582 B
582 B
To punish
Nebuchadnezzar punished the king of Judah by telling his soldiers to do these things.
in front of him
This may be translated as: “where he could see,” or “so that he could see it,” or “before his eyes.”
made him blind
This may also be translated as: “destroyed his eyes.”
After that, they took the king away
The connecting words After that introduce a sequential clause. They killed the king’s sons and blinded him in Judah, and then took him to a prison in Babylon. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/grammar-connect-time-sequential)