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^(C1)Now on the tenth day of the fifth month, which was the ^(C2)nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, ^(C3)Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard, who ^(F1)was in the service of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.

And he ^(C1)burned the house of the LORD, the ^(C2)king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every large house he burned with fire.

So the entire army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard ^(C1)tore down all the walls around Jerusalem.

Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard ^(C1)took into exile some of the poorest of the people, the rest of the people who were left in the city, the ^(C2)deserters who had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the craftsmen.

But ^(C1)Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.

Now the bronze ^(C1)pillars which belonged to the house of the LORD and the ^(C2)stands and the bronze ^(F1)(C3)sea, which were in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans smashed to pieces and carried all their bronze to Babylon.

They also took the ^(C1)pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the basins, the ^(F1)pans, and all the bronze vessels which were used in temple service.

The captain of the guard also took the ^(C1)bowls, the firepans, the basins, the pots, the lampstands, the ^(F1)pans, and the drink offering bowls, whatever was fine gold, and whatever was fine silver.

The two pillars, the one ^(F1)sea, and the twelve bronze bulls that were under ^(F1)the sea, and the stands, which King Solomon had made for the house of the LORD—the bronze of all these vessels was ^(C1)beyond weight.

As for the pillars, the ^(C1)height of each pillar was ^(F1)eighteen cubits, and ^(F2)it was twelve cubits in ^(C1)circumference and four fingers in thickness, and hollow.

Also, a ^(C1)capital of bronze was on top of it; and the height of each capital was ^(F1)five cubits, with latticework and ^(C2)pomegranates on the capital all around, all of bronze. And the second pillar was like these, including pomegranates.

There were ninety-six ^(F1)exposed pomegranates; all ^(C1)the pomegranates numbered a hundred on the latticework all around.

Then the captain of the guard took ^(C1)Seraiah the chief priest and ^(C2)Zephaniah the second priest, with the three ^(F1)(C3)officers of the temple.

He also took from the city one official who was overseer of the warriors, seven ^(F1)of the ^(C1)king's advisers who were found in the city, the scribe of the commander of the army who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men from the people of the land who were found inside the city.

Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguards took them and ^(C1)brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

Then the king of Babylon ^(C1)struck them and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was ^(C2)led into exile from its land.

These are the people whom ^(C1)Nebuchadnezzar took into exile: in the ^(F1)seventh year 3,023 Jews;

in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar 832 persons from Jerusalem;

in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar, ^(C1)Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took into exile 745 Jewish people; there were 4,600 people in all.