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Jeremiah 39:13

King James Version (KJV)

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Jeremiah 39:13

Verse 13 of 18

Scripture focus

So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of Babylon’s princes;

Jeremiah 39:13 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 39:13

Theological / Devotional

Nebuzar-adan ... sent. Presumably from Ramah (see on v. 14; ch. 40:1). Nebuzar-adan is known from Babylonian records. His Babylonian name, Nabu-zer-iddinam, means “Nabu gives offspring.” His Hebrew title, Rab-tabbachim, correctly translated “captain of the guard,” literally means “chief of the butchers.” However, the term was used in a wider sense to designate the chief of the bodyguard of the king. In the Babylonian records Nebuzar-adan is listed several decades later with the title “chief cook,” which, idiomatically, had the wider meaning of “chancellor.”

Nebushasban, Rab-saris. Rather, “Nebushazban the rabsaris” (see on v. 3). His Babylonian name, Nabu-shezibanni means, “Nabu, save me.” On Nergalsharezer see on v. 3.

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