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Zedekiah's sons were slaughtered right before his eyes. Then he was blinded, put in bronze chains, and taken off to Babylon.
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On the seventh day of the fifth month in the nineteenth year of Babylon's King Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan arrived at Jerusalem. He was the commander of the guard and an official of the Babylonian king.
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He burned down the LORD's temple, the royal palace, and all of Jerusalem's houses. He burned down every important building.
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The whole Chaldean army under the commander of the guard tore down the walls surrounding Jerusalem.
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Then Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard exiled the people who were left in the city, those who had already surrendered to Babylon's king, and the rest of the population.