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)

in the seventh year, 3,023 Jews;

29 in Nebuchadnezzar’s eighteenth year,

832 people from Jerusalem;

30 in his twenty-third year,

745 Jews taken into exile(I) by Nebuzaradan the commander of the imperial guard.

There were 4,600 people in all.(J)

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24 The captain of the guards also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of the second rank, and the three doorkeepers. 25 From the city he took a court official[a] who had been appointed over the warriors; seven trusted royal aides[b] found in the city; the secretary of the commander of the army, who enlisted the people of the land for military duty; and sixty men from the common people[c] who were found within the city. 26 Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guards, took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. 27 The king of Babylon put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah went into exile from its land.(A)

28 These are the people Nebuchadnezzar deported:(B) in the seventh year, 3,023 Jews; 29 in his eighteenth year,[d] 832 people from Jerusalem; 30 in Nebuchadnezzar’s twenty-third year, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guards, deported 745 Jews. Altogether, 4,600 people were deported.

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Footnotes

  1. 52:25 Or a eunuch
  2. 52:25 Lit seven men who look on the king’s face
  3. 52:25 Lit the people of the land
  4. 52:29 Some Hb mss, Syr add he deported