10 At that time the officers of Nebuchadnezzarq king of Babylon advanced on Jerusalem and laid siege to it, 11 and Nebuchadnezzar himself came up to the city while his officers were besieging it. 12 Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his attendants, his nobles and his officials all surrenderedr to him.

In the eighth year of the reign of the king of Babylon, he took Jehoiachin prisoner. 13 As the Lord had declared,s Nebuchadnezzar removed the treasurest from the temple of the Lord and from the royal palace, and cut up the gold articlesu that Solomonv king of Israel had made for the temple of the Lord. 14 He carried all Jerusalem into exile:w all the officers and fighting men,x and all the skilled workers and artisans—a total of ten thousand. Only the pooresty people of the land were left.

15 Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachinz captive to Babylon. He also took from Jerusalem to Babylon the king’s mother,a his wives, his officials and the prominent peopleb of the land. 16 The king of Babylon also deported to Babylon the entire force of seven thousand fighting men, strong and fit for war, and a thousand skilled workers and artisans.c