2Ki 25:18-21, 2Ch 36:17, Isa 9:14-16, Lam 5:12 | ESV | STEP | And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest and the three keepers of the threshold ;

f[See ver. 20 above]

g[ch. 23:27; Lev. 26:33; Deut. 28:64]

hFor ver. 17-20, see 2 Kgs. 25:1-7; [Deut. 28:49; Ezra 9:7]

i ch. 19:15; Deut. 28:13

j ch. 3:2, 3

k[ch. 28:7; Mic. 3:5]

lSee 2 Kgs. 25:19-21

m ch. 4:16

2 Kings 25:18-21

18 ^aAnd the captain of the guard took ^bSeraiah the chief priest and ^cZephaniah the second priest and the three keepers of the threshold; 19 and from the city he took an officer who had been in command of the men of war, and ^dfive men of the king’s council who were found in the city; and the secretary of the commander of the army, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the city. 20 And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at ^eRiblah. 21 And the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at ^fRiblah in the land of Hamath. ^gSo Judah was taken into exile out of its land.

2 Chronicles 36:17

Jerusalem Captured and Burned

17 ^hTherefore he brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or aged. He gave them all into his hand.

Isaiah 9:14-16

14 So the Lord cut off from Israel ⁱhead and tail,
palm branch and reed in one day—
15 ^jthe elder and honored man is the head,
and ^kthe prophet who teaches lies is the tail;
16 for those who guide this people have been leading them astray,
and those who are guided by them are swallowed up.

Lamentations 5:12

12 ^lPrinces are hung up by their hands;
^mno respect is shown to the elders.