Jer 52:28-30 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Jer 52:28-30: 52:28-30 The numbers in these verses amplify the data given in 2 Kgs 24:14-16 regarding the deportation of exiles in 597 BC . The deportation in Jer 52:30 is not mentioned elsewhere in Scripture; it was probably a Babylonian reprisal for Gedaliah’s murder (41:1-3 ). This suggests that the person(s) responsible for making this adaptation lived after 581 BC , probably in Babylon. 52:28 The account in 2 Kgs 24:12-14 states that this event occurred in Nebuchadnezzar’s eighth year. This difference reflects two ancient Near Eastern methods of calculating the beginning of a king’s reign. In 2 Kings, the year in which Nebuchadnezzar ascended the throne is treated as the first year of his reign. Jeremiah apparently started counting the first full year as Nebuchadnezzar’s first year.

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‏ Jeremiah 52:28-30

Summary for Jer 52:28-30: 52:28-30 ^a The numbers in these verses amplify the data given in 2 Kgs 24:14-16 ^b regarding the deportation of exiles in 597 BC. The deportation in Jer 52:30 ^c is not mentioned elsewhere in Scripture; it was probably a Babylonian reprisal for Gedaliah’s murder (41:1-3 ^d). This suggests that the person(s) responsible for making this adaptation lived after 581 BC, probably in Babylon. 52:28 ^e The account in 2 Kgs 24:12-14 ^f states that this event occurred in Nebuchadnezzar’s eighth year. This difference reflects two ancient Near Eastern methods of calculating the beginning of a king’s reign. In 2 Kings, the year in which Nebuchadnezzar ascended the throne is treated as the first year of his reign. Jeremiah apparently started counting the first full year as Nebuchadnezzar’s first year.
52:29 ^g Nebuchadnezzar’s eighteenth year was 586 BC, the year Jerusalem was destroyed.