10. At that time, the officers of Babylon’s King Nebuchadnezzar attacked Jerusalem and laid siege to the city.
11. Babylon’s King Nebuchadnezzar himself arrived at the city while his officers were blockading it.
12. Judah’s King Jehoiachin, along with his mother, his servants, his officers, and his officials, came out to surrender to the Babylonian king. The Babylonian king took Jehoiachin prisoner in the eighth year of Jehoiachin’s rule.
13. Nebuchadnezzar also took away all the treasures of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace. He cut into pieces all the gold objects that Israel’s King Solomon had made for the Lord’s temple, which is exactly what the Lord said would happen.