INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 25 In this chapter is an account of the siege, taking, and burning of the city of Jerusalem, and of the carrying captive the king and the inhabitants to Babylon, Kg2 25:1, as also of the pillars and vessels of the temple brought thither, Kg2 25:13 and of the putting to death several of the principal persons of the land, Kg2 25:18, and of the miserable condition of the rest under Gedaliah, whom Ishmael slew, Kg2 25:23, and the chapter, and so the history, is concluded with the kindness Jehoiachin met with from the king of Babylon, after thirty seven years' captivity, Kg2 25:27.