in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the city wall was (A)breached. Then all the (B)officials of the king of Babylon came in and sat down at the (C)Middle Gate: Nergal-sar-ezer, Samgar-nebu, Sar-sekim the [a]Rab-saris, Nergal-sar-ezer the [b]Rab-mag, and all the rest of the officials of the king of Babylon.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 39:3 I.e., chief official
  2. Jeremiah 39:3 I.e., title of a high official

In the (A)eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the [a]city was penetrated.

(B)Then all the princes of the king of Babylon came in and sat in the Middle Gate: Nergal-Sharezer, Samgar-Nebo, Sarsechim, [b]Rabsaris, Nergal-Sarezer, [c]Rabmag, with the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 39:2 city wall was breached
  2. Jeremiah 39:3 A title, probably Chief Officer; also v. 13
  3. Jeremiah 39:3 A title, probably Troop Commander; also v. 13