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Jeremiah 39:13-14

JEREMIAH—NOTE ON Jeremiah 39:13 Nebuchadnezzar’s officials (v. Jeremiah 39:3) released Jeremiah 1:1 from prison, which probably made some of the people think he was collaborating with the Babylonian king.

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See also Jeremiah 39:13-14 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Nebuzar-adan is in the inscriptions Nabu-zir-iddina (Nebo has given offspring); and Nebushasban, Nabu-sizibanni (Nebo save me), whom some identify with Sarsechim Jeremiah 39:3....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 39 _ 1. The fall of Jerusalem and the fate of Zedekiah (Jeremiah 39:1) _ 2. Nebuchadnezzar's kindness to Jeremiah (Jeremiah 39:10) 3. Ebed-melech's reward (Jeremiah 39:15)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE FALL OF JERUSALEM: JEREMIAH SPARED. This paragraph well illustrates the growth of the OT text; _cf._ 2 Kings 25:1 (also reproduced in Jeremiah 52:4, from which Jeremiah 39:1 f. and...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    See introd. summary to the section....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    For the names see on Jeremiah 39:3....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    NEBUSHASBAN, &C.— _Nebushasban, prime minister,_ or prince of the eunuchs, and Nergal-Sharezer, prince of the Magi. REFLECTIONS.—1st, At last the threatened judgment is executed. Vengeance against si...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    D. The Command of Nebuchadnezzar Jeremiah 39:11-14 TRANSLATION (11) Now Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had commanded Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard concerning Jeremiah, saying, (12) Take hi...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of Babylon's princes; NEBUZAR-ADAN ... SENT. He was then at Ramah ()....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE CAPTURE OF JERUSALEM (11TH YEAR OF ZEDEKIAH) The narrative in this c., with some varieties in detail, coincides with that of Jeremiah 52 and with 2 Kings 25. 1-7. The city taken. Zedekiah's fate...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    NEBUSHASBAN. — The name, which occurs in the _Annals_ cf Assur-banipal (_Records of the Past,_ i. 64), is possibly another form of the Nebo-sarsechim of Jeremiah 39:3. Rab-saris (= chief eunuch, or ch...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּשְׁלַ֞ח נְבֽוּזַרְאֲדָ֣ן רַב ־טַבָּחִ֗ים וּ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XIII GEDALIAH Jeremiah 39:1; Jeremiah 40:1; Jeremiah 41:1; Jeremiah 52:1 "Then arose Ishmael ben Nethani

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This chapter records the fall of Jerusalem. After a long siege lasting from the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign until the fourth month of the eleventh year, at last "a breach was mad...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Nabusezban perhaps stand for Semegar, Nabu, and Sarsachim. The other four officers occur [in] ver. 3. (Calmet)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Behold the care the Lord takes of his people, agreeably to his promise, Jeremiah 15:11. And is it not so in all ages? Oh! Reader, never lose sight of the blessed doctrine that ariseth out of this scri...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 39 THROUGH 44. After this, chapter 39 and the following Chapter s give us the history of the confusion and iniquity that reigned among the remnant who were no...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    SO NEBUZARADAN CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD SENT,.... When he was come to Jerusalem, one of the first things he did was, he sent a messenger or messengers to the court of the prison where Jeremiah was, to bri...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of Babylon's princes; Ver. 13. _So Nebuzaradan, &c._] These, who before were so a...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Nebuzar-adan sent and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison_ Where he was when the city was taken, Jeremiah 38:28; _and committed him unto Gedaliah_ Namely, after he had been carried out of Je...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Concerning The Fate of Jeremiah and of Ebed-Melech....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    So Nebuzar-adan, the captain of the guard, sent, and Nebu-shasban, Bab-saris, and Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, that is, the chief of the magi, AND ALL THE KING OF BABYLON'S PRINCES, all the commanders of...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    11-14 The servants of God alone are prepared for all events; and they are delivered and comforted, while the wicked suffer. They often meet with more kindness from the profane, than from hypocritical...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 39:13 Nebuzaradan H5018 captain H7227 guard H2876 sent H7971 (H8799) Nebushasban H5021 Rabsaris H7249 Nergal-Sharezer...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Final captivity of Judah in accordance with the prophets. CHARACTERS: Zedekiah, Nebuchadnezzar, Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sar-sechim, Rab-saris, Rab-mag, Nebuzaradan, Jeremiah, Nebushas...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Jeremiah 39:1. _In the ninth year of Zedekiah they besieged Jerusalem._ On the very day that God revealed to Ezekiel in Babylon the taking of the city. This would reconcile the captives to their lot,...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—_Cf_. notes _in loc_. chap. 34. The siege lasted just one year and six months, not reckoning the interval during which the Chaldeans broke...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION This chapter is very confused as it stands. To restore order it is absolutely necessary to suppose that some passages (viz. Jeremiah 39:1, Jeremiah 39:2, and Jeremiah 39:4) have been insert...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem, and began their siege. And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Jeremiah 39:3; Jeremiah 39:9...

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