9. Then they captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he passed sentence on him.
10. The king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also slaughtered all the princes of Judah in Riblah.
11. Then he blinded the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him with bronze fetters and brought him to Babylon and put him in prison until the day of his death.
12. Now on the tenth day of the fifth month, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard, who was in the service of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.
13. He burned the house of the Lord, the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every large house he burned with fire.
14. So all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard broke down all the walls around Jerusalem.
15. Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away into exile some of the poorest of the people, the rest of the people who were left in the city, the deserters who had deserted to the king of Babylon and the rest of the artisans.
16. But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.
17. Now the bronze pillars which belonged to the house of the Lord and the stands and the bronze sea, which were in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke in pieces and carried all their bronze to Babylon.
18. They also took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the basins, the pans and all the bronze vessels which were used in temple service.
19. The captain of the guard also took away the bowls, the firepans, the basins, the pots, the lampstands, the pans and the drink offering bowls, what was fine gold and what was fine silver.
20. The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve bronze bulls that were under the sea, and the stands, which King Solomon had made for the house of the Lord-the bronze of all these vessels was beyond weight.
21. As for the pillars, the height of each pillar was eighteen cubits, and it was twelve cubits in circumference and four fingers in thickness, and hollow.
22. Now a capital of bronze was on it; and the height of each capital was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the capital all around, all of bronze. And the second pillar was like these, including pomegranates.
23. There were ninety-six exposed pomegranates; all the pomegranates numbered a hundred on the network all around.
24. Then the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest, with the three officers of the temple.
25. He also took from the city one official who was overseer of the men of war, and seven of the king's advisers who were found in the city, and the scribe of the commander of the army who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the midst of the city.
26. Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
27. Then the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was led away into exile from its land.
28. These are the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away into exile: in the seventh year 3,023 Jews;