86 of honour near the gates, while the soldiers pur sued after the Jews, who fled in all directions. Zedekiah also left the city and attempted to escape, but was taken prisoner, and arried back to Nebu chadnezzar. The king of Babylon first ordered the sons of Zedekiah to be slain in his presence; he then cruelly caused his eyes to be put out, that the dying agonies of his own children might be the last thing he should look upon in this world. Zedekiah was afterwards sent to Babylon, where he remained in prison till he died. All this had been predicted by Ezekiel, to whom God had said respecting king Zedekiah, “My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare; and I will bring him to Babylon, to the land of the Chal deans ; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.” About 烈 month. after this, Nebuchadnezzar Sent Nebuzaradan, one of his generals, to complete the
