Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.
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Gill's Exposition
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land,.... Of the land of Judea, who lived in the country, and had not been concerned in defending the city against the…
Barnes' Notes
Certain of the poor of the people, and - Omit (as in 2Ki 25:11), being inserted through some confusion with Jer 52:16. Multitude - Possibly workmen. The object of Nebuchadnezzar was to people Babylon,…
We have here an account of the woeful havoc that was made by the Chaldean army, a month after the city was taken, under the command of Nebuzaradan, who was captain of the guard, or general of the…
Cambridge Bible
The whole v. is omitted by the LXX. The words "of the poorest sort of the people and" seem to have come in from the next v. through an error of sight on the part of a copyist. The three classes of…