Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 52:25
He took also out of the city a eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king’s person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.
25. seven men ] in 2 Kings (Jer 25:19) five men.
saw the king’s face ] were near his person as privileged members of the court. So in Est 1:14. Cp. 2Sa 3:13; 2Sa 14:24 ; 2Sa 14:28.
scribe ] secretary.
mustered ] organised in military fashion.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
An eunuch … men of war – Or, who had charge of men of war. The King James Version makes him commander-in-chief; he was second in command, i. e., a lieutenant, possibly one among many others of equal rank.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 25. Seven men – that were near the king’s person] These were privy counsellors.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
See 2Ki 25:19; only there is mention out of five men, here there is mention of seven, but probably two of them were of less note.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
25. seven menbut in 2Ki25:19 it is “five.” Perhaps two were lessillustrious persons and are therefore omitted.
principal scribe of the host(Isa 33:18). His office was topreside over the levy and enroll recruits. RAWLINSONobserves that the Assyrian records are free from the exaggeratedexpressions found in the Egyptian. A minute account was taken of thespoil. Two “scribes of the host” are seen in everybas-relief, writing down the various objects brought to them: theheads of the slain, the prisoners, cattle, sheep, &c.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war,…. The master-master-general of the army:
and seven men of them which were near the king’s person which were found in the city; or, “saw the face of the king”: or rather, “made to see [his] face” h; these were ministers of state, who were always at court, and assisted in councils of state, and introduced persons into the king’s presence; in 2Ki 25:19; they are said to be but “five”; but Josephus i has seven, as here; perhaps two of them were of less note, and so not reckoned, as Jarchi observes: some will have it, that the two scribes of the judges are left out; but others, more probably, Jeremiah and Baruch, who were first taken, and afterwards dismissed:
and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; or the scribe of the prince of the army, as the Targum; the general’s secretary:
and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city: persons of prime note, who, upon the invasion, betook themselves from the country to the city of Jerusalem with their effects, and to defend it. Josephus k calls them rulers or governors.
h “ex videntibus facies, [vel] faciem regis”, Montanus, Piscator; “de videre facientibus facies regis”, Schmidt. i Antiqu. l. 10. c. 8. sect. 5. k Ibid.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(25) An eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war.Omit the article before charge. The Hebrew term (Pakid) conveys the meaning of deputy, a superintendent under a chief commander. The officer in question had probably, together with the persons named in Jer. 52:24, been more conspicuous than his fellows in resisting the Chaldans.
Seven men.2Ki. 25:19 gives five as the number. Here also we have to think of the exile as the punishment of prominence in the defence of the city. The chief scribe of the army, the secretary of war, would naturally occupy such a position. The description of the men as those that were near the kings person (literally, saw the kings face) implies a high official rank.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Jer 52:25. An eunuch An officer. So it is read in the parallel places.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
seven. In 2Ki 25:19 “five”; but the greater includes the lesser.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
an eunuch: 2Ki 25:19
were near the king’s person: Heb. saw the face of the king, Est 1:14, Mat 18:10
principal scribe of the host: or, scribe of the captain of the host
Reciprocal: Jer 36:10 – the scribe Lam 5:12 – General Eze 19:1 – the princes Hab 1:7 – their judgment
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
52:25 He took also out of the city an eunuch, who had the charge of the men of war; and {l} seven men of them that were near the king’s person, who were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.
(l) In 2Ki 25:19 is read but of five: those were the most excellent and the other two, which were not so noble are not there mentioned with them.
Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes
Nebuzaradan also took the minister of defense, seven of Zedekiah’s advisors who had not escaped, another high-ranking army officer, and 60 other men in the city who were evidently important political prisoners.