Context 24Then the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest, with the three officers of the temple. 25He also took from the city one official who was overseer of the men of war, and seven of the kings advisers who were found in the city, and the scribe of the commander of the army who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the midst of the city. 26Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. 27Then the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was led away into exile from its land. 28These are the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away into exile: in the seventh year 3,023 Jews; 29in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar 832 persons from Jerusalem; 30in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried into exile 745 Jewish people; there were 4,600 persons in all. 31Now it came about in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, showed favor to Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of prison. 32Then he spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the thrones of the kings who were with him in Babylon. 33So Jehoiachin changed his prison clothes, and had his meals in the kings presence regularly all the days of his life. 34For his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king of Babylon, a daily portion all the days of his life until the day of his death. Parallel Verses American Standard VersionAnd the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold: Douay-Rheims Bible And the general took Saraias the chief priest, and Sophonias the second priest, and the three keepers of the entry. Darby Bible Translation And the captain of the body-guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers. English Revised Version And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: Webster's Bible Translation And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: World English Bible The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold: Young's Literal Translation And the chief of the executioners taketh Seraiah the head priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold, Library 'As Sodom''Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 2. And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 3. For through the anger of the Lord it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. 4. And it came to pass, in the ninth year of his reign, … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture The Iranian Conquest The End Jeremiah Links Jeremiah 52:24 NIV • Jeremiah 52:24 NLT • Jeremiah 52:24 ESV • Jeremiah 52:24 NASB • Jeremiah 52:24 KJV • Jeremiah 52:24 Bible Apps • Jeremiah 52:24 Parallel • Bible Hub |