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Jeremiah 52:25

in Jeremiah 52

Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as seven trusted royal advisers. 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 seven men of them that saw the king’s face, that were found in the city; and the scribe of 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 midst of the city.

KJV

He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king’s person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.

This verse in Jeremiah 52

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
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.

This site's exposition

The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest

on Jeremiah 52:24-27

Judah’s leaders are taken: “Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers,” “seven trusted royal advisers,” and sixty men. At Riblah they are all put to death. The summary, “So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land,” matches 2 Kings 25:21.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war,....

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

seven men--but in 2Ki 25:19 it is "five." Perhaps two were less illustrious persons and are therefore omitted. principal scribe of the host-- (Isa 33:18). His office was to preside over the levy and enroll recruits.

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A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Seven men - that were near the king’s person - These were privy counsellors.

The words behind it

34 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

  • הָיָ֥הhe was

    hayahH1961 →3559 times

  • פָקִ֣יד׀an officer

    fakidH6496 →13 times

  • עַל־over

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • אַנְשֵׁ֣י[the] men of

    ʾansheiH582 →566 times

  • הַמִּלְחָמָ֗ה<the> war

    hamilchamahH4421 →320 times

  • וְשִׁבְעָ֨הand seven

    veshivahH7651 →394 times

  • אֲנָשִׁ֜יםmen

    ʾanashimH582 →566 times

  • מֵרֹאֵ֤יfrom [those who] saw

    meroeiH7200 →1300 times

  • פְנֵי־<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

  • סֹפֵר֙[the] scribe of

    soferH5608 →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 →

  • אִישׁ֙person[s]

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • מֵעַ֣םfrom [the] people of

    meamH5971 →1873 times

  • הָאָ֔רֶץthe land

    haaretzH776 →2504 times

  • הַֽנִּמְצְאִ֖יםwho were found

    hanimtzeimH4672 →455 times

  • בְּת֥וֹךְin [the] midst of

    betokhH8432 →418 times

  • הָעִֽיר׃the city

    hairH5892 →1090 times

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

The walk

8 stops

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

    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.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 91:11

      For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.

    • Hebrews 1:14

      Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?

    • Psalms 34:7

      The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.

    • Luke 16:22

      One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.

    • 2 Kings 6:16–17

      “Do not be afraid,” Elisha answered, “for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”

  • 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

    • 2 Kings 25:19

      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…

    • 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.

Where this verse is studied

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About Jeremiah

Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); 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.