Jeremiah 52:25-34

25 and from the city he took an officer who had been in command of the men of war, and ¹seven men of the king's council, who were found in the city; and the secretary of the commander of the army who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the midst of the city.

26 And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at ²Riblah.

27 And the king of Babylon struck them down, and put them to death at ³Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was taken into exile out of its land.

28 This is the number of the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away captive: ⁴in the seventh year, 3,023 Judeans;

29 ⁵in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem 832 persons;

30 in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Judeans 745 persons; all the persons were 4,600.

Jehoiachin Released from Prison

31 ⁶And in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he became king, graciously freed^[a]⁷Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of prison.

32 And he spoke kindly to him, and gave him a seat above the seats of ⁸the kings who were with him in Babylon.

33 So Jehoiachin put off his prison garments. And every day of his life he dined regularly at the king's table,

34 and for his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king according to his daily need, until the day of his death, as long as he lived.

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Jeremiah 52:25-34 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 52

This chapter contains the history of the besieging, taking, and destroying of Jerusalem; the moving cause of it, the wicked reign of Zedekiah, Jer 52:1-3; the instruments of it, the king of Babylon and his army, which besieged and took it, Jer 52:4-7; into whose hands the king of Judah, his sons, and the princes of Judah, fell; and were very barbarously and cruelly used by them, Jer 52:8-11. Then follows an account of the burning of the temple, the king's palace, and the houses in Jerusalem, and the breaking down of the walls of it, Jer 52:12-14; and of those that were carried captive, and of those that were left in the land by Nebuzaradan, Jer 52:15,16; and of the several vessels and valuable things in the temple, of gold, silver, and brass, it was plundered of, and carried to Babylon, Jer 52:17-23; and of the murder of several persons of dignity and character, Jer 52:24-27; and of the number of those that were carried captive at three different times, Jer 52:28-30; and the chapter is concluded with the exaltation of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and of the good treatment he met with from the king of Babylon to the day of his death, Jer 52:31-34.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 8

1. [Esther 1:14]
2. ver. 9, 10
3. [See ver. 26 above]
4. [2 Kings 24:12, 14]
5. [ver. 12]
6. For ver. 31-34, see 2 Kings 25:27-30
7. Jeremiah 37:1; See Jeremiah 22:24-30
8. [Jeremiah 27:3]

Footnotes 1

[a]. Hebrew king, lifted up the head of

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