Jeremiah 52:12-14

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. 52:13 He burned down the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house. 52:14 The whole Babylonian army that came with the captain of the royal guard tore down the walls that surrounded Jerusalem.

[52:12]  ¹ tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 25:8 has “seventh.”

[52:12]  ² sn The tenth day of the month would have been August 17, 586 b.c. in modern reckoning.

[52:12]  ³ tn For the meaning of this phrase see BDB 371 s.v. טַבָּח 2 and compare the usage in Gen 39:1.

[52:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “stood before.”