King James Version
2 Kings 25:10 in the King James Version says “And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about...” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 25 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.”
2 Kings 25:10 · KJV
And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem: captain: or, chief marshal
And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire.
And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away. fugitives: Heb. fallen away
But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen .
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“round about”
H5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“And all the army”
H2428probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
“of the Chaldees”
H3778a kasdite, or descendant of kesed; by implication, a chaldaean (as if so descended); also an astrologer (as if proverbial of that people
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“that were with the captain”
H7227abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
“of the guard”
H2876properly, a butcher; hence, a lifeguardsman (because he was acting as an executioner); also a cook (usually slaughtering the animal for food)
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