30In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 24-30)We have here a very melancholy account, 1. Of the slaughter of some great men, in cold blood, at Riblah, seventy-two in number (according to the number of the elders of Israel, Num. 11:24 , 25 ), so they are computed, 2 Kgs. 25:18 , 19 . We read there of five out of the temple, two out of the city, five out of the court, and sixty out of the country. The account here agrees with that, except in on...
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