18 Then the captain of the bodyguards took (A)Seraiah the chief priest and (B)Zephaniah the second priest, with the three [a]doorkeepers. 19 And from the city he took one official who was overseer of the men of war, and (C)five [b]of the king’s advisers who were found in the city; and the [c]scribe of the captain of the army who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the city. 20 Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguards took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at (D)Riblah.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 25:18 Lit keepers of the threshold
  2. 2 Kings 25:19 Lit men of those seeing the king’s face
  3. 2 Kings 25:19 Or scribe, a captain

18 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) 19 Of those still in the city, he took the officer in charge of the fighting men, and five royal advisers. He also took the secretary who was chief officer in charge of conscripting the people of the land and sixty of the conscripts who were found in the city. 20 Nebuzaradan the commander took them all and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

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