Jeremiah 39:3-13

3Then all the 1officials of the king of Babylon came in and sat down at the 2Middle Gate: Nergal-sar-ezer, Samgar-nebu, Sar-sekim the 3Rab-saris, Nergal-sar-ezer the 4Rab-mag, and all the rest of the officials of the king of Babylon. 4And when Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, they 5fled and left the city at night by way of the king’s garden through the gate 6between the two walls; and he went out toward the 7Arabah. 5But the army of the 8Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the 9plains of Jericho; and they took him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at 10Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he 11passed sentence on him. 6Then the 12king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah 13before his eyes at Riblah; the king of Babylon also slaughtered all the 14nobles of Judah. 7He then 15blinded Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him in 16shackles of bronze to bring him to 17Babylon. 8The Chaldeans also 18burned the king’s palace and the houses of the people with fire, and they 19tore down the walls of Jerusalem. 9And as for the rest of the people who were left in the city, the 20deserters who had deserted to him and 21the rest of the people who remained, 22Nebuzaradan the 23captain of the bodyguard took them into exile in Babylon. 10But some of the 24poorest people, who had nothing, 25Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard left behind in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields 26at that time.

11Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon gave orders regarding 27Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard, saying, 12“Take him and 28look after him, and 29do not do anything harmful to him, but rather deal with him just as he tells you.” 13So Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard sent word, along with Nebushazban the 30Rab-saris, Nergal-sar-ezer the 31Rab-mag, and all the leading officers of the king of Babylon;