Jer 39:9 | TNotes | STEP | 39:9 took as exiles to Babylon the rest of the people: The usual practice in that time was to tie a person’s hands together, and then tie him or her to the person in front, making a long line of grief-stricken captives.

‏ Jeremiah 39:9

39:9 ^a took as exiles to Babylon the rest of the people: The usual practice in that time was to tie a person’s hands together, and then tie him or her to the person in front, making a long line of grief-stricken captives.