예루살렘 함락
1시드기야는 21세에 왕위에 올라 예루살렘에서 11년을 통치하였다. 그 리고 그의 어머니는 립나 사람 예레미야의 딸인 하무달이었다.
2그는 여호야김의 모든 행위를 본받아 여호와께서 보시기에 악을 행하였다.
3그래서 여호와께서는 예루살렘과 유다 백성에게 노하셔서 결국 그들을 자기 앞에서 추방해 버렸다. 그러나 시드기야는 바빌로니아 왕에게 반기를 들었다.
4그래서 시드기야왕 9년 10월 10일에 바빌로니아의 느부갓네살왕이 그의 모든 군대를 이끌고 와서 예루살렘 주변에 토성을 쌓고
5시드기야왕 11년까지 포위하였다.
6그리하여 성 안에 기근이 심하여 그 해 4월 9일에 백성들이 먹을 식량이 다 떨어졌고
7성벽이 뚫렸다. 그래서 유다군은 바빌로니아군이 포위하고 있는데도 밤중에 왕의 동산 곁에 있는 두 담 사이 문을 빠져 나와 52:7 또는 ‘아라바 길로’요단 계곡 방향으로 도망하였다.
8그러나 바빌로니아군이 시드기야왕을 추격하여 여리고 평야에서 그를 생포하자 왕의 모든 군대는 뿔뿔이 흩어져 버렸다.
9그들은 왕을 잡아 가지고 하맛 땅의 리블라성에 머물러 있던 바빌로니아 왕에게 끌고 갔으며 느부갓네살왕은 거기서 그를 심문하였다.
10바빌로니아 왕은 그 곳 리블라에서 시드기야의 아들들을 그가 보는 앞에서 다 죽이고 또 유다의 모든 대신들도 죽였다.
11그러고서 그는 시드기야의 두 눈을 뽑고 쇠사슬로 그를 묶어 바빌론으로 끌고 가서 죽을 때까지 그를 감옥에 가두어 두었다.
초토화된 예루살렘과 성전
12바빌로니아의 느부갓네살왕 19년 52:12 왕하25:8에는 ‘5월 7일’5월 10일에 왕의 경호대장 느부사라단이 예루살렘에 와서
13성전과 궁전에 불을 지르고 예루살렘의 모든 집과 중요한 건물들을 다 태워 버렸으며
14또 그의 부하들은 예루살렘의 성벽을 모조리 헐어 버렸다.
15그런 다음 느부사라단은 바빌로니아군에게 항복한 자들과 일부 기술자들을 포함하여 성 안에 남아 있는 사람들을 바빌로니아로 잡아갔다.
16그러나 그는 그 땅에서 제일 가난한 사람들을 남겨 두어 포도원을 가꾸고 농사를 짓게 하였다.
17바빌로니아 사람들은 성전의 두 놋기둥과 놋받침과 놋으로 만든 거대한 물탱크를 깨뜨려 그 놋을 바빌론으로 가져갔으며
18또 가마와 부삽과 불집게와 주발과 국자와 그 밖에 성전에서 사용하는 모든 놋그릇을 가져갔다.
19그리고 그들은 잔과 화로와 주발과 솥과 촛대와 국자와 술을 따르는 그릇도 가져갔는데 이 모든 것은 금과 은으로 만든 것들이었다.
20솔로몬왕이 성전을 위해 만든 두 놋기둥과 거대한 물탱크와 그것을 떠받치고 있는 열두 마리의 놋소와 그리고 놋받침에 사용된 이 모든 놋은 너무 많아 그 중량을 측정할 수가 없었다.
21두 개의 그 놋기둥은 높이가 각각 52:21 히 ‘18규빗’8.1미터이고 둘레가 52:21 히 ‘12규빗’5.4미터인데 그것은 속이 비었고 그 두께는 손가락 네 개가 놓일 수 있을 정도였다.
22그 기둥 위에는 놋으로 덮개를 씌웠으며 그 덮개 높이는 약 52:22 히 ‘5규빗’2.3미터이고 그 둘레는 그물 세공과 놋석류로 장식되어 있었다. 두 개의 그 놋기둥은 모두 똑같은 모양으로 만들어졌는데
23기둥 하나에 놋석류가 각각 100개씩 붙어 있으며 측면에서 볼 수 있는 것은 96개였다.
바빌로니아로 잡혀가는 유다 백성
24그리고 경호대장 느부사라단은 대제사장 스라야, 부제사장 스바냐, 성전 경비원 세 사람,
25군 지휘관 한 사람, 왕의 보좌관 일곱 사람, 징집 담당 서기관 한 사람, 그 밖에 성 안에 남아 있던 사람 60명을 생포하여
26리블라에 있는 바빌로니아 왕에게 끌고 갔으며
27바빌로니아 왕은 하맛 땅에 있는 그 곳 리블라에서 그들을 모조리 처형시켰다. 이렇게 해서 유다 백성들은 포로가 되어 고국을 떠나게 되었는데
28느부갓네살이 포로로 잡아간 사람들의 수는 다음과 같다: 그의 통치 7년에 유다 사람 3,023명,
2918년에 예루살렘 사람 832명,
3023년에 경호대장 느부사라단을 통해 잡아간 유다 사람 745명 – 모두 4,600명이었다.
31유다의 여호야긴왕이 포로로 잡혀간 지 37년째가 되는 해에 에윌 – 므로닥이 바빌로니아 왕으로 즉위하면서 그 해 52:31 왕하25:27에는 ‘12월 27일’12월 25일에 여호야긴왕을 감옥에서 풀어 주었다.
32그는 여호야긴왕에게 친절하게 말하였고 그의 지위를 바빌로니아에서 포로 생활을 하고 있는 다른 왕들보다 더 높여 주었다.
33-34그래서 여호야긴왕은 죄수복을 벗고 죽는 날까지 왕의 식탁에서 식사하며 바빌로니아 왕에게서 매일 일정한 양의 물품을 지급받았다.
1Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.52.1 began…: Heb. reigned 2And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 3For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
4¶ And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about. 5So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. 6And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land. 7Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain.
8¶ But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him. 9Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him. 10And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah. 11Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.52.11 put out: Heb. blinded52.11 chains: or, fetters52.11 prison: Heb. house of the wards
12¶ Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem,52.12 captain…: or, chief marshal: Heb. chief of the executioners, or, slaughtermen52.12 served: Heb. stood before 13And burned the house of the LORD, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire: 14And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about. 15Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude. 16But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen. 17Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon. 18The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.52.18 shovels: or, instruments to remove the ashes52.18 bowls: or, basons 19And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard away.52.19 firepans: or, censers 20The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.52.20 the brass: Heb. their brass 21And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.52.21 fillet: Heb. thread 22And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one chapiter was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all of brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like unto these. 23And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about.
24¶ And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:52.24 door: Heb. threshold 25He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king’s person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.52.25 were near…: Heb. saw the face of the king52.25 principal…: or, scribe of the captain of the host 26So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. 27And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land. 28This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty: 29In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons:52.29 persons: Heb. souls 30In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.
31¶ And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison, 32And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,52.32 kindly…: Heb. good things with him 33And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life. 34And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.52.34 every…: Heb. the matter of the day in his day
