OLD TESTAMENT

Jeremiah 39:9

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Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the rest of the people who remained in the city, the deserters also who fell away to him, and the rest of the people who remained.

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Verse 9. Army. Hebrew “slayers,” denoting soldiers, cooks, and sacrificers. Genesis 37:36.—Remained, having escaped the sword, and so forth They had been spared when Joakim and Jechonias were taken.

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