¹⁸ He carried to Babylon all the articles^(A) from the temple of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the Lord’s temple and the treasures of the king and his officials.

¹⁹ They set fire^(A) to God’s temple^(B) and broke down the wall^(C) of Jerusalem; they burned all the palaces and destroyed^(D) everything of value there.^(E)

² While Belshazzar was drinking^(A) his wine, he gave orders to bring in the gold and silver goblets^(B) that Nebuchadnezzar his father^[a] had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines^(C) might drink from them.^(D)