^{12 Ref} Now in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, in the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, a servant of the king of Babylon, came into Jerusalem.

^{13 Ref} And he had the house of the Lord and the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burned with fire:

^{14 Ref} And the walls round Jerusalem were broken down by the Chaldaean army which was with the captain.

^{15 Ref} Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, took away as prisoners the rest of the people who were still in the town, and those who had given themselves up to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the workmen.

^{16 Ref} But Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, let the poorest of the land go on living there, to take care of the vines and the fields.