Jeremiah 52:24-30
New English Translation
24 The captain of the royal guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest who was second in rank, and the three doorkeepers.[a] 25 From the city he took an official who was in charge of the soldiers, seven of the king’s advisers who were discovered in the city, an official army secretary who drafted citizens[b] for military service, and sixty citizens who were discovered in the middle of the city. 26 Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. 27 The king of Babylon ordered them to be executed[c] at Riblah in the territory of Hamath.
So Judah was taken into exile away from its land. 28 Here is the official record of the number of people[d] Nebuchadnezzar carried into exile: In the seventh year,[e] 3,023 Jews; 29 in Nebuchadnezzar’s eighteenth year,[f] 832 people from Jerusalem; 30 in Nebuchadnezzar’s twenty-third year,[g] Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, carried into exile 745 Judeans. In all, 4,600 people went into exile.
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- Jeremiah 52:24 sn See the note at Jer 35:4.
- Jeremiah 52:25 tn Heb “men, from the people of the land” (also later in this verse).
- Jeremiah 52:27 tn Heb “struck them down and killed them.”
- Jeremiah 52:28 tn Heb “these are the people.”
- Jeremiah 52:28 sn This would be 597 b.c.
- Jeremiah 52:29 sn This would be 586 b.c.
- Jeremiah 52:30 sn This would be 581 b.c.
Jeremiah 52:24-30
International Standard Version
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. 27 The king of Babylon struck them down and killed them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah went into exile from the land.
28 These are the people Nebuchadnezzar took into exile: in the seventh year, 3,023 Judeans; 29 in Nebuchadnezzar’s eighteenth year, 832 people from Jerusalem; 30 in Nebuchadnezzar’s twenty-third year, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took 745 people from Judah into exile. All the people taken into exile[c] numbered 4,600.
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- Jeremiah 52:24 Lit. the number two priest
- Jeremiah 52:24 Lit. of the threshold; i.e. high Temple officials
- Jeremiah 52:30 The Heb. lacks taken into exile
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