ESV Reformation Study Bible – Jer 52:28–30
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Jer 52:28–30

52:28–30 These verses refer to the two main deportations of Jews to Babylon, in 597 b.c. (“the seventh year”) and 586 b.c. (the “eighteenth year”; “nineteenth” in v. 12 is due to an alternate way of counting). A third, smaller deportation is also mentioned. The numbers here are smaller than those in 2 Kin. 24:14, 16, and may count only adult males.