Jeremías 52:25

25 Y de la ciudad tomó un eunuco que era capitán sobre los hombres de guerra, y siete hombres de los continuos del rey, que se hallaron en la ciudad; y al principal escribano de la guerra, que ponía por lista el pueblo de la tierra para la guerra; y sesenta hombres del vulgo de la tierra, que se hallaron dentro de la ciudad.

Jeremías 52:25 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 52:25

He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge
of the men of war
The master-master-general of the army: and seven men of them which were near the king's person which were
found in the city;
or, "saw the face of the king": or rather, "made to see [his] face" ^F8; these were ministers of state, who were always at court, and assisted in councils of state, and introduced persons into the king's presence; in ( 2 Kings 25:19 ) ; they are said to be but "five"; but Josephus ^F9 has seven, as here; perhaps two of them were of less note, and so not reckoned, as Jarchi observes: some will have it, that the two scribes of the judges are left out; but others, more probably, Jeremiah and Baruch, who were first taken, and afterwards dismissed: and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the
land;
or the scribe of the prince of the army, as the Targum; the general's secretary: and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the
midst of the city:
persons of prime note, who, upon the invasion, betook themselves from the country to the city of Jerusalem with their effects, and to defend it. Josephus ^F11 calls them rulers or governors.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 (Klmh ynp yarm) "ex videntibus facies, [vel] faciem regis", Montanus, Piscator; "de videre facientibus facies regis", Schmidt.
F9 Antiqu. l. 10. c. 8. sect. 5.
F11 Ibid.

Jeremías 52:25 In-Context

23 Había noventa y seis granadas en cada orden; todas ellas eran cien sobre la red alrededor.

24 Tomó también el capitán de la guardia a Seraías principal sacerdote, y a Sofonías segundo sacerdote, y tres guardas de la puerta.

25 Y de la ciudad tomó un eunuco que era capitán sobre los hombres de guerra, y siete hombres de los continuos del rey, que se hallaron en la ciudad; y al principal escribano de la guerra, que ponía por lista el pueblo de la tierra para la guerra; y sesenta hombres del vulgo de la tierra, que se hallaron dentro de la ciudad.

26 Los tomó Nabuzaradán, capitán de la guardia, y los llevó al rey de Babilonia a Ribla.

27 Y el rey de Babilonia los hirió, y los mató en Ribla en tierra de Hamat; y Judá fue transportado de su tierra.