Jeremiah 39:9

“Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, etc.] The Targum is, “the captain of those that kill;” of the soldiers, of the militia. Some render it, the captain of the “cooks”; others, of the “butchers”f733; but no doubt it was a military office he bore; he was captain of the forces that were left in Jerusalem, after the other part went in pursuit of the king and those with him; or the captain of a company, being sent by the king of Babylon to execute a commission of his: the same carried away into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city; that were left of the pestilence, famine, and sword; and who were found in it when it was taken: and those that fell away, that fell to…”

“remnant--excepting the poorest (Jer 39:10), who caused Nebuchadnezzar no apprehensions. those . . . that fell to him--the deserters were distrusted; or they may have been removed at their own request, lest the people should vent their rage on them as traitors, after the departure of the Chaldeans. rest . . . that remained--distinct from the previous "remnant"; there he means the remnant of those besieged in the city, whom Nebuchadnezzar spared; here, those scattered through various districts of the country which had not been besieged [CALVIN].”

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“39:9 took as exiles to Babylon the rest of the people: The usual practice in that time was to tie a person’s hands together, and then tie him or her to the person in front, making a long line of grief-stricken captives.”

“Nebuzaradan: Jer 39:13, Jer 40:1, Jer 52:12-16, Jer 52:26; Kg2 25:11, Kg2 25:20 captain of the guard: or, chief marshal, Heb. chief of the executioners, or slaughter-men, and so, Jer 39:10, Jer 39:11-14; Gen 37:36 carried: Jer 10:18, Jer 16:13, Jer 20:4-6, Jer 52:28-30; Lev 26:33; Deu 4:27; Kg2 20:18; Isa 5:13 Jeremiah 39:10”