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But the army of the ^(C1)Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the ^(C2)plains of Jericho; and they took him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at ^(C3)Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he ^(F1)passed sentence on him.

Then the ^(C1)king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah ^(C2)before his eyes at Riblah; the king of Babylon also slaughtered all the ^(C3)nobles of Judah.

He then ^(C1)blinded Zedekiah's eyes and bound him in ^(C2)shackles of bronze to bring him to ^(C3)Babylon.

The Chaldeans also ^(C1)burned the king's palace and the houses of the people with fire, and they ^(C2)tore down the walls of Jerusalem.

And as for the rest of the people who were left in the city, the ^(C1)deserters who had deserted to him and ^(C2)the rest of the people who remained, ^(C3)Nebuzaradan the ^(C4)captain of the bodyguard took them into exile in Babylon.