18
The commander of the guards took some prisoners -- Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest next in rank, and the three doorkeepers.
19
Of the people who were still in the city, he took the officer in charge of the fighting men, as well as five people who advised the king. He took the royal secretary who selected people for the army and sixty other men who were in the city.
20
Nebuzaradan, the commander, took all these people and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
21
There at Riblah, in the land of Hamath, the king had them killed. So the people of Judah were led away from their country as captives.
22
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon left some people in the land of Judah. He appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, as governor.