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On the ninth day of the fourth month, in the eleventh year of the reign of[a] Zedekiah, the wall of[b] the city was breached. All the officials of the king of Babylon came and sat in the Middle Gate, including[c] Nergal-sarri-usur, governor[d] of Sinmagir,[e] Nabu-sarrussu-ukin the high official,[f] Nergal-sarri-user, the chief official,[g] and[h] all the rest of the officials of the king of Babylon.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 39:2 The Heb. lacks of the reign of
  2. Jeremiah 39:2 The Heb. lacks the wall of
  3. Jeremiah 39:3 The Heb. lacks including
  4. Jeremiah 39:3 Or high official
  5. Jeremiah 39:3 I.e. a province of Babylon
  6. Jeremiah 39:3 Lit. the Rab-sa-resi; a Babylonian title for a royal official
  7. Jeremiah 39:3 Lit. the Rab-mugi, a Babylonian title for a royal official
  8. Jeremiah 39:3 Or Gate: Nergal-sarezer, Samgar-nebu, Sarsekim, the high official, Nergal-sarezer, the chief official, and

In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the city was taken by assault. And all the officials of the king of Babylon came and sat in the Middle Gate: Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim the chief officer, Nergal-sharezer the high official, with all the rest of the officials of the king of Babylon.

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