2 Kings 24:11–16

¹¹And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it. ¹²And ^qJehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his ^||officers: and the king of Babylon ^rtook him in the eighth year of ^||his reign. ¹³And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and ^sthe treasures of the king’s house, and ^tcut in pieces all the vessels of gold which ^uSolomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, ^xas the Lord had said. ¹⁴And ^yhe carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ^zten thousand captives, and all ^athe craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save ^bthe poorest sort of the people of the land. ¹⁵And ^che carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his ^||officers, ^dand the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. ¹⁶And ^eall the men of might, even ^zseven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. ^*