Nebuzaradan

Family: Babylon · Role: captain of the guard · First appears: Jeremiah 39

Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard of Babylon, carried the remaining people of Jerusalem into captivity in Jeremiah 39. Under Nebuchadnezzar’s command, he took Jeremiah from the prison court and committed him to Gedaliah, so that he could dwell among the people.

In Jeremiah 40, at Ramah, Nebuzaradan released Jeremiah from his chains, saying, “And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand.” He directed Jeremiah to return to Gedaliah at Mizpah or go wherever he wished, and supplied him with provisions. In Jeremiah 52, he served Nebuchadnezzar in Jerusalem, burning the temple, palace, houses, and city walls; he then captured Seraiah and Zephaniah and brought them to Nebuchadnezzar at Riblah, where they were executed.

Relationship record

Life events

• Nebuzaradan carried the remaining people of Jerusalem into captivity.(Jeremiah 39 · 📍 Babylon)
  • “Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city”
• Nebuzaradan released Jeremiah from the chains binding him.(Jeremiah 40 · 📍 Ramah)
  • With: Jeremiah
  • “And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand.”
• Nebuzaradan directed Jeremiah to live with Gedaliah and supplied him with provisions.(Jeremiah 40 · 📍 Mizpah)
  • With: Jeremiah Gedaliah
  • “Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people”
• Nebuzaradan burned Jerusalem’s temple, palace, houses, and demolished its walls.(Jeremiah 52 · 📍 Jerusalem)
  • “And burned the house of the LORD, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire:”
• Nebuzaradan captured Seraiah and Zephaniah, and Nebuchadrezzar executed them at Riblah.(Jeremiah 52 · 📍 Riblah)
  • With: Seraiah Zephaniah Nebuchadnezzar
  • “So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.”

Jeremiah 39

• commander: Nebuchadnezzar “Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying, Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.”
• sent-one: Jeremiah “So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of Babylon’s princes; Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people.”
• with Jeremiah (Nebuzaradan and the named Babylonian officials took Jeremiah from prison and entrusted him to Gedaliah.) “Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people.”

Jeremiah 40

• subordinate: Jeremiah “Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go.”
• with Jeremiah (Nebuzaradan gives Jeremiah provisions and a reward.) “So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go.”

Jeremiah 41

• with Gedaliah (Nebuzaradan entrusted the people of Mizpah to Gedaliah.) “whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam”

Jeremiah 52

• employer: Nebuchadnezzar “Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem,”
• with Seraiah (Captured and brought to the king of Babylon.) “And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: He took also out of the city an 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. So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.”
• with Zephaniah (Captured and brought to the king of Babylon.) “And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: He took also out of the city an 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. So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Prophets. Made with Rho MD.