Jeremiah 39:2-3
New Living Translation
2 Two and a half years later, on July 18[a] in the eleventh year of Zedekiah’s reign, a section of the city wall was broken down. 3 All the officers of the Babylonian army came in and sat in triumph at the Middle Gate: Nergal-sharezer of Samgar, and Nebo-sarsekim,[b] a chief officer, and Nergal-sharezer, the king’s adviser, and all the other officers of the king of Babylon.
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Jeremiah 39:2-3
International Standard Version
2 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. 3 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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- Jeremiah 39:2 The Heb. lacks of the reign of
- Jeremiah 39:2 The Heb. lacks the wall of
- Jeremiah 39:3 The Heb. lacks including
- Jeremiah 39:3 Or high official
- Jeremiah 39:3 I.e. a province of Babylon
- Jeremiah 39:3 Lit. the Rab-sa-resi; a Babylonian title for a royal official
- Jeremiah 39:3 Lit. the Rab-mugi, a Babylonian title for a royal official
- Jeremiah 39:3 Or Gate: Nergal-sarezer, Samgar-nebu, Sarsekim, the high official, Nergal-sarezer, the chief official, and
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