2 Kings 24:10–15

Jerusalem Captured

¹⁰At that time the servants of ^yNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. ¹¹And ^yNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it, ^12zand Jehoiachin the king of Judah gave himself up to the king of Babylon, himself and his mother and his servants and his officials and his palace officials. ^aThe king of Babylon took him prisoner ^bin the eighth year of his reign ¹³and carried off all the treasures of the house of the Lord ^cand the treasures of the king’s house, ^dand cut in pieces all the vessels of gold in the temple of the Lord, ^ewhich Solomon king of Israel had made, ^fas the Lord had foretold. ^14gHe carried away all Jerusalem and all the officials and all the mighty men of valor, ^h10,000 captives, ⁱand all the craftsmen and the smiths. None remained, ^jexcept the poorest people of the land. ^15kAnd he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon. The king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officials, and the chief men of the land he took into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.