And I said to the king, Let the king live forever. Why should not my face be sad when the place of my fathers’ tombs, the city, lies waste and its gates are consumed with fire?
And in the fifth month, on the seventh of the month (it was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon) Nebuzaradan, the chief of the executioners, the servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.
He was a son of thirty two years when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem; and he left without being desired, and they buried him in the city of David, but not in the graves of the kings.
And Ahaz lay with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem, but did not bring him to the graves of the kings of Israel. And his son Hezekiah reigned in his place.
And Hezekiah lay with his fathers, and they buried him in the uppermost of the graves of the sons of David; and all Judah and the ones living in Jerusalem honored him at his death. And his son Manasseh reigned in his place.
And they burned the house of God, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem; and they burned all its fortresses with fire, and destroyed all its articles of desire.
And they said to me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great evil and shame. The wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.
And I went out by night by the Valley Gate, even before the Jackal Fountain, and to the Dung Gate. And I examined the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down, and its gates which were consumed with fire.
And in the fifth month, in the tenth of the month, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the chief of the executioners, who stood before the king of Babylon, came into Jerusalem.
Her gates have sunk in the earth, He made perish and shattered her bars. Her kings and her rulers are among the nations. The Law is not. Also her prophets have not found a vision from Jehovah.
The queen came in to the banquet house because of the words of the king and his nobles. The queen answered and said, O king, live forever, do not let your thoughts terrify you, and do not let your face be changed.