2 Kings 25:7 meaning and explanation
And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
2 Kings 25:7, Berean Standard Bible
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Zedekiah, Judah’s last king, had rebelled against Babylon despite the prophet Jeremiah’s counsel to submit. Here the Babylonian king’s judgment at Riblah is carried out: Zedekiah’s sons are killed before him, then his eyes are put out, and he is bound in bronze shackles and taken to Babylon.
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