¹⁸ Then the captain of the bodyguards took ^(A)Seraiah the chief priest and ^(B)Zephaniah the second priest, with the three ^[a]doorkeepers. ¹⁹ And from the city he took one official who was overseer of the men of war, and ^(C)five ^[b]of the king’s advisers who were found in the city; and the ^[c]scribe of the captain 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 Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguards took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at ^(D)Riblah. ²¹ Then the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. ^(E)So Judah went into exile from its land.

³ because Zedekiah king of Judah had ^(A)imprisoned him, saying, “Why do you ^(B)prophesy, saying, ‘^(C)This is what the Lord says: “Behold, I am going to ^(D)hand this city over to the king of Babylon, and he will take it; ⁴ and Zedekiah king of Judah will ^(E)not escape from the hand of the Chaldeans, but he will certainly be handed over to the king of Babylon, and he will ^(F)speak with him ^[a]face to face and see him eye to eye.

⁶ Then the ^(A)king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah ^(B)before his eyes at Riblah; the king of Babylon also slaughtered all the ^(C)nobles of Judah.

¹⁰ And the king of Babylon ^(A)slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also slaughtered all the commanders of Judah in Riblah.

²⁴ Then the captain of the guard took ^(A)Seraiah the chief priest and ^(B)Zephaniah the second priest, with the three ^[a](C)officers of the temple. ²⁵ He also took from the city one official who was overseer of the warriors, seven ^[b]of the ^(D)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. ²⁶ Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguards took them and ^(E)brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. ²⁷ Then the king of Babylon ^(F)struck them and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was ^(G)led into exile from its land.