John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 52:27

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the king of Babylon smote them, etc.] Or ordered them to be smitten with the sword; to have their heads cut off, according to Josephusf1116: and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath; these being such, no doubt, who obstinately defended the city, and persuaded the prince and people not to surrender the city into the hand of the Chaldeans; and therefore were put to death in cold blood: thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land: at different times, of which this was the completion; and of which a particular account is given, even of the number of the captives at these several times, in (<245228>Jeremiah 52:28-30).

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