Jeremiah 52:26

26 Nebuzaradan the king's deputy marched them all off to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

Jeremiah 52:26 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 52:26

So Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took them
In the city, and made them captives: and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah;
to knew his mind concerning them; how they should be disposed of; and for him to pass sentence on them: as he had done on the king of Judah, his sons, and his princes, in the same place.

Jeremiah 52:26 In-Context

24 The king's deputy took a number of special prisoners: Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the associate priest, three wardens,
25 the chief remaining army officer, seven of the king's counselors who happened to be in the city, the chief recruiting officer for the army, and sixty men of standing from among the people who were still there.
26 Nebuzaradan the king's deputy marched them all off to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
27 And there at Riblah, in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon killed the lot of them in cold blood. Judah went into exile, orphaned from her land.
28 3,023 men of Judah were taken into exile by Nebuchadnezzar in the seventh year of his reign.
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