Regarding the bloodbath that followed, the Bible says: “[Nebuchadnezzar] killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary; he felt no compassion for young man or virgin, old or infirm....
وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكِتَابُ ٱلْمُقَدَّسُ إِنَّهُ قَتَلَ سُكَّانَهَا بِٱلسَّيْفِ ،‏ « وَلَمْ يَتَرَأَّفْ عَلَى شَابٍّ أَوْ عَذْرَاءَ ،‏ وَلَا عَلَى شَيْخٍ أَوْ هَرِمٍ » .‏