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Executions and Deportations to Babylon

24 The captain of the guard arrested Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the next ranking priest,[a] and the three guards of the gate.[b] 25 From the city he arrested one of the officers who had been in charge of the troops, seven men from the king’s personal advisors who were found in the city, the secretary of the commander of the army who mustered the people of the land, and 60 men of the people of the land who were found inside the city. 26 Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard arrested them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 52:24 Lit. the number two priest
  2. Jeremiah 52:24 Lit. of the threshold; i.e. high Temple officials

24 The commander of the guard took as prisoners Seraiah(A) the chief priest, Zephaniah(B) the priest next in rank and the three doorkeepers.(C) 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(D) who was chief officer in charge of conscripting the people of the land, sixty of whom were found in the city. 26 Nebuzaradan(E) the commander took them all and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

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