24 Then the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest , with the three officers of the temple . 25 He also took from the city one official who was overseer of the men of war , and seven of the king's advisers e who were found in the city , and the scribe of the commander 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 . 26 Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah . 27 Then the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath . So Judah was led away into exile from its land . 28 These are the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away into exile : in the seventh year 3,023 e e e Jews ; 29 in the eighteenth e year of Nebuchadnezzar 832 e e e persons from Jerusalem ; 30 in the twenty-third e year of Nebuchadnezzar , Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried into exile 745 e e e Jewish people ; there were 4,600 e e persons in all .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 52:24-30
Commentary on Jeremiah 52:24-30
(Read Jeremiah 52:24-30)
The leaders of the Jews caused them to err; but now they are, in particular, made monuments of Divine justice. Here is an account of two earlier captivities. This people often were wonders both of judgment and mercy.