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2 Kings 25:19

in 2 Kings 25

Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as five royal advisors. 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.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war; and five men of them that saw the king’s face, who were found in the city; and the scribe, the captain of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the city.

KJV

And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king’s presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city:

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This verse in 2 Kings 25

Commentary

6 notes on this verse
Out of the city - This clause shows that the five persons mentioned in 2Ki 25:18 were taken out of the temple. Five men - Or, “seven men,” according to Jer 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.

This site's exposition

took away Seraiah the chief priest

on 2 Kings 25:18-21

Seraiah "the chief priest" is named as Jehozadak's father at 1 Chronicles 6:14-15, and Ezra 7:1 traces Ezra's priestly line back through this same Seraiah. All are struck down at Riblah, and the verse closes the kingdom: "So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land."

This site's exposition

five royal advisors

Jeremiah 52:25 counts seven of these royal advisors, and this verse counts five. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown suppose that two more were found later, and Albert Barnes leaves the number open. The Hebrew calls them men who saw the king's face.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

That it was the holy city, where was the testimony of Israel; but that glory has departed, for Solomon's temple is burnt to the ground (

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

five men of them that were in the king's presence--that is, who belonged to the royal retinue. It is probable that there were five at first, and that other two were found afterwards (Jer 52:25).

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A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

And five men of them that were in the king’s presence - These were principal counselors, and confidential officers. In Jer 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.

The words behind it

33 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וּמִן־and from

    umin-H4480 →1188 times

  • הָעִ֡ירthe city

    hairH5892 →1090 times

  • לָקַח֩he took

    lakachH3947 →966 times

  • סָרִ֨יסa court-official

    sarisH5631 →42 times

  • אֶחָ֜דone

    ʾechadH259 →971 times

  • אֲֽשֶׁר־who

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • ה֥וּאhe

    hu'H1931 →1879 times

  • פָקִ֣יד׀[was] overseer

    fakidH6496 →

  • עַל־over

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • אַנְשֵׁ֣י[the] men of

    ʾansheiH582 →566 times

  • הַמִּלְחָמָ֗ה<the> war

    hamilchamahH4421 →320 times

  • וַחֲמִשָּׁ֨הand five

    vachamishahH2568 →343 times

  • אֲנָשִׁ֜יםmen

    ʾanashimH582 →566 times

  • מֵרֹאֵ֤יfrom [those who] saw

    meroeiH7200 →1300 times

  • פְנֵֽי־<of> [the] face of

    fenei-H6440 →2123 times

  • הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙the king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwho

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • נִמְצְא֣וּthey were found

    nimtzeuH4672 →455 times

  • בָעִ֔ירin the city

    vairH5892 →1090 times

  • וְאֵ֗תand <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • הַסֹּפֵר֙the scribe

    hasoferH5608 →159 times

  • שַׂ֣ר[the] commander of

    sarH8269 →421 times

  • הַצָּבָ֔אthe army

    hatzava'H6635 →485 times

  • הַמַּצְבִּ֖אwho mustered

    hamatzbi'H6633 →

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • עַ֣ם[the] people of

    ʾamH5971 →1873 times

  • הָאָ֑רֶץthe land

    haaretzH776 →2504 times

  • וְשִׁשִּׁ֥יםand sixty

    veshishimH8346 →

  • אִישׁ֙man

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • מֵעַ֣םfrom [the] people of

    meamH5971 →1873 times

  • הָאָ֔רֶץthe land

    haaretzH776 →2504 times

  • הַֽנִּמְצְאִ֖יםwho were found

    hanimtzeimH4672 →455 times

  • בָּעִֽיר׃in the city

    bairH5892 →1090 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

2 in all, six open

The walk

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Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Esther 1:14

    His closest advisors were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media who had personal access to the king and ranked highest in the kingdom.

    it leads to

    • Ezra 7:14

      You are sent by the king and his seven counselors to evaluate Judah and Jerusalem according to the Law of your God, which is in your hand.

    • Matthew 18:10

      See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.

    • Revelation 22:4

      They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Kings

Zedekiah's Sons Are Slaughtered before His Eyes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Zedekiah's Sons Are Slaughtered before His Eyes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
2 Kings: the study guide →Read 2 Kings 25 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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