Isn't "Babylonian captivity" coming from old history? [^1]. Though it's a most delightful read, I don't give much credence to the Bible as historical testimony . However, Francesca Stavrakopoulou, a historian from Oxford and a self-declared atheist historiographer of Yahweh, asserts temple spoils were taken there at some point[^2].

[^1] https://biblehub.com/q/Why_were_temple_items_taken_to_Babylo...

[^2] Francesca Stavrakopoulou. "God, an anatomy".