Jeremias 52:25

Filipino Cebuano Bible

25 Gikuha usab niya gikan sa ciudad ang usa ka punoan nga nagbantay sa mga tawo nga iggugubat; ug pito ka mga tawo niadtong nakakita sa nawong sa hari, nga hikaplagan sa sulod sa ciudad; ug ang escriba sa capitan sa panon, nga nagpatigum sa mga tawo sa yuta; ug kan-uman ka mga lalake sa mga tawo sa yuta, nga hikaplagan sa taliwala sa ciudad.

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.