Jeremiah 39:9

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon advanced against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to the city. ²And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah's eleventh year, the city was broken through. ³Then all the officials of the king of Babylon entered and sat in the Middle Gate: Nergal-sharezer, Samgar, Nebusarsechim the Rab-saris, Nergal-sharezer the Rab-mag, and all the rest of the officials of the king of Babylon. ⁴When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king's garden, through the gate between the two walls, and they went out along the route to the Arabah. ⁵But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him. ⁶There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the nobles of Judah. ⁷Then he put out Zedekiah's eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon. ⁸The Chaldeans set fire to the palace of the king and to the houses of the people, and they tore down the walls of Jerusalem. ⁹Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, carried away to Babylon the remnant who had remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to him and the rest of the people.¹⁰But Nebuzaradan left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people, who had no property, and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.

Bible Verse Review
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Nebuzaradan: Jeremiah 39:13, Jeremiah 40:1, Jeremiah 52:12-16, Jeremiah 52:26, 2 Kings 25:11, 2 Kings 25:20

captain of the guard: or, chief marshal, Heb. chief of the executioners, or slaughter-men, and so, Jeremiah 39:10, Jeremiah 39:11-14, Genesis 37:36

carried: Jeremiah 10:18, Jeremiah 16:13, Jeremiah 20:4-6, Jeremiah 52:28-30, Leviticus 26:33, Deuteronomy 4:27, 2 Kings 20:18, Isaiah 5:13

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 25:8 - Nebuzaradan 1 Chronicles 6:15 - when the Lord 1 Chronicles 9:1 - carried Jeremiah 13:19 - Judah Jeremiah 52:13 - the king's Jeremiah 52:16 - certain Jeremiah 52:29 - the eighteenth Lamentations 1:3 - gone Lamentations 1:5 - her children Daniel 2:14 - captain of the king's guard Matthew 1:11 - about

Cross-References

Genesis 20:3
One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, "You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman."

Genesis 20:6
Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, "Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.

Genesis 24:2
So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, "Place your hand under my thigh,

Genesis 39:8
But he refused. "Look," he said to his master's wife, "with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.

Genesis 39:9
No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?"

Genesis 39:10
Although Potiphar's wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or be with her.

Genesis 39:12
She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, "Sleep with me!" But leaving his garment in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.

Genesis 39:19
When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, "This is what your slave did to me," he burned with anger.

Genesis 39:21
the LORD was with him and extended kindness to him. He granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden,

Genesis 41:40
You shall be in charge of my house, and all my people are to obey your commands. Only with regard to the throne will I be greater than you."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard,.... The Targum is,

"the captain of those that kill;''

of the soldiers, of the militia. Some render it, the captain of the "cooks"; others, of the "butchers" l; but no doubt it was a military office he bore; he was captain of the forces that were left in Jerusalem, after the other part went in pursuit of the king and those with him; or the captain of a company, being sent by the king of Babylon to execute a commission of his: the same

carried away into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city; that were left of the pestilence, famine, and sword; and who were found in it when it was taken:

and those that fell away, that fell to him; that fell to the Chaldean army during the siege of the city; and those that betook themselves to Nebuzaradan, and voluntarily surrendered themselves to him afterwards:

with the rest of the people that remained; in other cities in the land of Judah.

l רב טבחים "praefectus coquorum"; so some in Vatablus; "magister laniorum", Pagninus, Montanus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare the marginal reference. The differences between the two accounts are slight.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 39:9. Those that fell away — That deserted to the Chaldeans during the siege.