Quotes about Jerusalem
and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.
— 2 Kings 24:4
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan; she was from Jerusalem.
— 2 Kings 24:8
At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege.
— 2 Kings 24:10
He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.
— 2 Kings 24:14
Nebuchadnezzar carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, as well as the king’s mother, his wives, his officials, and the leading men of the land. He took them into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.
— 2 Kings 24:15
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.
— 2 Kings 24:18
For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.
— 2 Kings 24:20
So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
— 2 Kings 25:1
And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.
— 2 Kings 25:2
On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
— 2 Kings 25:8
He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
— 2 Kings 25:9
And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.
— 2 Kings 25:10