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Zedekiah’s sons were executed while Zedekiah was forced to watch.[a] The king of Babylon[b] then had Zedekiah’s eyes put out, bound him in bronze chains, and carried him off to Babylon.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 25:7 tn Heb “were killed before his eyes.”
  2. 2 Kings 25:7 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king of Babylon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

They killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon.(A)

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