Jeremia 52:25

Lutherbibel

und einen Kämmerer aus der Stadt, welcher über die Kriegsleute gesetzt war, und sieben Männer, welche um den König sein mußten, die in der Stadt gefunden wurden, dazu den Schreiber des Feldhauptmanns, der das Volk im Lande zum Heer aufbot, dazu sechzig Mann Landvolks, so in der Stadt gefunden wurden:

Parallel Translations

Schlachter Bibel (1951)
er nahm auch aus der Stadt einen Kämmerer, der über das Kriegsvolk gesetzt war, und sieben Männer von denen, die das Angesicht des Königs gesehen hatten, die in der Stadt gefunden wurden, dazu den Schreiber des Feldhauptmanns, der das Landvolk zum Heeresdienst aushob, und sechzig Mann vom Landvolk, die in der Stadt gefunden wurden;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

an eunuch: 2 Kings 25:19

were near the king's person: Heb. saw the face of the king, Esther 1:14, Matthew 18:10

principal scribe of the host: or, scribe of the captain of the host

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 36:10 - the scribe Lamentations 5:12 - General Ezekiel 19:1 - the princes Habakkuk 1:7 - their judgment

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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" h; 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 i 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 k calls them rulers or governors.

h מראי פני המלך "ex videntibus facies, [vel] faciem regis", Montanus, Piscator; "de videre facientibus facies regis", Schmidt. i Antiqu. l. 10. c. 8. sect. 5. k Ibid.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

An eunuch ... men of war - Or, who had charge of men of war. The King James Version makes him commander-in-chief; he was second in command, i. e., a lieutenant, possibly one among many others of equal rank.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 52:25. Seven men - that were near the king's person — These were privy counsellors.