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.

Gedaliah Made Governor

²² Now as for the people who were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, he appointed ^(F)Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan over them.

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.

⁹ “And I will bring you out of the midst of ^[a]the city, and hand you over to ^(A)strangers, and ^(B)execute judgments against you.