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Nebuzar-adan
Smith's Bible Dictionary
or Nebuzar-a'dan. (chief whom Nebo favors). The Rab-tabbachim, that is, chief of the slaughterers (Authorized Version, "captain of the guard"), a high officer in the court of Nebuchadnezzar. On the capture of Jerusalem, he was left, by Nebuchadnezzar, in charge of the city. Compare Jeremiah 39:11.
He seems to have quitted Judea, when he took down the chief people of Jerusalem, to his master at Riblah. 2 Kings 25:18-20. In four years, he again appeared. Jeremiah 52:30. Nebuchadnezzar, in his twenty-third year, made a descent on the regions east of Jordan, including the Ammonites and Moabites, who escaped when Jerusalem was destroyed. Thence, he proceeded to Egypt, and, either on the way thither , or on the return, Nebuzaradan again passed through the country, and carried off more captives. Jeremiah 52:30.
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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Nebuzar-adan'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/n/nebuzar-adan.html. 1901.
