Verse 3
Jeremiah 39:3
Free Bible Version
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All the officials of the king of Babylon came in and took over the city, making their headquarters at the Middle Gate. They were Nergal-sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-sarsekim the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and all the other officials of the king of Babylon.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יָּבֹ֗אוּ כֹּ֚ל שָׂרֵ֣י מֶֽלֶךְ בָּבֶ֔ל וַ/יֵּשְׁב֖וּ בְּ/שַׁ֣עַר הַ/תָּ֑וֶךְ נֵרְגַ֣ל שַׂר אֶ֠צֶר סַֽמְגַּר נְב֞וּ שַׂר סְכִ֣ים רַב סָרִ֗יס נֵרְגַ֤ל שַׂר אֶ֨צֶר֙ רַב מָ֔ג וְ/כָל שְׁאֵרִ֔ית שָׂרֵ֖י מֶ֥לֶךְ בָּבֶֽל
English Translation
And all the princes of the king of Babylon came, and they sat at the middle gate: Nergal, the prince of the guard, Samgar, Nebu, the prince of the officials, Rab-Saris, Nergal, the prince of the guard, Rab-Mag, and all the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.
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Chapter 39 Context
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In the tenth month of the ninth year of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of...
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On the ninth day of the fourth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah's reign, the city wall was bro...
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All the officials of the king of Babylon came in and took over the city, making their headquarters a...
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When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the defenders saw them there, they ran away. They escaped from t...
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But the Babylonian army chased after them and caught up with Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They...
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The king of Babylon had Zedekiah's sons killed as Zedekiah watched, and he also executed all of Juda...
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Then he had Zedekiah's eyes gouged out, and had him bound with bronze chains and taken away to Babyl...
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The Babylonians burned down the king's palace and the people's houses, and they demolished Jerusalem...
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Then Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard carried off to Babylon the rest of the people who had st...
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But he left behind in the land of Judah some of the poorest people who didn't have any property. He...
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“Go and get Jeremiah and watch out that nothing bad happens to him. Do whatever he wants.”
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So Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard, Nebushazban the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and...
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took Jeremiah from the guard's courtyard, and they handed him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the so...
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“Go and tell Ebed-melech the Cushite that this is what the Lord Almighty, the God (Elohim) of Israel...
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But when that day comes I'm going to save you, declares the Lord. You won't be handed over to the pe...
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I promise to rescue you so that you're won't be killed. Your reward will be your life, because you t...
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