Jeremiah 39:9
in Jeremiah 39Then 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.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the residue of the people that remained in the city, the deserters also that fell away to him, and the residue of the people that remained.
KJV
Then Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained.
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This verse in Jeremiah 39
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThen Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard,.... The Targum is, "the captain of those that kill;'' of the soldiers, of the militia.
This site's exposition
The Chaldeans set fire to the palace of the king
on Jeremiah 39:8-10
The Chaldeans burn the palace and the houses and break down the walls, as Jeremiah said in 37:8. Nebuzaradan carries the people to Babylon, but he leaves “some of the poor people who had no property” and gives them “vineyards and fields.” Gill and Barnes explain this as Babylon’s policy.
This site's exposition
Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away
The Targum, as John Gill cites it, renders Nebuzaradan's title captain of those that kill. He carries to Babylon the remnant left in Jerusalem, with the deserters, whom Adam Clarke explains as men who went over during the siege. The deserters Zedekiah feared in 38:19 share the exile.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The word tyrant is originally a Chaldee word, and is often used for lords by the Chaldee paraphrast, as if the Chaldeans, when they were lords, tyrannized more than any other: we have reason to think that the poor Jews had reason to say so.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Those that fell away - That deserted to the Chaldeans during the siege.
The words behind it
20 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 | who remained | H7604 → | 133 times |
| בָּעִ֗יר | bair | in the city | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַנֹּֽפְלִים֙ | hanofelim | those [who] had fallen | H5307 → | 435 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נָפְל֣וּ | nafelu | they had fallen | H5307 → | 435 times |
| עָלָ֔יו | ʾalav | on him | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| וְאֵ֛ת | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יֶ֥תֶר | yeter | [the] rest of | H3499 → | 102 times |
| הָעָ֖ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| הַנִּשְׁאָרִ֑ים | hanisharim | who remained | H7604 → | 133 times |
| הֶגְלָ֛ה | heglah | he took into exile | H1540 → | 186 times |
| נְבֽוּזַר־ | nevuzar- | Nebuzar- | H5018 → | 16 times |
| אֲדָ֥ן | ʾadan | -adan | H5018 → | 16 times |
| רַב־ | rav- | [the] chief of | H7227 → | 454 times |
| טַבָּחִ֖ים | tabachim | [the] bodyguards | H2876 → | 32 times |
| בָּבֶֽל׃ | bavel | Babylon | H894 → | 262 times |
וְאֵת֩and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
יֶ֨תֶר[the] rest of
yeterH3499 →102 times
הָעָ֜םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
הַנִּשְׁאָרִ֣יםwho remained
hanisharimH7604 →133 times
בָּעִ֗ירin the city
bairH5892 →1090 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַנֹּֽפְלִים֙those [who] had fallen
hanofelimH5307 →435 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwho
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
נָפְל֣וּthey had fallen
nafeluH5307 →435 times
עָלָ֔יוon him
ʾalavH5921 →5755 times
וְאֵ֛תand <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
יֶ֥תֶר[the] rest of
yeterH3499 →102 times
הָעָ֖םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
הַנִּשְׁאָרִ֑יםwho remained
hanisharimH7604 →133 times
הֶגְלָ֛הhe took into exile
heglahH1540 →186 times
נְבֽוּזַר־Nebuzar-
nevuzar-H5018 →16 times
אֲדָ֥ן-adan
ʾadanH5018 →16 times
רַב־[the] chief of
rav-H7227 →454 times
טַבָּחִ֖ים[the] bodyguards
tabachimH2876 →32 times
בָּבֶֽל׃Babylon
bavelH894 →262 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
Genesis 37:36Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.
it leads to
- Genesis 40:4
The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he became their personal attendant. After they had been in custody for some time,
- Genesis 37:28
So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
- Isaiah 56:3
Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.”
- Genesis 40:4
Through
Jeremiah 40:1This 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…
it leads to
- Joshua 18:25
Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,
- Jeremiah 31:15
This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
- Ephesians 6:20
for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it fearlessly, as I should.
- Acts 21:13
Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
- Acts 12:6–7
On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.
- Joshua 18:25
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
