¹⁰ And all the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, ^(A)broke down the walls round Jerusalem. ^11 (B)And the rest of the people who were left in the city and the deserters who had deserted to the king of Babylon, together with the rest of the multitude, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried into exile. ¹² But the captain of the guard left ^(C)some of the poorest of the land to be vine dressers and ploughmen.

^13 (D)And the pillars ^(E)of bronze that were in the house of the Lord, and ^(F)the stands and ^(G)the bronze sea that were in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke in pieces and carried the bronze to Babylon. ^14 (H)And they took away the pots and the shovels and the snuffers and the dishes for incense and all the vessels of bronze used in the temple service, ¹⁵ the firepans also and the bowls. What was of gold the captain of the guard took away as gold, and what was of silver, as silver. ¹⁶ As for the two pillars, the one sea, and the stands that Solomon had made for the house of the Lord, ^(I)the bronze of all these vessels was beyond weight. ^17 (J)The height of one pillar was eighteen cubits,^[a] and on it was a capital of bronze. The height of the capital was three cubits. A latticework and pomegranates, all of bronze, were all round the capital. And the second pillar had the same, with the latticework.

^18 (K)And the captain of the guard took ^(L)Seraiah the chief priest and ^(M)Zephaniah the second priest and the three keepers of the threshold, ¹⁹ and from the city he took an officer who had been in command of the men of war, and ^(N)five men of the king's council who were found in the city, and the secretary of the commander of the army who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the city. ²⁰ And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at ^(O)Riblah.