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Reading 1  2 Kings 25:1-12 In the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign,on the tenth day of the month,Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and his whole armyadvanced against Jerusalem, encamped around it,and built siege walls on every side.The siege of the city continued until the eleventh year of Zedekiah.On the ninth day of the fourth month,when famine had gripped the city,and the people had no more bread,the city walls were breached.Then the king and all the soldiers left the city by nightthrough the gate between the two wallsthat was near the king’s garden.Since the Chaldeans had the city surrounded,they went in the direction of the Arabah.But the Chaldean army pursued the kingand overtook him in the desert near Jericho,abandoned by his whole army.The king was therefore arrested and brought to Riblahto the king of Babylon, who pronounced sentence on him.He had Zedekiah’s sons slain before his eyes.Then he blinded Zedekiah, bound hi