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2 Kings 25:20 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 25 · verse 20
And Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah:2 Kings 25:20 · King James Version
2 Kings 25:20 in context
18And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
19And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king’s presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city:
20And Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah:
21And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.
22And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- NebuzaradanNᵉbûwzarʼădânNebuzaradan, a Babylonian generalH5018 →
- captainrababundantH7227 →
- broughtyâlakto walkH3212 →
- BabylonBâbelBabel , including Babylonia and the Babylonian empireH894 →
- RiblahRiblâhRiblah, a place in SyriaH7247 →
- guardṭabbâchproperly, a butcherH2876 →
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Though we have reason to think that the army of the Chaldeans were much enraged against the city for holding out with so much stubbornness, yet they did not therefore put all to fire and sword as soon as they had taken the city (which is too commonly done in such cases), but about a month after (compare Kg2 25:8 with…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-21