June 14, 2013 – 2 Kings 25

We see that when the walls are finally breached, the king and the army flee the city and, I am  assuming, leave the people to fend for themselves.  Then the city is brought to the ground, walls and all.  I guess they had tried to put someone in the city the first time, but they revolted, so this time they would just destroy the city.

Then we see the king, after his imprisonment, sits at the kings table with the king of Babylon.  He is a king without a kingdom because Israel and Judah are destroyed.  We don’t see anything about the king of Israel being given the same type of treatment.  Thus, we have finished with the History from Adam to the exile.  We start Chronicles next, but, if I am remembering correctly, it repeats the time from Saul to the exile with new information.