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Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the residue of the people who remained in the city, the deserters also who fell away to him, and the residue of the people who remained.
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The “Chief Slaughterer”
Commentators explain that the title for the Babylonian officer Nebuzaradan, “captain of the guard,” literally means “chief of the slaughterers” or “killers.” This highlights his role not as a mere guard, but as the high-ranking military official in charge of executing the destruction of the city and the deportation of its people.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Compare the marginal reference. The differences between the two accounts are slight.
19th Century
Anglican
Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard. The title in Hebrew, Bab-tab-bachim, again takes a form like that of Rab-sari…
16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet now also relates what happened to others, specifically, those who remained in the city and whom Nebuchadnezzar and his army had spared:…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard The Targum is, "the captain of those that kill;" of the soldiers, of the militi…
Jerusalem was so strong, that the inhabitants believed the enemy could never enter it. But sin provoked God to withdraw his protection, and then it…
13th Century
Catholic
This section describes the ordering of the remnant of the people after they were taken captive. It is divided into three parts:
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