2 Kings 25:6-20

6So they captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and passed sentence on him.

7They slaughtered Zedekiah’s sons before his eyes, then put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him in bronze chains and took him to Babylon.

8Now on the seventh day of the fifth month—which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon—Nebuzaradan, the captain of the imperial guard, officer of the Babylonian king, came to Jerusalem.

9He burned down the House of Adonai, the royal palace and all the houses of Jerusalem—every notable building he burned with fire.

10Then the whole Chaldean army that was with the captain of the guard demolished the walls of Jerusalem on every side.

11Then the remnant of the people who were left in the city—the deserters who had defected to the Babylonian king and the rest of the populace—Nebuzaradan captain of the guard exiled them.

12But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and field hands.

13Now the Chaldeans broke into pieces the bronze pillars that were in the House of Adonai, the stands and the bronze sea that were in the House of Adonai, and carried their bronze away to Babylon.

14They also took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the pans and all the bronze vessels that were used in Temple service.

15The captain of the guard took away the fire pans and the basins—whatever was gold or silver.

16The two pillars, the one sea, and the stands which Solomon had made for the House of Adonai—the bronze of all these vessels was beyond weight.

17The height of each pillar was eighteen cubits, with a bronze capital on top. The height of the capital was three cubits, with a netting of copper pomegranates encircling the capital. The same was true of the second pillar with its netting.

18Then the captain of the guard took away Seraiah the chief kohen, Zephaniah the deputy kohen, and the three doorkeepers.

19From the city he took an official who had been overseeing the soldiers and five of the royal advisers who were found in the city, and the scribe of the army captain who mustered the people of the land, and 60 men of the common people that were found in the city.

20Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.