15Then 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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Matthew Henry
(vv. 12-23)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 army, in this action. In the margin he is called the chief of the slaughter-men , or executioners ; for soldiers are but slaughter-men, and God employs them as executioners of his sentence against a sinf...
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