Jeremiah 52:28

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Here is a list of the number of the people of Judah that Nebuchadnezzar took to Babylonia as prisoners: In his seventh year as king, he took 3,023 people. In his eighteenth year as king, he took 832 from Jerusalem. In his twenty-third year as king, his officer Nebuzaradan took 745 people. So, Nebuchadnezzar took a total of 4,600 people from Judah to Babylonia.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:20

The survivors were taken to Babylonia as prisoners, where they were slaves of the king and his sons, until Persia became a powerful nation.

Ezra 2:1

King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia had captured many of the people of Judah and had taken them as prisoners to Babylonia. Now they were on their way back to Jerusalem and to their own towns everywhere in Judah.

Jeremiah 13:19

The cities in the Southern Desert are surrounded; no one can get in or out. Everyone in Judah will be taken away.

Lamentations 1:5

Enemies now rule the city and live as they please. The LORD has punished Jerusalem because of her awful sins; he has let her people be dragged away.

Ezekiel 12:11

I have done these things to show them what will happen when they are taken away as prisoners.