A Recapitulation of the taking of Jerusalem after two years' siege. 7. king Sedecias taken in flight, 10. his children slain before his eyes, with other nobles, 11. his eyes put out, and so led into Babylon, 12. the Temple, the Palace, and other houses burnt, the people carried into captivity (15. few excepted to till the land) 17. the two brazen pillars, laver, and all the treasure taken away. 24. All the captives at divers times four thousand six hundred. 31. Finally king Joachin is exalted in the court.A Recapitulation of the taking of Ierusalem after two yeares siege. 7. king Sedecias taken in flight, 10. his children slaine before his eyes, with other nobles, 11. his eyes put out, and so lead into Babylon, 12. the Temple, the Palace, and other houses burnt, the people caried into captiuitie (15. few excepted to til the land) 17. the two brasen pillars, lauatorie, and al the treasure taken away. 24. Al the captiues at diuers times foure thousand six hundred. 31. Finally king Ioachin is exalted in the court.✦
A Child of one and twenty years was Sedecias when he began to reign: and eleven years he reigned in Jerusalem: and the name of his mother was Amital, the daughter of Jeremie of Lobna.A Child of one and twentie yeares was Sedecias when he began to reigne: and eleuen yeares he reigned in Ierusalem: and the name of his mother was Amital, the daughter of Ieremie of Lobna.✦Filius viginti et unius anni erat Sedecias cum regnare cœpisset, et undecim annis regnavit in Jerusalem. Et nomen matris ejus Amital filia Jeremiæ de Lobna.
2And he did evil in the eyes of our Lord, according to all things that Joakim had done.And he did euil in the eyes of our Lord, according to al thinges that Ioakim had done.Et fecit malum in oculis Domini, juxta omnia quæ fecerat Joakim,
3Because the fury of our Lord was against Jerusalem, and against Juda, till he cast them away from his face: and Sedecias revolted from the king of Babylon.Because the furie of our Lord was against Ierusalem, and against Iuda, til he cast them away from his face: and Sedecias reuolted from the king of Babylon.quoniam furor Domini erat in Jerusalem et in Juda, usquequo projiceret eos a facie sua : et recessit Sedecias a rege Babylonis.
4And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, the tenth of the month, came Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon, himself and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it, and built against it munitiones: ammunition, military stores; siege-works, ramparts round about.And it came to passe in the ninth yeare of his reigne, in the tenth moneth, the tenth of the moneth, came Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon, him self and al his armie against Ierusalem, and they besieged it, and built against it munitions round about.Factum est autem in anno nono regni ejus, in mense decimo, decima mensis, venit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis, ipse et omnis exercitus ejus, adversus Jerusalem : et obsederunt eam, et ædificaverunt contra eam munitiones in circuitu.
5And the city was besieged until the eleventh year of king Sedecias.And the citie was besieged vntil the eleuenth yeare of king Sedecias.Et fuit civitas obsessa usque ad undecimum annum regis Sedeciæ.
6And in the fourth month, the ninth of the month, a famine possessed the city: and there were no victuals for the people of the land.And in the fourth moneth, the ninth of the moneth, a famine possessed the citie: and there were no victuals for the people of the land.Mense autem quarto, nona mensis, obtinuit fames civitatem, et non erant alimenta populo terræ.
7And a breach was made into the city, and all the men of war fled, and went out of the city in the night by the way of the gate that is between the two walls, & leadeth to the king's garden (the Chaldees besieging the city round about) and they departed by the way, that leadeth into the wilderness.And a breache was made into the citie, and al the men of warre fled, and went out of the citie in the night by the way of the gate that is betwen the two walles, & leadeth to the kinges garden (the Chaldees besieging the citie round about) and they departed by the way, that leadeth into the wildernes.Et dirupta est civitas, et omnes viri bellatores ejus fugerunt, exieruntque de civitate nocte, per viam portæ quæ est inter duos muros, et ducit ad hortum regis, Chaldæis obsidentibus urbem in gyro, et abierunt per viam quæ ducit in eremum.
8But the army of the Chaldees pursued the king: and they apprehended Sedecias in the desert, which is beside Jericho: and all his comitatus: retinue, escorting company fled scattering from him.But the armie of the Chaldees pursued the king: and they apprehended Sedecias in the desert, which is beside Iericho: and al his trayne fled scattering from him.Persecutus est autem Chaldæorum exercitus regem, et apprehenderunt Sedeciam in deserto quod est juxta Jericho : et omnis comitatus ejus diffugit ab eo.
9And when they had taken the king, they brought him to the king of Babylon into Reblatha, which is in the land of Emath: and he spake to him iudicia: a judicial sentence, doom pronounced.And when they had taken the king, they brought him to the king of Babylon into Reblatha, which is in the land of Emath: and he spake to him iudgements.Cumque comprehendissent regem, adduxerunt eum ad regem Babylonis in Reblatha, quæ est in terra Emath, et locutus est ad eum judicia.
10And the king of Babylon killed the sons of Sedecias before his eyes: yea and all the princes of Juda he slew in Reblatha.And the king of Babylon killed the sonnes of Sedecias before his eies: yea and al the princes of Iuda he slew in Reblatha.Et jugulavit rex Babylonis filios Sedeciæ in oculis ejus, sed et omnes principes Juda occidit in Reblatha.
11And he plucked out the eyes of Sedecias, and bound him with fetters, and the king of Babylon brought him into Babylon: and he put him in the prison house even to the day of his death.And he plucked out the eies of Sedecias, and bound him with fetters, and the king of Babylon brought him into Babylon: and he put him in the prison house euen to the day of his death.Et oculos Sedeciæ eruit, et vinxit eum compedibus, et adduxit eum rex Babylonis in Babylonem, et posuit eum in domo carceris usque ad diem mortis ejus.
12And in the fifth month, the tenth of the month, the same is the nineteenth year of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon: came Nabuzardan the prince of the warfare, who stood before the king of Babylon in Jerusalem.And in the fifth moneth, the tenth of the moneth, the same is the nineteenth yeare of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon: came Nabuzardan the prince of the warfare, who stood before the king of Babylon in Ierusalem.✦In mense autem quinto, decima mensis, ipse est annus nonusdecimus Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis, venit Nabuzardan princeps militiæ, qui stabat coram rege Babylonis, in Jerusalem,
13And he burnt the house of our Lord, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great house he burnt with fire.And he burnt the house of our Lord, and the kings house, and al the houses of Ierusalem, and euerie great house he burnt with fire.et incendit domum Domini, et domum regis, et omnes domos Jerusalem : et omnem domum magnam igni combussit :
14And all the host of the Chaldees that was with the prince of the warfare, destroyed all the wall of Jerusalem round about.And al the host of the Chaldees that was with the prince of the warfare, destroyed al the wall of Ierusalem round about.et totum murum Jerusalem per circuitum destruxit cunctus exercitus Chaldæorum qui erat cum magistro militiæ.
15But of the poor of the people, and of the rest of the vulgo: coarse, crude; the common people sort, which remained in the city, and of the fugitives, that were fled to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude: Nabuzardan the prince of the warfare transtulit: deported, carried into exile.But of the poore of the people, and of the rest of the vulgar sorte, which remayned in the citie, and of the fugitiues, that were fled to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude: Nabuzardan the prince of the warfare transported.De pauperibus autem populi, et de reliquo vulgo quod remanserat in civitate, et de perfugis qui transfugerant ad regem Babylonis, et ceteros de multitudine transtulit Nabuzardan princeps militiæ.
16But of the poor of the land Nabuzardan the prince of the warfare left some to be dressers of vineyards, and husbandmen.But of the poore of the land Nabuzardan the prince of the warfare left some to be dressers of vineyards, and husbandmen.De pauperibus vero terræ reliquit Nabuzardan princeps militiæ vinitores et agricolas.
17The brazen pillars also, that were in the house of our Lord, and the feet, and the sea of brass, that was in the house of our Lord, the Chaldees brake: and they took all the brass of them into Babylon.The brasen pillers also, that were in the house of our Lord, and the feete, and the sea of brasse, that was in the house of our Lord, the Chaldees brake: and they tooke al the brasse of them into Babylon.Columnas quoque æreas quæ erant in domo Domini, et bases, et mare æneum quod erat in domo Domini, confregerunt Chaldæi, et tulerunt omne æs eorum in Babylonem,
18And the kettles, and the fleshhooks, and the psalteries, and the phials, and the little mortars, and all the brazen vessels, that had been in the ministry, they took:And the kettles, and the fleshhookes, and the psalteries, and the phials, and the litle mortars, and al the brasen vessels, that had bene in the ministrie, they tooke:et lebetes, et creagras, et psalteria, et phialas, et mortariola, et omnia vasa ærea quæ in ministerio fuerant, tulerunt :
19and the water pots, and the censers, and the pitchers, and the basins, and the candlesticks, and the mortars, & the goblets: as many as of gold, of gold: and as many as of silver, of silver, did the prince of the warfare take:and the water pottes, and the censars, and the pitchers, and the basins, and the candlestickes, and the mortars, & the gobblets: as manie as of gold, of gold: and as manie as of siluer, of siluer, did the prince of the warfare take:et hydrias, et thymiamateria, et urceos, et pelves, et candelabra, et mortaria, et cyathos, quotquot aurea, aurea, et quotquot argentea, argentea, tulit magister militiæ :
20and two pillars, and one sea, & twelve oxen of brass, that were under the feet, which king Salomon had made in the house of our Lord: there was no weight of the brass of all these vessels.and two pillars, and one sea, & twelue oxen of brasse, that were vnder the feete, which king Salomon had made in the house of our Lord: there was no weight of the brasse of al these vessels.et columnas duas, et mare unum, et vitulos duodecim æreos qui erant sub basibus quas fecerat rex Salomon in domo Domini. Non erat pondus æris omnium horum vasorum.
21And concerning the pillars, there were eighteen cubits of height in one pillar: and a cord of twelve cubits did compass it about: moreover the thickness thereof, of four fingers, and within it was hollow.And concerning the pillars, there were eightene cubits of height in one pillar: and a corde of twelue cubits did compasse it about: moreouer the thicknes thereof, of foure fingers, and within it was holow.✦De columnis autem decem et octo cubiti altitudinis erant in columna una, et funiculus duodecim cubitorum circuibat eam : porro grossitudo ejus quatuor digitorum, et intrinsecus cava erat.
22And the little heads of brass upon both: the height of one little head, of five cubits: and the little nets, and the pomegranates upon the crown round about, all of brass. Likewise of the second pillar, and the pomegranates.And the litle heads of brasse vpon both: the height of one litle head, of fiue cubits: and the litle nettes, and the pomegranates vpon the crowne round about, al of brasse. Likewise of the second piller, and the pomegranates.Et capitella super utramque ærea : altitudo capitelli unius quinque cubitorum, et retiacula et malogranata super coronam in circuitu, omnia ærea : similiter columnæ secundæ, et malogranata.
23And there were ninety six pomegranates hanging down: and all the pomegranates an hundred, were compassed with little nets.And there were nintie six pomegranates hanging downe: and al the pomegranates an hundred, were compassed with litle nettes.Et fuerunt malogranata nonaginta sex dependentia : et omnia malogranata centum, retiaculis circumdabantur.
24And the master of the warfare took Saraias the chief priest, and Sophonias the second priest: and the three keepers of the entry.And the master of the warfare tooke Saraias the chiefe priest, and Sophonias the second priest: and the three kepers of the entrie.Et tulit magister militiæ Saraiam sacerdotem primum, et Sophoniam sacerdotem secundum, et tres custodes vestibuli :
25And of the city he took one eunuch, that was chief over the men of war: and seven men of them, that saw the king's face, that were found in the city: and a scribe the captain of the soldiers, who tried the young soldiers: and three score of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.And of the citie he tooke one eunuch, that was chiefe ouer the men of warre: and seuen men of them, that saw the kings face, that were found in the citie: and a scribe the captayne of the souldiars, who tryed the yong souldiars: and three score of the people of the land, that were found in the middes of the citie.et de civitate tulit eunuchum unum, qui erat præpositus super viros bellatores : et septem viros de his qui videbant faciem regis, qui inventi sunt in civitate : et scribam principem militum, qui probabat tyrones : et sexaginta viros de populo terræ, qui inventi sunt in medio civitatis.
26And Nabuzardan the prince of the warfare took them, and he brought them to the king of Babylon into Reblatha.And Nabuzardan the prince of the warfare tooke them, and he brought them to the king of Babylon into Reblatha.Tulit autem eos Nabuzardan magister militiæ, et duxit eos ad regem Babylonis in Reblatha :
27And the king of Babylon stroke them: and he killed them in Reblatha in the land of Emath: and Juda was transported from his land.And the king of Babylon stroke them: and he killed them in Reblatha in the land of Emath: and Iuda was transported from his land.et percussit eos rex Babylonis, et interfecit eos in Reblatha in terra Emath : et translatus est Juda de terra sua.
28This is the people, which Nabuchodonosor transported: In the seventh year, Jews three thousand and twenty three.This is the people, which Nabuchodonosor transported: In the seuenth yeare, Iewes three thousand and twentie three.✦Iste est populus quem transtulit Nabuchodonosor : in anno septimo, Judæos tria millia et viginti tres :
29In the eighteenth year of Nabuchodonosor from Jerusalem souls eight hundred thirty two.In the eighteenth yeare of Nabuchodonosor from Ierusalem soules eight hundred thirtie two.in anno octavodecimo Nabuchodonosor, de Jerusalem animas octingentas triginta duas :
30In the three and twentieth year of Nabuchodonosor, Nabuzardan the prince of the warfare transported of the Jews seven hundred forty five souls. all the souls therefore were four thousand six hundred.In the three and twentith yeare of Nabuchodonosor, Nabuzardan the prince of the warfare transported of the Iewes seuen hundred fourtie fiue soules. al the soules therfore were foure thousand six hundred.✦in anno vigesimo tertio Nabuchodonosor, transtulit Nabuzardan magister militiæ animas Judæorum septingentas quadraginta quinque. Omnes ergo animæ, quatuor millia sexcentæ.
31And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the transmigrationis: the passing of a soul into another body; the carrying away into captivity of Joachin the king of Juda, the twelfth month, the five and twentieth of the month, Evilmerodach the king of Babylon lifted up in the very year of his reign, the head of Joachin the king of Juda, and he brought him out of the prison house.And it came to passe in the seuen and thirtith yeare of the transmigration of Ioachin the king of Iuda, the twelfth moneth, the fiue and twentith of the moneth, Euilmerodach the king of Babylon lifted vp in the very yeare of his reigne, the head of Ioachin the king of Iuda, and he brought him out of the prison house.✦Et factum est in trigesimo septimo anno transmigrationis Joachin regis Juda, duodecimo mense, vigesima quinta mensis, elevavit Evilmerodach rex Babylonis, ipso anno regni sui, caput Joachin regis Juda, et eduxit eum de domo carceris.
32And he spake with him good things, and he set his throne above the thrones of the kings, that were after himself in Babylon.And he spake with him good thinges, and he sette his throne aboue the thrones of the kinges, that were after himself in Babylon.✦Et locutus est cum eo bona, et posuit thronum ejus super thronos regum qui erant post se in Babylone.
33And he changed his prison garments, and he did eat bread before him always all the days of his life.And he changed his prison garments, and he did eate bread before him alwaies al the daies of his life.Et mutavit vestimenta carceris ejus, et comedebat panem coram eo semper cunctis diebus vitæ suæ.
34And his allowance of meat, a continual provision of meat was given him by the king of Babylon, every day a certain, even unto the day of his death, all the days of his life.And his allowance of meate, a continual prouision of meate was geuen him by the king of Babylon, euerie day a certaine, euen vnto the day of his death, al the daies of his life.Et cibaria ejus, cibaria perpetua dabantur ei a rege Babylonis, statuta per singulos dies, usque ad diem mortis suæ, cunctis diebus vitæ ejus.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.