Yēlìmǐshū 39:9

9 Nàshí , hùwèi zhǎng ní bù Sǎlā dàn jiāng chéng lǐ suǒ shèngxia de bǎixìng hé tóu jiàng tāde taó mín , yǐjí qíyú de mín dōu lǔ dào Bābǐlún qù le .

Yēlìmǐshū 39:9 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 39:9

Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard
The Targum is,

``the captain of those that kill;''

of the soldiers, of the militia. Some render it, the captain of the "cooks"; others, of the "butchers" ^F12; but no doubt it was a military office he bore; he was captain of the forces that were left in Jerusalem, after the other part went in pursuit of the king and those with him; or the captain of a company, being sent by the king of Babylon to execute a commission of his: the same carried away into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in
the city;
that were left of the pestilence, famine, and sword; and who were found in it when it was taken: and those that fell away, that fell to him;
that fell to the Chaldean army during the siege of the city; and those that betook themselves to Nebuzaradan, and voluntarily surrendered themselves to him afterwards: with the rest of the people that remained;
in other cities in the land of Judah.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 (Myxbj br) "praefectus coquorum"; so some in Vatablus; "magister laniorum", Pagninus, Montanus.

Yēlìmǐshū 39:9 In-Context

7 Bìngqiĕ wān Xīdǐjiā de yǎnjing , yòng tóng liàn suǒ zhe tā , yào daì dào Bābǐlún qù .

8 Jiālèdǐ rén yòng huǒ fùnshāo wánggōng hé bǎixìng de fángwū , yòu chāihuǐ Yēlùsǎlĕng de chéngqiáng .

9 Nàshí , hùwèi zhǎng ní bù Sǎlā dàn jiāng chéng lǐ suǒ shèngxia de bǎixìng hé tóu jiàng tāde taó mín , yǐjí qíyú de mín dōu lǔ dào Bābǐlún qù le .

10 Hùwèi zhǎng ní bù Sǎlā dàn què jiāng mín zhōng haó wú suǒyǒude qióngrén liú zaì Yóudà dì , dāngshí gĕi tāmen pútaóyuán hé tiándì .

11 Bābǐlún wáng Níbùjiǎnísǎ tí dào Yēlìmǐ , zhǔfu hùwèi zhǎng ní bù Sǎlā dàn shuō ,