2Kings:25:8-21
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In the fifth month ,
on the seventh day of the month--which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnez '
zar ,
king of Babylon--Nebu '
zarad '
an ,
the captain of the bodyguard ,
a servant of the king of Babylon ,
came to Jerusalem .
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And he burned the house of the LORD ,
and the king '
s house and all the houses of Jerusalem ;
every great house he burned down .
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And all the army of the Chalde '
ans ,
who were with the captain of the guard ,
broke down the walls around Jerusalem .
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And the rest of the people who were left in the city and the deserters who had deserted to the king of Babylon ,
together with the rest of the multitude ,
Nebu '
zarad '
an the captain of the guard carried into exile .
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But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen .
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And the pillars of bronze that were in the house of the LORD ,
and the stands and the bronze sea that were in the house of the LORD ,
the Chalde '
ans broke in pieces ,
and carried the bronze to Babylon .
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And they took away the pots ,
and the shovels ,
and the snuffers ,
and the dishes for incense and all the vessels of bronze used in the temple service ,
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the firepans also ,
and the bowls .
What was of gold the captain of the guard took away as gold ,
and what was of silver ,
as silver .
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As for the two pillars ,
the one sea ,
and the stands ,
which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD ,
the bronze of all these vessels was beyond weight .
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The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits ,
and upon it was a capital of bronze ;
the height of the capital was three cubits ;
a network and pomegranates ,
all of bronze ,
were upon the capital round about .
And the second pillar had the like ,
with the network .
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And the captain of the guard took Serai '
ah the chief priest ,
and Zephani '
ah the second priest ,
and the three keepers of the threshold ;
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and from the city he took an officer who had been in command of the men of war ,
and five men of the king '
s council who were found in the city ;
and the secretary of the commander 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 .
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And Nebu '
zarad '
an the captain of the guard took them ,
and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah .
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And the king of Babylon smote them ,
and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath .
So Judah was taken into exile out of its land .
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