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24 Then the captain of the guard[a] took Seraiah the chief priest,[b] and Zephaniah the second priest,[c] and three keepers of the threshold. 25 And from the city he took one high official who was chief officer over the soldiers,[d] and seven men of the king’s advisors[e] who were found in the city, and the secretary of the commander of the army who levied for military service the people of the land, and sixty men[f] of the people of the land who were found in the midst of the city. 26 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard[g] took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 52:24 Hebrew “guards”
  2. Jeremiah 52:24 Literally “the priest of the head”
  3. Jeremiah 52:24 Literally “the priest of the second”
  4. Jeremiah 52:25 Literally “the men of the battle”
  5. Jeremiah 52:25 Literally “those who see the face of the king”
  6. Jeremiah 52:25 Hebrew “man”
  7. Jeremiah 52:26 Hebrew “guards”

24 The commander of the guard took as prisoners Seraiah(A) the chief priest, Zephaniah(B) the priest next in rank and the three doorkeepers.(C) 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(D) who was chief officer in charge of conscripting the people of the land, sixty of whom were found in the city. 26 Nebuzaradan(E) the commander took them all and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

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