LEB(i)
1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.
2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim the king of Judah into his hand and ⌊some of⌋* of the utensils of the temple of God,* and he brought them to the land of Shinar to the temple of his gods, and he brought the utensils to ⌊the treasury⌋* of his gods.
3 And the king ⌊ordered⌋* Ashpenaz, the commander of his court officials, to bring ⌊some of the Israelites⌋* from ⌊the royal family⌋* and from the lords,*