King James Version
Jeremiah 52:26 in the King James Version says “So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 52 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.”
Jeremiah 52:26 · KJV
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: door: Heb. threshold
He 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. were near: Heb. saw the face of the king principal: or, scribe of the captain of the host
So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
And 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.
This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty:
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“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)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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