And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Bavel.
Wherefore YY brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Ashur, which took Mnasheh among the tshofars, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Bavel.
And Yhoyakhin the king of Yhudah went out to the king of Bavel, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Bavel took him in the eighth year of his reign.
And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Yisrael, and of the king's seed, and of the princes;
Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures of the kings of Yhudah will I give into the hand of their enemies, which shall spoil them, and take them, and carry them to Bavel.
Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of TZiyon, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Bavel; there shalt thou be delivered; there YY shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.
And he carried away Yhoyakhin to Bavel, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Yerushalayim to Bavel.