24 Then the captain of the guard took (A)Seraiah the chief priest and (B)Zephaniah the second priest, with the three [a](C)officers of the temple. 25 He also took from the city one official who was overseer of the warriors, seven [b]of the (D)king’s advisers who were found in the city, the scribe of the commander of the army who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men from the people of the land who were found inside the city. 26 Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguards took them and (E)brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. 27 Then the king of Babylon (F)struck them and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was (G)led into exile from its land.

28 These are the people whom (H)Nebuchadnezzar took into exile: in the [c]seventh year 3,023 Jews; 29 in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar 832 persons from Jerusalem; 30 in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar, (I)Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took into exile 745 Jewish people; there were 4,600 people in all.

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  1. Jeremiah 52:24 Lit keepers of the door
  2. Jeremiah 52:25 Lit men of those seeing the king’s face
  3. Jeremiah 52:28 Or possibly seventeenth

24 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold: 25 and out of the city he took an [a]officer that was set over the men of war; and seven men of them that saw the king’s face, that were found in the city; and the scribe of the captain of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city. 26 And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. 27 And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.

28 This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty; 29 in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons; 30 in the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.

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  1. Jeremiah 52:25 Or, eunuch