Jeremiah 52:26

26 Then Nebuzaradan [the] captain of [the] guard took them and brought them 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 Then [the] captain of [the] guard took Seraiah {the chief priest}, and Zephaniah {the second priest}, and three keepers of the threshold.

25 And from the city he took one high official who was chief officer over {the soldiers}, and seven men of {the king's advisors} who were found in the city, and the secretary of the commander of the army who levied for military service the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the midst of the city.

26 Then Nebuzaradan [the] captain of [the] guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon [at] Riblah.

27 And the king of Babylon struck them down and killed them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah left from its land.

28 This [is the number of] the people whom Nebuchadnezzar deported: in [the] seventh year, three thousand twenty-three Judeans;

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew "guards"