KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what 2 Kings 25:7 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And they slew” | שָֽׁחֲט֖וּ | To slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre) | slew |
| “the sons” | בְּנֵי֙ | A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) | sons |
| “of Zedekiah” | צִדְקִיָּ֔הוּ | Tsidkijah, the name of six Israelites | Zedekiah |
| “before his eyes,” | לְעֵינָ֑יו | An eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) | before eyes |
| “and put out” | עִוֵּ֔ר | To blind | put out |
| “the eyes” | עֵינֵ֤י | An eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) | eyes |
| “of Zedekiah,” | צִדְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙ | Tsidkijah, the name of six Israelites | Zedekiah |
| “and bound” | וַיַּֽאַסְרֵ֙הוּ֙ | To yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle | bound |
| “him with fetters of brass,” | בַֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִם | Copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e., coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver) | fetters brass |
| “and carried” | וַיְבִאֵ֖הוּ | To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) | carried |
| “him to Babylon.” | בָּבֶֽל׃ | Babel (i.e., Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire | Babylon |
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5 And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.
6 So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
7 And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
8 And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:
9 And he burnt the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire.
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