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 surrendered^(A) to him.

In the eighth year of the reign of the king of Babylon, he took Jehoiachin prisoner. ¹³ As the Lord had declared,^(B) Nebuchadnezzar removed the treasures^(C) from the temple of the Lord and from the royal palace, and cut up the gold articles^(D) that Solomon^(E) king of Israel had made for the temple of the Lord. ¹⁴ He carried all Jerusalem into exile:^(F) all the officers and fighting men,^(G) and all the skilled workers and artisans—a total of ten thousand. Only the poorest^(H) people of the land were left.

¹⁵ Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachin^(I) captive to Babylon. He also took from Jerusalem to Babylon the king’s mother,^(J) his wives, his officials and the prominent people^(K) 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.^(L)

² On the fifth of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin^(A)—

³ Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: A great eagle^(A) with powerful wings, long feathers and full plumage of varied colors came to Lebanon.^(B) Taking hold of the top of a cedar,