15. Then Nebuzaradan took away to Babylonia the people who were left in the city, the remaining skilled workmen, and those who had deserted to the Babylonians.
16. But he left in Judah some of the poorest people, who owned no property, and he put them to work in the vineyards and fields.
17. The Babylonians broke in pieces the bronze columns and the carts that were in the Temple, together with the large bronze tank, and they took all the bronze to Babylon.