Focused Passage

Jeremiah 52:24-30

Jerusalem Fallen, the Temple Burned, and Hope Preserved in Exile

The chapter moves from Zedekiah’s evil and rebellion, to Jerusalem’s siege and famine, to Zedekiah’s capture and humiliation, to the burning of the temple and city, to the carrying away of temple treasures, to the execution of leaders and deportation of survivors, and finally to Jehoiachin’s release and honored provision in Babylon.

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24 The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.

25 Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as seven trusted royal advisers. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.

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

27 There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.

28 These are the people Nebuchadnezzar carried away: in the seventh year, 3,023 Jews;

29 in Nebuchadnezzar’s eighteenth year, 832 people from Jerusalem;

30 in Nebuchadnezzar’s twenty-third year, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away 745 Jews. So in all, 4,600 people were taken away.

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Verse 24

Cross-references

2 Kings 25:18 BSB references Jeremiah 21:1 Classic cross-references 1 Chronicles 6:14 Classic cross-references Ezekiel 24:5 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 29:25 Classic cross-references

Original words

The captain רַב־ H7227 Noun - masculine singular construct of the guard טַבָּחִ֗ים H2876 Noun - masculine plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker also took away וַיִּקַּ֣ח H3947 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Seraiah שְׂרָיָה֙ H8304 Noun - proper - masculine singular the chief הָרֹ֔אשׁ H7218 Article | Noun - masculine singular - וְאֶת־ H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker priest כֹּהֵ֣ן H3548 Noun - masculine singular construct Zephaniah צְפַנְיָ֖ה H6846 Noun - proper - masculine singular the priest כֹּהֵ֣ן H3548 Noun - masculine singular construct of second rank הַמִּשְׁנֶ֑ה H4932 Article | Noun - masculine singular - וְאֶת־ H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker and the three שְׁלֹ֖שֶׁת H7969 Number - masculine singular construct doorkeepers שֹׁמְרֵ֥י H8104 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct . . . הַסַּֽף׃ H5592 Article | Noun - masculine singular

Verse 25

Cross-references

2 Kings 25:19 Classic cross-references Esther 1:14 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 36:10 Classic cross-references

Original words

Of those וּמִן־ H4480 Conjunctive waw | Preposition still in the city הָעִ֡יר H5892 Article | Noun - feminine singular he took לָקַח֩ H3947 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular a אֶחָ֜ד H259 Number - masculine singular court official סָרִ֨יס H5631 Noun - masculine singular who אֲ‍ֽשֶׁר־ H834 Pronoun - relative had been הָיָ֥ה H1961 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular appointed פָקִ֣יד׀ H6496 Noun - masculine singular over עַל־ H5921 Preposition the men אַנְשֵׁ֣י H582 Noun - masculine plural construct of war הַמִּלְחָמָ֗ה H4421 Article | Noun - feminine singular as well as seven וְשִׁבְעָ֨ה H7651 Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular . . . אֲנָשִׁ֜ים H582 Noun - masculine plural trusted royal הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ H4428 Article | Noun - masculine singular - אֲשֶׁ֣ר H834 Pronoun - relative advisers מֵרֹאֵ֤י H7200 Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct . . . פְנֵי־ H6440 Noun - masculine plural construct - נִמְצְא֣וּ H4672 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural - בָעִ֔יר H5892 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular [He] also [took] וְאֵ֗ת H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker the scribe סֹפֵר֙ H5608 Noun - masculine singular construct of the captain שַׂ֣ר H8269 Noun - masculine singular construct of the army הַצָּבָ֔א H6635 Article | Noun - common singular who had enlisted הַמַּצְבִּ֖א H6633 Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker the people עַ֣ם H5971 Noun - masculine singular construct of the land הָאָ֑רֶץ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular and sixty וְשִׁשִּׁ֥ים H8346 Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural men אִישׁ֙ H376 Noun - masculine singular . . . מֵעַ֣ם H5971 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct . . . הָאָ֔רֶץ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular who were found הַֽנִּמְצְאִ֖ים H4672 Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural in בְּת֥וֹךְ H8432 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct the city הָעִֽיר׃ H5892 Article | Noun - feminine singular

Verse 26

Cross-references

2 Kings 23:33 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 39:5 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 39:9 Classic cross-references

Original words

Nebuzaradan נְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֖ן H5018 Noun - proper - masculine singular captain רַב־ H7227 Noun - masculine singular construct of the guard טַבָּחִ֑ים H2876 Noun - masculine plural took וַיִּקַּ֣ח H3947 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular them אוֹתָ֔ם H853 Direct object marker | third person masculine plural and brought וַיֹּ֧לֶךְ H1980 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular them אוֹתָ֛ם H853 Direct object marker | third person masculine plural to אֶל־ H413 Preposition the king מֶ֥לֶךְ H4428 Noun - masculine singular construct of Babylon בָּבֶ֖ל H894 Noun - proper - feminine singular at Riblah רִבְלָֽתָה׃ H7247 Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular

Verse 27

Cross-references

Jeremiah 13:19 Classic cross-references Ezekiel 33:28 Classic cross-references Ezekiel 8:11 Classic cross-references Isaiah 27:10 Classic cross-references Isaiah 32:13 Classic cross-references

Original words

There at Riblah בְּרִבְלָ֖ה H7247 Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular in the land בְּאֶ֣רֶץ H776 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct of Hamath חֲמָ֑ת H2574 Noun - proper - feminine singular the king מֶ֨לֶךְ H4428 Noun - masculine singular construct of Babylon בָּבֶ֧ל H894 Noun - proper - feminine singular struck them וַיַּכֶּ֣ה H5221 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular {down} אוֹתָם֩ H853 Direct object marker | third person masculine plural and put them to death וַיְמִתֵ֛ם H4191 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural So Judah יְהוּדָ֖ה H3063 Noun - proper - masculine singular was taken into exile וַיִּ֥גֶל H1540 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular away from מֵעַ֥ל H5921 Preposition-m its own land אַדְמָתֽוֹ׃ H127 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular

Verse 28

Cross-references

2 Kings 24:14 Classic cross-references 2 Kings 24:12 Classic cross-references 2 Kings 24:16 Classic cross-references 2 Kings 24:2 Classic cross-references Daniel 1:1 Classic cross-references

Original words

These זֶ֣ה H2088 Pronoun - masculine singular are the people הָעָ֔ם H5971 Article | Noun - masculine singular - אֲשֶׁ֥ר H834 Pronoun - relative Nebuchadnezzar נְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֑ר H5019 Noun - proper - masculine singular carried away הֶגְלָ֖ה H1540 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular in the seventh שֶׁ֕בַע H7651 Number - feminine singular year בִּשְׁנַת־ H8141 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct 3,023 {} שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת H7969 Number - masculine singular construct . . . אֲלָפִ֖ים H505 Number - masculine plural . . . וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים H6242 Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural . . . וּשְׁלֹשָֽׁה׃ H7969 Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular Jews יְהוּדִ֕ים H3064 Noun - proper - masculine plural

Verse 29

Cross-references

Jeremiah 52:12 Classic cross-references Genesis 12:5 Classic cross-references

Original words

in Nebuchadnezzar’s לִנְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֑ר H5019 Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular eighteenth שְׁמוֹנֶ֥ה H8083 Number - feminine singular . . . עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה H6240 Number - feminine singular year בִּשְׁנַ֛ת H8141 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct 832 שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה H8083 Number - feminine singular . . . מֵא֖וֹת H3967 Number - feminine plural . . . שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים H7970 Number - common plural . . . וּשְׁנָֽיִם׃ H8147 Conjunctive waw | Number - md people נֶ֕פֶשׁ H5315 Noun - feminine singular from Jerusalem מִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם H3389 Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular

Verse 30

Cross-references

Jeremiah 13:19 Classic cross-references

Original words

in Nebuchadnezzar’s לִנְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּר֒ H5019 Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular twenty-third שָׁלֹ֣שׁ H7969 Number - feminine singular . . . וְעֶשְׂרִים֮ H6242 Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural year בִּשְׁנַ֨ת H8141 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct Nebuzaradan נְבֽוּזַרְאֲדָן֙ H5018 Noun - proper - masculine singular captain רַב־ H7227 Noun - masculine singular construct of the guard טַבָּחִ֔ים H2876 Noun - masculine plural carried away הֶגְלָ֗ה H1540 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular 745 שְׁבַ֥ע H7651 Number - feminine singular construct . . . מֵא֖וֹת H3967 Number - feminine plural . . . אַרְבָּעִ֣ים H705 Number - common plural . . . וַחֲמִשָּׁ֑ה H2568 Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular Jews יְהוּדִ֕ים H3064 Noun - proper - masculine plural So in all כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct . . . נֶ֕פֶשׁ H5315 Noun - feminine singular 4,600 אַרְבַּ֥עַת H702 Number - masculine singular construct . . . אֲלָפִ֖ים H505 Number - masculine plural . . . וְשֵׁ֥שׁ H8337 Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular . . . מֵאֽוֹת׃פ H3967 Number - feminine plural people [were taken away] נֶ֕פֶשׁ H5315 Noun - feminine singular

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