2 Kings 25:11
Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away.
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Barnes' Notes
The fugitives ... - It was from a fear of the treatment which he would receive at the hands of these deserters that Zedekiah persisted in defending the city to the last Jer 38:19.
Though we have reason to think that the army of the Chaldeans were much enraged against the city for holding out with so much stubbornness, yet they did not therefore put all to fire and sword as soon…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Now the rest[R.V. And the residue] of the people The change is in accordance with Jer 52:15 where the same people are spoken of.
and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon R.V. and those…
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