¹³“ ‘Then Nebuchadnezzar made a peace treaty with Zedekiah. He was a member of Jerusalem’s royal family. Nebuchadnezzar made him take an oath and promise he would keep the treaty. He also took the leading men of the land away as prisoners.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And he took one of the royal offspring and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath (the chief men of the land he had taken away),

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then he took a member of the royal family and made a treaty with him, putting him under oath. He also carried away the leading men of the land,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He took one of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. Then he took away the leading men of the land,

NLTNew Living Translation

He made a treaty with a member of the royal family and forced him to take an oath of loyalty. He also exiled Israel’s most influential leaders,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he took from the seed of the kingship, and he made with him a covenant, and he brought him under oath, and he took the rulers of the land,

KJV 1900King James Version

And hath taken of the king’s seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:

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