nebuzar-adan Summary and Overview

(chief whom Nebo favors), the Rab-tabbachim i.e. chief of the slaughterers (Authorized Version "captain of the guard"), a high officer in the court of Nebuchadnezzar. On the capture of Jerusalem he was left by Nebuchadnezzar in charge of the city. Comp. #Jer 39:11| He seems to have quitted Judea when he took down the chief people of Jerusalem to his master at Riblah. #2Ki 25:18-20| In four years he again appeared. #Jer 52:30| Nebuchadnezzar in his twenty-third year made a descent on the regions east of Jordan, including the Ammonites and Moabites, who escaped when Jerusalem was destroyed. Thence he proceeded to Egypt, and, either on the way thither or on the return, Nebuzaradan again passed through the country and carried off more captives. #Jer 52:30|

NEBUZAR-A'DAN (Nebo sends posterity), captain of the body-guard of Nebuchadnezzar. 2 Kgs 25:8. He conducted the siege of Jerusalem to a successful issue, the particulars of which are given in 2 Kgs 25:8-21. He treated Jeremiah with generous consideration, as Nebuchadnezzar commanded. Jer 39:11; Jer 40:1. His speech to Jeremiah is preserved in Jer 40:2, sqq. When Nebuchadnezzar, five years later, besieged Tyre, Nebuzar-adan came again to Jerusalem, and carried off seven hundred and forty-five Jews more into captivity. Jer 32:30.