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Jeremiah 52:26 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 52 · verse 26
So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.Jeremiah 52:26 · King James Version
Jeremiah 52:26 in context
24And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
25He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king’s person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe 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.
26So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
27And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land.
28This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- NebuzaradanNᵉbûwzarʼădânNebuzaradan, a Babylonian generalH5018 →
- captainrababundantH7227 →
- broughtyâlakto walkH3212 →
- BabylonBâbelBabel , including Babylonia and the Babylonian empireH894 →
- guardṭabbâchproperly, a butcherH2876 →
- tooklâqachto takeH3947 →
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We have here a very melancholy account, 1. Of the slaughter of some great men, in cold blood, at Riblah, seventy-two in number (according to the number of the elders of Israel, Num 11:24, Num 11:25), so they are computed, Kg2 25:18, Kg2 25:19.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 24-30