and out of the city he took an officer who was set over the men of war; and five men of those who saw the king’s face, who were found in the city; and the scribe, the captain of the army, who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the city.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 19. Eunuch. Prot. “officer.” Bible.—Five. Arab. and Jeremias 52:25 read seven, as two were probably discovered afterwards, ( Calmet.) or had fled. D.—These were chief officers.—Sopher. Septuagint “and the secretary of the general.” Syr. “the secretary and chiefs of the armies.” Calmet.—Prot. “the principal scribe.” Bible.—It is not clear whether the general have this title of sopher, “scribe,” himself; or it rather designates his secretary, or scribe. Judges 8:14. Calmet.—Many date the 70 years captivity from the last year of Joachin. D.