Jeremiah 52:12
in Jeremiah 52On 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.
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ASV
Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, who stood before the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem.
KJV
Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar–adan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem,
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This verse in Jeremiah 52
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month
on Jeremiah 52:12-16
The temple's burning is dated to the fifth month, tenth day, matching 2 Kings 25:8-9, the date the synagogue still keeps as the ninth of Av, mourning this destruction and the second temple's together. Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, burns the house of the Lord, the king's house, and every great house in the city, then breaks down the walls of Jerusalem entirely, the three burnings and the wall named in one sweep. The poor of the land are deliberately left behind for vinedressers and husbandmen (v16), so that the land is not stripped of every hand to work it, the same detail 39:10 has already given.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
But the sums here are very small, in comparison with what we find expressed concerning the former ( 2 Kings xxiv. 14, 16 ), when there were 18,000 carried captive, whereas here they are said to be 3023; they are also small in comparison with what we may reasonably suppose concerning the latter; for, when all the residue of the people were carried away (
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Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
tenth day--But in 2Ki 25:8, it is said "the seventh day." Nebuzara-dan started from Riblah on the "seventh" day and arrived in Jerusalem on the "tenth" day. Seeming discrepancies, when cleared up, confirm the genuineness of Scripture; for they show there was no collusion between the writers; as in all God's works there is latent harmony under outward varieties.
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Now in the fifth month - Answering nearly to our August.
The words behind it
22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבַחֹ֤דֶשׁ | uvachodesh | and in the month | H2320 → | 284 times |
| הַֽחֲמִישִׁי֙ | hachamishi | <the> fifth | H2549 → | 45 times |
| בֶּעָשׂ֣וֹר | beasor | on the ten | H6218 → | |
| לַחֹ֔דֶשׁ | lachodesh | of the month | H2320 → | 284 times |
| הִ֗יא | hi' | it | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| שְׁנַת֙ | shenat | [was] year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| תְּשַֽׁע־ | tesha'- | nine- | H8672 → | 58 times |
| עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה | ʾesreh | teen | H6240 → | 338 times |
| שָׁנָ֔ה | shanah | year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ | lamelekh | of the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֣ר | nevukhadretzar | Nebuchadnezzar | H5019 → | 60 times |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| בָּבֶ֑ל | bavel | Babylon | H894 → | 262 times |
| בָּ֗א | ba' | he came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| נְבֽוּזַרְאֲדָן֙ | nevuzaradan | Nebuzaradan | H5018 → | 16 times |
| רַב־ | rav- | [the] chief of | H7227 → | 454 times |
| טַבָּחִ֔ים | tabachim | [the] bodyguards | H2876 → | 32 times |
| עָמַ֛ד | ʾamad | he stood | H5975 → | 521 times |
| לִפְנֵ֥י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| בָּבֶ֖ל | bavel | Babylon | H894 → | 262 times |
| בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ | birushalim | in Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
וּבַחֹ֤דֶשׁand in the month
uvachodeshH2320 →284 times
הַֽחֲמִישִׁי֙<the> fifth
hachamishiH2549 →45 times
בֶּעָשׂ֣וֹרon the ten
beasorH6218 →
לַחֹ֔דֶשׁof the month
lachodeshH2320 →284 times
הִ֗יאit
hi'H1931 →1879 times
שְׁנַת֙[was] year
shenatH8141 →877 times
תְּשַֽׁע־nine-
tesha'-H8672 →58 times
עֶשְׂרֵ֣הteen
ʾesrehH6240 →338 times
שָׁנָ֔הyear
shanahH8141 →877 times
לַמֶּ֖לֶךְof the king
lamelekhH4428 →2525 times
נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֣רNebuchadnezzar
nevukhadretzarH5019 →60 times
מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of
melekh-H4428 →2525 times
בָּבֶ֑לBabylon
bavelH894 →262 times
בָּ֗אhe came
ba'H935 →2568 times
נְבֽוּזַרְאֲדָן֙Nebuzaradan
nevuzaradanH5018 →16 times
רַב־[the] chief of
rav-H7227 →454 times
טַבָּחִ֔ים[the] bodyguards
tabachimH2876 →32 times
עָמַ֛דhe stood
ʾamadH5975 →521 times
לִפְנֵ֥י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of
melekh-H4428 →2525 times
בָּבֶ֖לBabylon
bavelH894 →262 times
בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃in Jerusalem
birushalimH3389 →643 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
2 Kings 24:12Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 25:27
On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released King Jehoiachin of Judah from…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 24:1
After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, as well as the officials of Judah and the craftsmen and metalsmiths from Jerusalem, and had brought them to…
- 2 Kings 25:27
Through
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…
it leads to
- Zechariah 8:16
These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,
- Jeremiah 39:2
And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city was breached.
- Zechariah 7:3
by asking the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts, as well as the prophets, “Should I weep and fast in the fifth month, as I have done these many years?”
- Zechariah 7:5
“Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?
- 2 Kings 25:25
In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down and killed Gedaliah, along with the…
- Zechariah 8:16
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
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PlaceBabil Governorate (archaeological site)BabylonAncient Mesopotamian city and imperial capital; site of the Israelite exile and a recurring biblical symbol of worldly power.
- PlaceJerusalemJerusalemThe city David took from the Jebusites and made his capital, where Solomon built the temple, where Christ was crucified and rose,…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
