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Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.
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Verse 8. Seventh. Jeremias (52:12) mentions the tenth; on which day Nabuzardan probably arrived, or begun to put his orders in execution. Yet the Jews keep the ninth as an annual fast. Zechariah 7:3 and 8:19. The temple was destroyed on Saturday, 27th August, A. 3416, (Usher) after it had stood 424 years, 3 months, and 8 days. Calmet.—Army. Hebrew “of those who slay;” which may be fitly understood “of soldiers,” as well as “of cooks,” (Sept.) “butchers.” Pagnin, and so forth Menochius.
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