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Contemporary English Version

2 Kings 25:10

Then he ordered the Babylonian soldiers to break down the walls around Jerusalem.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jerusalem;   Month;   Nebuzaradan (Nebuzar-Adan);   Temple;   Zedekiah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Babylon;   Jerusalem;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Captivity;   Jeremiah, the Book of;   Zedekiah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Babylon;   Egypt;   Exile;   Gedaliah;   Israel;   Jeremiah;   Jerusalem;   Judah, tribe and kingdom;   Lamentations;   Temple;   War;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Worship;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Judah, Kingdom of;   Nebuzaradan;   Temple, Solomon's;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Nebuzaradan;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Babylon, History and Religion of;   Diaspora;   Exile;   Guard;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Lamentations, Book of;   Marshal;   Nebuzaradan;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Babylon ;   Nebuzaradan ;   Sherezer ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Captivity;   Zedekiah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The whole Chaldean army with the captain of the guards tore down the walls surrounding Jerusalem.
Hebrew Names Version
All the army of the Kasdim, who were [with] the captain of the guard, broke down the walls of Yerushalayim round about.
King James Version
And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
English Standard Version
And all the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down the walls around Jerusalem.
New Century Version
The whole Babylonian army, led by the commander of the king's special guards, broke down the walls around Jerusalem.
New English Translation
The whole Babylonian army that came with the captain of the royal guard tore down the walls that surrounded Jerusalem.
Amplified Bible
All the army of the Chaldeans (Babylonians) who were with the captain of the bodyguard tore down the walls around Jerusalem.
New American Standard Bible
So all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the bodyguards tore down the walls around Jerusalem.
World English Bible
All the army of the Chaldeans, who were [with] the captain of the guard, broke down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And all the armie of the Caldees yt were with the chiefe stewarde, brake downe the walles of Ierusalem round about.
Legacy Standard Bible
So all the military force of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard tore down the walls around Jerusalem.
Berean Standard Bible
And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the commander of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.
Complete Jewish Bible
The whole army of the Kasdim, who were with the commander of the guard, broke down the walls of Yerushalayim on every side.
Darby Translation
And all the army of the Chaldeans that were with the captain of the body-guard broke down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the Babylonian army that was with Nebuzaradan pulled down the walls around Jerusalem.
George Lamsa Translation
And all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the commander of the guard broke down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
Good News Translation
and his soldiers tore down the city walls.
Lexham English Bible
He and all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the imperial guard tore down the wall of Jerusalem all around.
Literal Translation
And all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the chief of the executioners broke down the wall of Jerusalem all around.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And all the power of the Caldees which was with the chefe captayne, brake downe the walles rounde aboute Ierusalem.
American Standard Version
And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
Bible in Basic English
And the walls round Jerusalem were broken down by the Chaldaean army which was with the captain.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And all the souldiers of the Chaldees that were with the chiefe captayne of the men of warre, brake downe the walles of Hierusalem rounde about.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, broke down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
King James Version (1611)
And all the army of the Caldees that were with the captaine of the guard, brake downe the walles of Ierusalem round about.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the force of the Chaldeans pulled down the wall of Jerusalem round about.
English Revised Version
And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were [with] the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and al the oost of Caldeis, that was with the prince of knyytis, distriede the wallis of Jerusalem `in cumpas.
Update Bible Version
And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were [with] the captain of the guard, broke down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
Webster's Bible Translation
And all the army of the Chaldees, that [were with] the captain of the guard, broke down the walls of Jerusalem on all sides.
New King James Version
And all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard broke down the walls of Jerusalem all around.
New Living Translation
Then he supervised the entire Babylonian army as they tore down the walls of Jerusalem on every side.
New Life Bible
And all the Babylonian army who were with the captain of the soldiers broke down the walls around Jerusalem.
New Revised Standard
All the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the walls of Jerusalem round about, did all the force of the Chaldeans who were with the chief of the royal executioners, break down.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And all the army of the Chaldees, which was with the commander of the troops, broke down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
Revised Standard Version
And all the army of the Chalde'ans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down the walls around Jerusalem.
Young's Literal Translation
and the walls of Jerusalem round about have all the forces of the Chaldeans, who [are] with the chief of the executioners, broken down.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.

Contextual Overview

8 About a month later, in Nebuchadnezzar's nineteenth year as king, Nebuzaradan, who was his official in charge of the guards, arrived in Jerusalem. 9 Nebuzaradan burned down the Lord 's temple, the king's palace, and every important building in the city, as well as all the houses. 10 Then he ordered the Babylonian soldiers to break down the walls around Jerusalem. 11 He led away as prisoners the people left in the city, including those who had become loyal to Nebuchadnezzar. 12 Only some of the poorest people were left behind to work the vineyards and the fields. 13 The Babylonian soldiers took the two bronze columns that stood in front of the temple, the ten movable bronze stands, and the large bronze bowl called the Sea. They broke them into pieces so they could take the bronze to Babylonia. 14 They carried off the bronze things used for worship at the temple, including the pans for hot ashes, and the shovels, snuffers, and also the dishes for incense, 15 as well as the fire pans and the sprinkling bowls. Nebuzaradan ordered his soldiers to take everything made of gold or silver. 16 The pile of bronze from the columns, the stands, and the large bowl that Solomon had made for the temple was too large to be weighed. 17 Each column had been twenty-seven feet tall with a bronze cap four and a half feet high. These caps were decorated with bronze designs—some of them like chains and others like pomegranates.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

brake: Nehemiah 1:3, Jeremiah 5:10, Jeremiah 39:8, Jeremiah 52:14-23

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 36:19 - brake down Psalms 79:1 - have laid Isaiah 22:5 - breaking Isaiah 24:10 - city Lamentations 4:1 - How is the gold

Cross-References

Genesis 23:16
Abraham accepted Ephron's offer and paid him the four hundred pieces of silver in front of everyone at the city gate. That's how Abraham got Ephron's property east of Hebron, which included the field with all of its trees, as well as Machpelah Cave at the end of the field.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 25:10. Brake down the walls — In the same fifth month, Jeremiah 1:3, the walls of Jerusalem being razed to the ground, all that were left in the city, and all that had fled over formerly to Nebuchadnezzar, and all the common people of the city, with all the king's treasures, those of the nobles, and the whole furniture of the temple, did Nebuzar-adan carry off to Babylon. See Jeremiah 39:8-9; Jeremiah 52:14; Jeremiah 52:23. And thus was Judah carried away out of her own land, four hundred and sixty-eight years after David began to reign over it; from the division of the ten tribes three hundred and eighty-eight years; and from the destruction of the kingdom of Israel, one hundred and thirty-four years; A.M. 3416, and before Christ five hundred and ninety. And thus ends what is called the fifth age of the world. See USHER'S Annals.


 
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