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Jeremiah 52:28

These are the people Nebuchadnezzar carried away: in the seventh year, 3,023 Jews;

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The passage functions as a historical register within a narrative account of Judah’s defeat. It appears immediately after the execution at Riblah and precedes later deportation counts.

The words — The verb הֶגְלָ֖ה (heg.lah) denotes the formal act of taking captives into exile. It anchors the verse’s focus on the forced relocation of the Jewish population.

The thread — This deportation count aligns with the chronological records found in 2 Kings 24:12 and Daniel 1:1. It establishes a numbered sequence of exiles that continues in Jeremiah 52:29.

Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge the concrete reality of Judah’s displacement under Babylonian rule. It demands attention to the specific timing and scale of the population transfer.

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The Hebrew words

זֶ֣הzehthisהָעָ֔םha./'Am[is] the/ peopleאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherwhichהֶגְלָ֖הheg.Lahhe took into exileנְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֑רne.vu.khad.re.TzarNebuchadnezzarבִּשְׁנַת־bi/sh.nat-in/ yearשֶׁ֕בַעShe.va'sevenיְהוּדִ֕יםye.hu.DimJewsשְׁלֹ֥שֶׁתshe.Lo.shetthreeאֲלָפִ֖ים'a.la.Fimthousand<s>וְעֶשְׂרִ֥יםve./'es.Rimand/ twentyוּשְׁלֹשָֽׁה׃u./she.lo.Shahand/ three

King James Version

This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty:

Cross-references

People named

Nebuchadnezzar