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Ethan: Welcome To Immerse: The
Daily Bible Reading Experience.

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Day 200 and 42

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zedekiah was 21 years old
when he became King, and he

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reigned in Jerusalem 11 years.

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His mother was, he Mutal the daughter
of Jeremiah from Lyna, but Zetia did

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what was evil in the Lord's sight.

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Just as Jehoiakim had done, these things
happened because of the Lord's anger

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against the people of Jerusalem and Judah.

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Until he finally banished them
from his presence and sent them

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into exile, Zedekiah rebelled
against the king of Babylon.

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So on January 15th, during the
ninth year of Zedekiah's reign,

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king Nebu NR of Babylon led his
entire army against Jerusalem.

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They surrounded the city and built
siege ramps against its walls.

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Jerusalem was kept under siege until
the 11th year of Kings ETA's reign.

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On July 18th, in the 11th year of
Zeta Chi's Rain, the famine in the

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city had become very severe, and the
last of the food was entirely gone.

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Then a section of the
city wall was broken down.

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Since the city was surrounded
by the Babylonians, the soldiers

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waited for nightfall and escaped
through the gate between the two

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walls behind the King's Garden.

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Then they headed toward the Jordan Valley.

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But the Babylonian troops chased the king
and overtook him on the plains of Jericho.

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For his men had all
deserted him and scattered.

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They captured the king and took him
to the king of Babylon at Rla, where

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they pronounced judgment upon Zakiah.

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They made Zeta chia watch as
they slaughtered his sons.

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Then they gouged out Zedekiah's
eyes, bound him in bronze chains,

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and led him away to Babylon.

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On August 14th of that year, which was
the 19th year of King Nebuchadnezzar's

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reign, NEBA Zer Raiden, the captain
of the Guard and an official of the

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Babylonian king, arrived in Jerusalem.

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He burned down the temple of
the Lord, the royal palace, and

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all the houses of Jerusalem.

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He destroyed all the important
buildings in the city.

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Then he supervised the entire
Babylonian army as they tore down

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the walls of Jerusalem on every side.

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Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the
guard, took as exiles the rest of

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the people who remained in the city,
the defectors who had declared their

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allegiance to the king of Babylon
and the rest of the population.

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But the captain of the guard allowed some
of the poorest people to stay behind.

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To care for the vineyards and fields.

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The Babylonians broke up the bronze
pillars in front of the Lord's temple,

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the bronze water carts and the great
bronze basin called the sea, and they

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carried all the bronze away to Babylon.

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They also took all the ash buckets,
shovels, lamp, snuffers, ladles, and

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all the other bronze articles used
for making sacrifices at the temple.

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The captain of the guard also
took the incense, burners, and

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basins, and all the other articles
made of pure gold or silver.

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The weight of the bronze from the
two pillars, the sea and the water

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carts was too great to be measured.

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These things had been made for the
Lord's temple in the days of Solomon.

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Each of the pillars was 27 feet tall.

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The bronze capital on top of each
pillar was seven and a half feet high,

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and was decorated with a network of
bronze pomegranates all the way around.

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Nebuzaradan, the captain of the
guard took with him as prisoners,

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Serayah, the high priest, Zephaniah,
the priest of the second rank

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and the three chief gatekeepers.

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And from among the people still hiding
in the city, he took an officer who

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had been in charge of the Judean army.

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Five of the King's personal advisors,
the Army commander's chief secretary,

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who was in charge of recruitment and
60 other citizens, NEBA Zaden, the

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captain of the guard, took them all to
the king of Babylon at Rla, and there

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at RLA in the land of Hamoth, the king
of Babylon had them all put to death.

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So the people of Judah were
sent into exile from their land.

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Then King Nebu NR appointed Galella,
son of a Hakum, the grandson of Shahan

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as governor over the people he had left
in Judah when all the Army commanders

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and their men learned that the King of
Babylon had appointed Galella as governor.

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They went to see him at mpa.

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These included Ishmael, son of Niah,
Johannan son of Korea, reha son of

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Tan Heith, the Neite Zeniah son of
the Meite, and all their men get Alaya

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vowed to them that the Babylonian
officials meant them no harm.

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Don't be afraid of them.

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Live in the land and serve the king of
Babylon and all will go well for you.

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He promised.

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But in mid-autumn of that year, Ishmael
son of Naiah and grandson of Ishma,

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who was a member of the royal family,
went to MPA with 10 men and killed gal.

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He also killed all the Judeans and
Babylonians who were with him at mpa.

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Then all the people of Judah from the
least to the greatest, as well as the

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army commanders fled in panic to Egypt.

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For, they were afraid of what
the Babylonians would do to them.

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In the 37th year of the exile of King
Jo Joaquin of Judah evil, Medak ascended

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to the Babylonian throne, he was kind to
Jo Joaquin and released him from prison.

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On April 2nd of that year, he
spoke kindly to Jo Joaquin and

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gave him a higher place than all
the other exiled kings in Babylon.

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He supplied Jo Jolla kin with new
clothes to replace his prison garb

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and allowed him to dine in the King's
presence for the rest of his life.

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So the king gave him a regular
food allowance as long as he lived.

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This concludes today's
Immerse Reading experience.

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Thank you for joining us.