2 Kings 25:11
in 2 Kings 25Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the residue of the people that were left in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away captive.
KJV
Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard carry away.
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This verse in 2 Kings 25
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The fugitives ... - It was from a fear of the treatment which he would receive at the hands of these deserters that Zedekiah persisted in defending the city to the last Jer 38:19.
This site's exposition
the rest of the people
on 2 Kings 25:11-12
The bulk of the surviving population is carried off, and the poorest of the land are left as vinedressers and husbandmen, recorded almost identically at Jer 39:10. Leaving the poor to work the vineyards and fields is the ordinary policy of the conqueror rather than mercy for its own sake, keeping the ground producing under a governor rather than lying wholly to waste. The land is emptied of its leadership and kept, not abandoned.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
What think you of Nebuchadnezzar? Have you not heard from Scripture that he was bloodthirsty, fierce, with the disposition of a lion? Have you not heard that he disinterred the kings? Have you not heard that he brought the people away into captivity? Have you not heard that he put the king's sons to the sword before Zedekiah's eyes and then blinded him? Have you not heard that he shattered the cherubim?
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
People - Whom neither the sword nor famine had destroyed, who were eight hundred and thirty two persons, Jer. lii, 29, being members and traders of that city: for it is likely, there were very many more of the country people fled thither, who were left with others of their brethren to manure the land.
The glory of Jerusalem was, 1. That it was the royal city, where were set "the thrones of the house of David;" but that glory has now departed, for the prince is made a most miserable prisoner, the seed royal is destroyed (
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
His office as captain of the guard (Ge 37:36; 39:1) called him to execute the awards of justice on criminals; and hence, although not engaged in the siege of Jerusalem (Jer 39:13), Nebuzar-adan was despatched to rase the city, to plunder the temple, to lay both in ruins, demolish the fortifications, and transport the inhabitants to Babylon.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
And the defectors. [Those] who obeyed Nevuchadnetzar and went out to him from the city, as in, “When he went to Tziklag, [members] of Menashe defected to him, etc.” 6 I Divrei Hayomim:21.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֵת֩ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יֶ֨תֶר | yeter | [the] rest of | H3499 → | 102 times |
| הָעָ֜ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| הַנִּשְׁאָרִ֣ים | hanisharim | which remained | H7604 → | 133 times |
| בָּעִ֗יר | bair | in the city | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַנֹּֽפְלִים֙ | hanofelim | those [who] fell | H5307 → | 435 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נָפְלוּ֙ | nafelu | they fell | H5307 → | 435 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| בָּבֶ֔ל | bavel | Babylon | H894 → | 262 times |
| וְאֵ֖ת | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יֶ֣תֶר | yeter | [the] rest of | H3499 → | 102 times |
| הֶהָמ֑וֹן | hehamon | the multitude | H1995 → | 83 times |
| הֶגְלָ֕ה | heglah | he took into exile | H1540 → | 186 times |
| נְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֖ן | nevuzaradan | Nebuzaradan | H5018 → | 16 times |
| רַב־ | rav- | [the] chief of | H7227 → | 454 times |
| טַבָּחִֽים׃ | tabachim | [the] bodyguards | H2876 → | 32 times |
וְאֵת֩and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
יֶ֨תֶר[the] rest of
yeterH3499 →102 times
הָעָ֜םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
הַנִּשְׁאָרִ֣יםwhich remained
hanisharimH7604 →133 times
בָּעִ֗ירin the city
bairH5892 →1090 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַנֹּֽפְלִים֙those [who] fell
hanofelimH5307 →435 times
אֲשֶׁ֤רwho
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
נָפְלוּ֙they fell
nafeluH5307 →435 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְthe king of
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
בָּבֶ֔לBabylon
bavelH894 →262 times
וְאֵ֖תand <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
יֶ֣תֶר[the] rest of
yeterH3499 →102 times
הֶהָמ֑וֹןthe multitude
hehamonH1995 →83 times
הֶגְלָ֕הhe took into exile
heglahH1540 →186 times
נְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֖ןNebuzaradan
nevuzaradanH5018 →16 times
רַב־[the] chief of
rav-H7227 →454 times
טַבָּחִֽים׃[the] bodyguards
tabachimH2876 →32 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Ezekiel 5:2When the days of the siege have ended, you are to burn up a third of the hair inside the city; you are also to take a third and slash it with the sword…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 5:12
A third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside your walls, and a third I will scatter to every…
- Leviticus 26:33
But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.
- Ezekiel 4:1–8
“Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you, and draw on it the city of Jerusalem.
- Ezekiel 12:14
And I will scatter to every wind all the attendants around him and all his troops, and I will draw a sword to chase after them.
- Ezekiel 5:12
Through
Jeremiah 52:12On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 25:8
On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
- Zechariah 8:19
“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of…
- Jeremiah 39:9
Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away to Babylon the remnant of the people who had remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to him.
- 2 Kings 25:8
Through
Jeremiah 39:9Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away to Babylon the remnant of the people who had remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to him.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 40:1
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD after Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had released him at Ramah, having found him bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem…
- Jeremiah 40:1
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lecture 2:17-19; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.