Catholic Public Domain Version
"And Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, went to the city, with his servants, so that he might fight against it. "
— 2 Kings 24:11, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.”
“And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came unto the city, while his servants were besieging it; ”
“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city, while his servants were besieging it;”
“King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to the city while his generals were besieging it.”
“And Nabuchodonosor, king of Babylon, came to the city, with his servants, to assault it.”
“And Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came there, while his servants were shutting in the town;”
“And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.”
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan, from Jerusalem.
And he did evil before the Lord, in accord with all that his father had done.
At that time, the servants of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, ascended against Jerusalem. And the city was encircled with fortifications.
And Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, went to the city, with his servants, so that he might fight against it.
And Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his leaders, and his eunuchs. And the king of Babylon received him, in the eighth year of his reign.
And he took from there all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the house of the king. And he cut up all the gold vessels which Solomon, the king of Israel, had made for the temple of the Lord, in accord with the word of the Lord.
And he carried away all of Jerusalem, and all the leaders, and all the strong men of the army, ten thousand, into captivity, with every artisan and craftsman. And no one was left behind, except the poor among the people of the land.