Jeremiah 52:21-34
English Standard Version
Chapter 52
21As for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, its circumference was twelve cubits, and its thickness was four fingers, and it was hollow. 22On it was a capital of bronze. The height of the one capital was five cubits. A network and pomegranates, all of bronze, were around the capital. And the second pillar had the same, with pomegranates. 23There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates were a hundred upon the network all around.
24And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest and the three keepers of the threshold;
25and from the city he took an officer who had been in command of the men of war, and seven 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 midst of the city.
26And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
27And the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was taken into exile out of its land.
28This is the number of the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year, 3,023 Judeans;
29in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem 832 persons;
30in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Judeans 745 persons; all the persons were 4,600.
31And in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, graciously freed Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of prison.
32And he spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat above the seats of the kings who were with him in Babylon.
33So Jehoiachin put off his prison garments. And every day of his life he dined regularly at the king 's table,
34and for his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king, according to his daily needs, until the day of his death, as long as he lived.
