Jeremiah 52:24-30
New International Version
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. 27 There at Riblah,(F) in the land of Hamath, the king had them executed.
So Judah went into captivity, away(G) from her land. 28 This is the number of the people Nebuchadnezzar carried into exile:(H)
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.
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