19 And from the city he took one official who was overseer of the men of war, and (A)five [a]of the king’s advisers who were found in the city; and the [b]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 (B)Riblah. 21 Then the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. (C)So Judah went into exile from its land.

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Footnotes

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

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. 21 There at Riblah,(A) in the land of Hamath, the king had them executed.(B)

So Judah went into captivity,(C) away from her land.(D)

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