Daily Devotions
Jeremiah
"All the persons were four thousand six hundred"
Text: Jeremiah 52:30
THREE DEPORTATIONS
There were at least three deportations that took place. These are noted here in the Biblical text.
“These are the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away captive:
in the seventh year, three thousand and twenty-three Jews;
in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred and thirty-two persons; in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar,
Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews
seven hundred and forty-five persons.
All the persons were four thousand six hundred.”
Jeremiah 52:28-30
1. “These are the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away captive:
in the seventh year, three thousand and twenty-three Jews”
a) The first deportation took place in the 7th year of his reign.
b) 3023 Jews were deported to Babylon.
2. “In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem
eight hundred and thirty-two persons”
a) The second deportation took place in the 18th year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign.
b) 832 people were deported.
3. “In the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard
carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred and forty-five persons”
a) The third deportation took place in the 23rd year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign.
b) 745 people were deported.
4. “All the persons were four thousand six hundred”
a) Altogether 4600 were deported to Babylon.
b) This was but a remnant of Judah.
c) Many had perished in the war with the Babylonians.