula et malogranata super coronam in circuitu,And little nets with pomegranates were upon the heads all around,omnia ærea:all of brass.similiter columnæ secundæ,The second pillar was similar,et malogranata.and the pomegranates.

²³Et fuerunt malogranata nonaginta sex dependentia:And there were ninety-six pomegranates hanging down;et omnia malogranata centum,and there were one hundred pomegranates in all,retiaculis circumdabantur.surrounded by the little nets.

²³Et fuerunt malogranata nonaginta sex dependentia:And there were ninety-six pomegranates hanging down;et omnia malogranata centum,and there were one hundred pomegranates in all,retiaculis circumdabantur.surrounded by the little nets.

²⁴Et tulit magister militiæ Saraiam sacerdotem primum,And the chief of the military took Seraiah, the first priest,et Sophoniam sacerdotem secundum,and Zephaniah, the second priest,et tres custodes vestibuli:and the three keepers of the vestibule.

²⁴Et tulit magister militiæ Saraiam sacerdotem primum,And the chief of the military took Seraiah, the first priest,et Sophoniam sacerdotem secundum,and Zephaniah, the second priest,et tres custodes vestibuli:and the three keepers of the vestibule.

²⁵et de civitate tulit eunuchum unum,He also took from the city one eunuch who was in charge of the men of war,qui erat præpositus super viros bellatores:and seven men among those who served before the face of the king,et septem viros de his qui videbant faciem regis,who were found in the city,qui inventi sunt in civitate:and a scribe,et scribam principem militum,a leader of the military,qui probabat tyrones:who tested the new recruits,et sexaginta viros de populo terræ,and sixty men from the people of the land,qui inventi sunt in medio civitatis.who were found in the midst of the city.

²⁵et de civitate tulit eunuchum unum,He also took from the city one eunuch who was in charge of the men of war,qui erat præpositus super viros bellatores:and seven men among those who served before the face of the king,et septem viros de his qui videbant faciem regis,who were found in the city,qui inventi sunt in civitate:and a scribe,et scribam principem militum,a leader of the military,qui probabat tyrones:who tested the new recruits,et sexaginta viros de populo terræ,and sixty men from the people of the land,qui inventi sunt in medio civitatis.who were found in the midst of the city.

²⁶Tulit autem eos Nabuzardan magister militiæ,Then Nebuzaradan, the chief of the military, took them,et duxit eos ad regem Babylonis in Reblatha:and he led them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

²⁶Tulit autem eos Nabuzardan magister militiæ,Then Nebuzaradan, the chief of the military, took them,et duxit eos ad regem Babylonis in Reblatha:and he led them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

²⁷et percussit eos rex Babylonis,And the king of Babylon struck them and put them to death at Riblah,et interfecit eos in Reblatha in terra Emath:in the land of Hamath.et translatus est Juda de terra sua.And Judah was carried away from his land.

²⁷et percussit eos rex Babylonis,And the king of Babylon struck them and put them to death at Riblah,et interfecit eos in Reblatha in terra Emath:in the land of Hamath.et translatus est Juda de terra sua.And Judah was carried away from his land.

²⁸Iste est populus quem transtulit Nabuchodonosor:This is the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away:in anno septimo,in the seventh year,Judæos tria millia et viginti tres:three thousand and twenty-three Jews;

²⁸Iste est populus quem transtulit Nabuchodonosor:This is the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away:in anno septimo,in the seventh year,Judæos tria millia et viginti tres:three thousand and twenty-three Jews;

²⁹in anno octavodecimo Nabuchodonosor,in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar,de Jerusalem animas octingentas triginta duas:eight hundred thirty-two souls from Jerusalem;

²⁹in anno octavodecimo Nabuchodonosor,in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar,de Jerusalem animas octingentas triginta duas:eight hundred thirty-two souls from Jerusalem;

³⁰in anno vigesimo tertio Nabuchodonosor,in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar,transtulit Nabuzardan magister militiæ animas Judæorum septingentas quadraginta quinque.Nebuzaradan, the chief of the military, carried away of the Jews seven hundred forty-five souls.Omnes ergo animæ, quatuor millia sexcentæ.Therefore, all the souls were four thousand six hundred.

³⁰in anno vigesimo tertio Nabuchodonosor,in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar,transtulit Nabuzardan magister militiæ animas Judæorum septingentas quadraginta quinque.Nebuzaradan, the chief of the military, carried away of the Jews seven hundred forty-five souls.Omnes ergo animæ, quatuor millia sexcentæ.Therefore, all the souls were four thousand six hundred.

³¹Et factum est in trigesimo septimo anno transmigrationis Joachin regis Juda,And it happened that, in the thirty-seventh year of the transmigration of Jehoiachin, the king of Judah,duodecimo mense,in the twelfth month,vigesima quinta mensis,on the twenty-fifth of the month,elevavit Evilmerodach rex Babylonis,Evilmerodach, the king of Babylon, in the very first year of his reign,ipso anno regni sui, caput Joachin regis Juda,lifted up the head of Jehoiachin, the king of Judah,et eduxit eum de domo carceris.and he brought him out of the prison house.

³¹Et factum est in trigesimo septimo anno transmigrationis Joachin regis Juda,And it happened that, in the thirty-seventh year of the transmigration of Jehoiachin, the king of Judah,duodecimo mense,in the twelfth month,vigesima quinta mensis,on the twenty-fifth of the month,elevavit Evilmerodach rex Babylonis,Evilmerodach, the king of Babylon, in the very first year of his reign,ipso anno regni sui, caput Joachin regis Juda,lifted up the head of Jehoiachin, the king of Judah,et eduxit eum de domo carceris.and he brought him out of the prison house.

³²Et locutus est cum eo bona,And he spoke with him for good,et posuit thronum ejus super thronos regum qui erant post se in Babylone.and he set his throne above the thrones of the kings who were after him in Babylon.

³²Et locutus est cum eo bona,And he spoke with him for good,et posuit thronum ejus super thronos regum qui erant post se in Babylone.and he set his throne above the thrones of the kings who were after him in Babylon.

³³Et mutavit vestimenta carceris ejus,And he changed his prison garments,et comedebat panem coram eo semper cunctis diebus vitæ suæ.and he ate bread in his sight always, all the days of his life.

³³Et mutavit vestimenta carceris ejus,And he changed his prison garments,et comedebat panem coram eo semper cunctis diebus vitæ suæ.and he ate bread in his sight always, all the days of his life.

³⁴Et cibaria ejus,And for his meals,cibaria perpetua dabantur ei a rege Babylonis,a continual provision was allotted to him by the king of Babylon,statuta per singulos dies,a measure for every single day,usque ad diem mortis suæ,until the day of his death,cunctis diebus vitæ ejus.all the days of his life.

³⁴Et cibaria ejus,And for his meals,cibaria perpetua dabantur ei a rege Babylonis,a continual provision was allotted to him by the king of Babylon,statuta per singulos dies,a measure for every single day,usque ad diem mortis suæ,until the day of his death,cunctis diebus vitæ ejus.all the days of his life.