Study it in the app“So Nebuzaradan the chief of the guard sent, and Nebushazban the Rabsaris, and Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and all the great men of the king of Babylon,”
So Nebuzaradanוַ נְבוּזַרְאֲדָןthe chiefרַבof the guardטַבָּחִיםsent,יִּשְׁלַחand Nebushazbanוּנְבוּשַׁזְבָּןthe Rabsaris,רַב סָרִיסand Nergal-sharezerוְנֵרְגַל שַׂר אֶצֶרthe Rabmag,רַב מָגand allוְכֹלthe great menרַבֵּיof the kingמֶלֶךְof Babylon,בָּבֶל
Nebuzaradan
Nebuzaradan. Captain of the guard of the king of Babylon; he burned the house of YHWH and Jerusalem, tore down its walls and carried the people into exile (2 Kings 25:8-20; Jeremiah 39–40; 52).
Where else “nevuzaradan” appearschief
Literally "the great one": the one over a group, like the guard.
Where else “rav” appearsguard
The king's guards.
Where else “tabachim” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appearsNebushazban
Nebushazban: a Babylonian official, the Rabsaris.
Where else “nevushazban” appearsRabsaris
Rabsaris. Not a personal name but a title of the court of Assyria and of Babylon: "chief of the officials" or "chief of the eunuchs" (2 Kings 18:17; Jeremiah 39:3, 13).
Where else “rav” appearsNergal-sharezer
Nergal-sharezer: the name of Babylonian officials present when Jerusalem was taken (Jeremiah 39:3, 13).
Where else “nergal” appearsRabmag
Rabmag: the title of a high Babylonian official.
Where else “rav” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearsBabylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
12“Take him, and set your eyes on him, and do not do to him anything bad; but as he speaks to you, so do with him.”
13 · This verse (above)
14they sent and took Jeremiah from the court of the guard and gave him to Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan, to take him out to the house; and he stayed among the people.
