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the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

列王纪下 25:19

又從城裡拿住一個管理軍兵的官長,並且在城裡搜獲常見王面的五個人,和一個負責召募當地人民的軍長書記,又在城中搜獲六十個當地的人民。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Muster;   Nebuzaradan (Nebuzar-Adan);   Prophecy;   Scribe (S);   Secretary (Recordist);   Seraiah;   Zephaniah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Armies of Israel, the;   Babylon;   Jerusalem;   Kings;   Scribes;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Captivity;   Jeremiah, the Book of;   Zedekiah;   Zephaniah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Babylon;   Egypt;   Exile;   Gedaliah;   Jeremiah;   Lamentations;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Worship;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Scribe;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ezra;   Governor;   Judah, Kingdom of;   Nebuzaradan;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Army;   Kings, the Books of;   Rabsaris;   Sceptre;   Writing;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Babylon, History and Religion of;   Chamberlain;   Exile;   Guard;   People of the Land;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Admatha;   Eunuch;   Face;   Israel;   Lamentations, Book of;   Nebuzaradan;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Babylon ;   Nebuzaradan ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Army;   Captivity;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Army;   Nebuzar-A'dan;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Admatha;   Army;   Eunuch;   Ezra;   Governor;   King;   Principal;   Writing;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Captain;   Eunuch;   Ezra the Scribe;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
又 从 城 中 拿 住 一 个 管 理 兵 丁 的 官 ( 或 作 太 监 ) , 并 在 城 里 所 遇 常 见 王 面 的 五 个 人 和 检 点 国 民 军 长 的 书 记 , 以 及 城 里 遇 见 的 国 民 六 十 个 人 。

Contextual Overview

8 Nebuzaradan was the commander of the king's special guards. This officer of the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem on the seventh day of the fifth month, in Nebuchadnezzar's nineteenth year as king of Babylon. 9 Nebuzaradan set fire to the Temple of the Lord and the palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every important building was burned. 10 The whole Babylonian army, led by the commander of the king's special guards, broke down the walls around Jerusalem. 11 Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, captured the people left in Jerusalem, those who had surrendered to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the people. 12 But the commander left behind some of the poorest people of the land to take care of the vineyards and fields. 13 The Babylonians broke up the bronze pillars, the bronze stands, and the large bronze bowl, which was called the Sea, in the Temple of the Lord . Then they carried the bronze to Babylon. 14 They also took the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes, and all the bronze objects used to serve in the Temple. 15 The commander of the king's special guards took away the pans for carrying hot coals, the bowls, and everything made of pure gold or silver. 16 There were two pillars and the large bronze bowl and the movable stands which Solomon had made for the Temple of the Lord . There was so much bronze that it could not be weighed. 17 Each pillar was about twenty-seven feet high. The bronze capital on top of the pillar was about four and one-half feet high. It was decorated with a net design and bronze pomegranates all around it. The other pillar also had a net design and was like the first pillar.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

officer: or, eunuch.

were in the king's presence: Heb. saw the king's face, Esther 1:14

principal: or, scribe of the captain of the host

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 52:25 - an eunuch Ezekiel 11:10 - fall Zephaniah 1:8 - the princes

Cross-References

1 Chronicles 1:32
Keturah, Abraham's slave woman, gave birth to Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. Jokshan's sons were Sheba and Dedan.
Matthew 1:2
Abraham was the father of Isaac. Isaac was the father of Jacob. Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers.
Luke 3:34
Judah was the son of Jacob. Jacob was the son of Isaac. Isaac was the son of Abraham. Abraham was the son of Terah. Terah was the son of Nahor.
Acts 7:8
God made an agreement with Abraham, the sign of which was circumcision. And so when Abraham had his son Isaac, Abraham circumcised him when he was eight days old. Isaac also circumcised his son Jacob, and Jacob did the same for his sons, the twelve ancestors of our people.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Out of the city - This clause shows that the five persons mentioned in 2 Kings 25:18 were taken out of the temple.

Five men - Or, “seven men,” according to Jeremiah 52:25. It is impossible to say which of the two numbers is correct.

Of them that were in the king’s presence - See the margin. A mode of speech arising from the custom of Eastern rulers to withdraw themselves as much as possible from the view of their subjects.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 25:19. And five men of them that were in the king's presence — These were principal counsellors, and confidential officers.

In Jeremiah 52:25, it is said he took seven men who were near the king's person, and the same number is found in the Arabic in this place; and the Chaldee has no less than fifty men; but in Jeremiah this, as well as all the rest of the versions, reads seven. Probably they were no more than five at first, or, perhaps Jeremiah reckoned with the five the officer that was set over the men of war, and the principal scribe of the host mentioned here, as two with the five; and thus made seven in the whole.


 
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