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19 From the city he took a eunuch who was in charge of the soldiers, five[a] of the king’s advisers[b] who were discovered in the city, an official army secretary who drafted citizens[c] for military service, and sixty citizens from the people of the land who were discovered in the city. 20 Nebuzaradan, captain of the royal guard, took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. 21 The king of Babylon ordered them to be executed[d] at Riblah in the territory[e] of Hamath. So Judah was deported from its land.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 25:19 tn The parallel passage in Jer 52:25 has “seven.”
  2. 2 Kings 25:19 tn Heb “five men seeing the king’s face.”
  3. 2 Kings 25:19 tn Heb “the people of the land.”
  4. 2 Kings 25:21 tn Heb “struck them down and killed them.”
  5. 2 Kings 25:21 tn Heb “land.”

19 Of those still in the city, he took the officer in charge of the fighting men, and five royal advisers. He also took the secretary who was chief officer in charge of conscripting the people of the land and sixty of the conscripts who were found in the city. 20 Nebuzaradan the commander took them all and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. 21 There at Riblah,(A) in the land of Hamath, the king had them executed.(B)

So Judah went into captivity,(C) away from her land.(D)

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