Jeremiah 52:30
in Jeremiah 52in Nebuchadnezzar’s twenty-third year, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away 745 Jews. So in all, 4,600 people were taken away.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
in the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.
KJV
In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.
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This verse in Jeremiah 52
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
in the seventh year, 3,023 Jews
on Jeremiah 52:28-30
Three deportations are counted by Nebuchadnezzar’s years: “So in all, 4,600 people were taken away.” This is smaller than the ten thousand of 2 Kings 24:14. Gill and Barnes give two explanations without deciding: a different count of regnal years, or a list of adult men alone.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
): Then Nebuzaradan came, and carried away 745 Jews; it is probable that this was done in revenge of the murder of Gedaliah, which was another rebellion against the king of Babylon, and that those who were now taken were aiders and abetters of Ishmael in that murder, and were not only carried away, but put to death for it; yet this is uncertain.
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27-30 ), only there it is said to be done on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month, here on the twenty-fifth; but in a thing of this nature two days make a very slight difference in the account. It is probable that the orders were given for his release on the twenty-fifth day, but that he was not presented to the king till the twenty-seventh.
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In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadnezzar,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Probably it took place during the commotions that followed the death of Gedaliah (Jer 41:18; 2Ki 25:26). four thousand and six hundred--The exact sum-total of the numbers specified here, namely, three thousand twenty-three, eight hundred thirty-two, seven hundred forty-five, not including the general multitude and the women and children (Jer 52:15;
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בִּשְׁנַ֨ת | bishnat | in year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| שָׁלֹ֣שׁ | shalosh | three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| וְעֶשְׂרִים֮ | veesrim | and twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| לִנְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּר֒ | linvukhadretzar | of Nebuchadnezzar | H5019 → | 60 times |
| הֶגְלָ֗ה | heglah | he took into exile | H1540 → | 186 times |
| נְבֽוּזַרְאֲדָן֙ | nevuzaradan | Nebuzaradan | H5018 → | 16 times |
| רַב־ | rav- | [the] chief of | H7227 → | 454 times |
| טַבָּחִ֔ים | tabachim | [the] bodyguards | H2876 → | 32 times |
| יְהוּדִ֕ים | yehudim | Jews | H3064 → | 75 times |
| נֶ֕פֶשׁ | nefesh | person[s] | H5315 → | 754 times |
| שְׁבַ֥ע | sheva' | seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| מֵא֖וֹת | meot | hundred<s> | H3967 → | 581 times |
| אַרְבָּעִ֣ים | ʾarbaim | forty | H705 → | |
| וַחֲמִשָּׁ֑ה | vachamishah | and five | H2568 → | 343 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| נֶ֕פֶשׁ | nefesh | person | H5315 → | 754 times |
| אַרְבַּ֥עַת | ʾarbaat | [was] four | H702 → | 318 times |
| אֲלָפִ֖ים | ʾalafim | thousand<s> | H505 → | 505 times |
| וְשֵׁ֥שׁ | veshesh | and six | H8337 → | 216 times |
| מֵאֽוֹת׃ פ | meot | hundred<s> | H3967 → | 581 times |
בִּשְׁנַ֨תin year
bishnatH8141 →877 times
שָׁלֹ֣שׁthree
shaloshH7969 →432 times
וְעֶשְׂרִים֮and twenty
veesrimH6242 →315 times
לִנְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּר֒of Nebuchadnezzar
linvukhadretzarH5019 →60 times
הֶגְלָ֗הhe took into exile
heglahH1540 →186 times
נְבֽוּזַרְאֲדָן֙Nebuzaradan
nevuzaradanH5018 →16 times
רַב־[the] chief of
rav-H7227 →454 times
טַבָּחִ֔ים[the] bodyguards
tabachimH2876 →32 times
יְהוּדִ֕יםJews
yehudimH3064 →75 times
נֶ֕פֶשׁperson[s]
nefeshH5315 →754 times
שְׁבַ֥עseven
sheva'H7651 →394 times
מֵא֖וֹתhundred<s>
meotH3967 →581 times
אַרְבָּעִ֣יםforty
ʾarbaimH705 →
וַחֲמִשָּׁ֑הand five
vachamishahH2568 →343 times
כָּל־every
kol-H3605 →5413 times
נֶ֕פֶשׁperson
nefeshH5315 →754 times
אַרְבַּ֥עַת[was] four
ʾarbaatH702 →318 times
אֲלָפִ֖יםthousand<s>
ʾalafimH505 →505 times
וְשֵׁ֥שׁand six
vesheshH8337 →216 times
מֵאֽוֹת׃ פhundred<s>
meotH3967 →581 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
7 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
Jeremiah 6:9This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Glean the remnant of Israel as thoroughly as a vine. Pass your hand once more like a grape gatherer over the branches.”
it leads to
- Obadiah 1:5–6
“If thieves came to you, if robbers by night—oh, how you will be ruined—would they not steal only what they wanted? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings?
- Jeremiah 16:16
But for now I will send for many fishermen, declares the LORD, and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain…
- Jeremiah 49:9
If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings? Were thieves to come in the night, would they not steal only what they wanted?
- Revelation 14:18
Still another angel, with authority over the fire, came from the altar and called out in a loud voice to the angel with the sharp sickle, “Swing your sharp sickle and gather the clusters…
- Jeremiah 52:28–30
These are the people Nebuchadnezzar carried away: in the seventh year, 3,023 Jews;
- Obadiah 1:5–6
Through
Jeremiah 52:15Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile some of the poorest people and those who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and…
it leads to
- Zechariah 14:2
For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the…
- Jeremiah 15:1–2
Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go.
- Zechariah 14:2
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
