The Destruction of the Temple^(A)

⁸ On the seventh day of the fifth month of the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia, Nebuzaradan, adviser to the king and commander of his army, entered Jerusalem. ^9 (B)He burned down the Temple, the palace, and the houses of all the important people in Jerusalem, ¹⁰ and his soldiers tore down the city walls. ¹¹ Then Nebuzaradan took away to Babylonia the people who were left in the city, the remaining skilled workers,^[a] and those who had deserted to the Babylonians. ¹² But he left in Judah some of the poorest people, who owned no property, and put them to work in the vineyards and fields.

^17 (A)So the Lord brought the king of Babylonia to attack them. The king killed the young men of Judah even in the Temple. He had no mercy on anyone, young or old, man or woman, sick or healthy. God handed them all over to him. ¹⁸ The king of Babylonia looted the Temple, the Temple treasury, and the wealth of the king and his officials, and took everything back to Babylon. ^19 (B)He burned down the Temple and the city, with all its palaces and its wealth, and broke down the city wall. ²⁰ He took all the survivors to Babylonia, where they served him and his descendants as slaves until the rise of the Persian Empire.

The Destruction of the Temple^(A)

¹² On the tenth day of the fifth month of the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia, Nebuzaradan, adviser to the king and commander of his army, entered Jerusalem. ^13 (B)He burned down the Temple, the palace, and the houses of all the important people in Jerusalem; ¹⁴ and his soldiers tore down the city walls. ¹⁵ Then Nebuzaradan took away to Babylonia^[a] the people who were left in the city, the remaining skilled workers, and those who had deserted to the Babylonians.