Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard,.... The Targum is,"the captain of those that kill;''of the soldiers, of the militia. Some render it, the captain of the "cooks"; others, of the "butchers" ; but no doubt it was a military office he bore; he was captain of the forces that were left in Jerusalem, after the other part went in pursuit of the king and those with him; or the captain of a company, being sent by the king of Babylon to execute a commission of his: the samecarried away into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city; that were left of the pestilence, famine, and sword; and who were found in it when it was taken:and those that fell away, that fell to him; that fell to the Chaldean army during the siege of the city; and those that betook themselves to Nebuzaradan, and voluntarily surrendered themselves to him afterwards:with the rest of the people that remained; in other cities in the land of Judah.
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Jeremiah 39:9
Jeremiah 39:9
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