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Jeremiah 52:24-27

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

24. And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: 25. He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king’s person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city. 26. So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. 27. And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land.

Jeremiah 52:24-27 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 52:24

Theological / Devotional

The chief priest. Not only the political leaders, but the religious heads of the nation as well, were destroyed. Only a short time prior to this, Zephaniah, the second priest, had heard Jeremiah predict the death of Jerusalem’s leaders (ch. 21:1,7).

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