1. A shekara ta uku ta mulkin Yehoyakim, Sarkin Yahuza, sai Nebukadnezzar, Sarkin Babila, ya zo Urushalima ya kewaye ta da yaƙi.
2. Ubangiji kuwa ya ba Nebukadnezzar nasara a kan Yehoyakim, Sarkin Yahuza, sai ya kwashe waɗansu kayayyakin Haikalin Allah, ya kawo su ƙasar Shinar a gidan gunkinsu, ya ajiye kayayyakin a baitulmalin gunkinsa.
3. Sa'an nan Sarkin Babila ya umarci sarkin fādarsa, Ashfenaz, ya zaɓo masa waɗansu samari daga cikin Yahudawa, waɗanda suke daga gidan sarauta, da kuma daga gidan manya,