Within two months, “all the people [who had been left behind in the land] from the least to the greatest, together with the army officers, fled to Egypt for fear of the Babylonians. ”
(‏ ٢ ملوك ٢٤ :‏ ٢٠ ؛‏ ٢٥ :‏ ​ ٨ -‏ ١٠‏ )‏ فدمَّروا المدينة ،‏ بما فيها هيكلها المقدس ،‏ وسبوا كثيرين من سكانها الى بابل .‏