Jeremiah 52:12

52:12 On the tenth 1  day of the fifth month, 2  in the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard 3  who served 4  the king of Babylon, arrived in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 52:14

52:14 The whole Babylonian army that came with the captain of the royal guard tore down the walls that surrounded Jerusalem.

1 tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 25:8 has “seventh.”

2 sn The tenth day of the month would have been August 17, 586 b.c. in modern reckoning.

3 tn For the meaning of this phrase see BDB 371 s.v. טַבָּח 2 and compare the usage in Gen 39:1.

4 tn Heb “stood before.”