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23 There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides. There were one hundred pomegranates on the network all around.

The People Taken to Babylon

24 Then the captain of the prison soldiers took Seraiah, the head religious leader, and Zephaniah, the second religious leader, and the three door keepers of the Lord’s house. 25 He also took from the city one captain who had been over the men of war, and seven of the king’s wise men who were found in the city. He took the writer who worked for the captain of the army, who called together the people of the land. And he took sixty men of the land who were found in the city.

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23 There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; the total number of pomegranates(A) above the surrounding network was a hundred.(B)

24 The commander of the guard took as prisoners Seraiah(C) the chief priest, Zephaniah(D) the priest next in rank and the three doorkeepers.(E) 25 Of those still in the city, he took the officer in charge of the fighting men, and seven royal advisers. He also took the secretary(F) who was chief officer in charge of conscripting the people of the land, sixty of whom were found in the city.

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