2Ki 24:2-3, 12-16, Dan 1:1-3 | ESV | STEP | And the Lord sent against him bands of the Chaldeans and bands of the Syrians and bands of the Moabites and bands of the Ammonites , and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord that he spoke by his servants the prophets .

2 Kings 24:2-3

2 And the Lord sent against him bands of the ^aChaldeans and ^bbands of the Syrians and bands of the Moabites and bands of the Ammonites, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, ^caccording to the word of the Lord that he spoke by his servants the prophets. 3 Surely this came upon Judah at the command of the Lord, to remove them out of his sight, ^dfor the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done,

2 Kings 24:12-16

12 ^eand Jehoiachin the king of Judah gave himself up to the king of Babylon, himself and his mother and his servants and his officials and his palace officials. ^fThe king of Babylon took him prisoner ^gin the eighth year of his reign 13 and carried off all the treasures of the house of the Lord ^hand the treasures of the king’s house, ⁱand cut in pieces all the vessels of gold in the temple of the Lord, ^jwhich Solomon king of Israel had made, ^kas the Lord had foretold. 14 ^lHe carried away all Jerusalem and all the officials and all the mighty men of valor, ^m10,000 captives, ⁿand all the craftsmen and the smiths. None remained, ^oexcept the poorest people of the land. 15 ^pAnd he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon. The king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officials, and the chief men of the land he took into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. 16 And the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon all the men of valor, ^q7,000, and the craftsmen and the metal workers, 1,000, all of them strong and fit for war.

Daniel 1:1-3

Daniel Taken to Babylon

1 In the third year of ^rthe reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with some of ^sthe vessels of the house of God. And he brought them to ^tthe land of Shinar, to the house of his god, ^uand placed the vessels in the treasury of his god. 3 Then the king commanded Ashpenaz, ^vhis chief eunuch, to bring some of the people of Israel, both of the royal family ^{▼▼Hebrew of the seed of the kingdom} and of ^xthe nobility,