5. But the Babylonian army chased after the king. They caught up with him in the plains of Jericho, and his entire army deserted him.
6. They captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where he passed sentence on him.
7. Zedekiah’s sons were executed while Zedekiah was forced to watch. The king of Babylon then had Zedekiah’s eyes put out, bound him in bronze chains, and carried him off to Babylon.
8. On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard who served the king of Babylon, arrived in Jerusalem.
9. He burned down the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house.
10. The whole Babylonian army that came with the captain of the royal guard tore down the walls that surrounded Jerusalem.