23 There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; (A)all the pomegranates, all around on the network, were one hundred.

The People Taken Captive to Babylonia

24 (B)The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, (C)Zephaniah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers. 25 He also took out of the city an [a]officer who had charge of the men of war, seven men of the king’s close associates who were found in the city, the principal scribe 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.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 52:25 Lit. eunuch

23 There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; the total number of pomegranates(A) above the surrounding network was a hundred.(B)

24 The commander of the guard took as prisoners Seraiah(C) the chief priest, Zephaniah(D) the priest next in rank and the three doorkeepers.(E) 25 Of those still in the city, he took the officer in charge of the fighting men, and seven royal advisers. He also took the secretary(F) who was chief officer in charge of conscripting the people of the land, sixty of whom were found in the city.

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