28 This is the number of the people Nebuchadnezzar carried into exile: in the seventh year, 3,023 Jews;
28 This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty:
28 This is the number of the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year, 3,023 Judeans;
28 3,023 men of Judah were taken into exile by Nebuchadnezzar in the seventh year of his reign.
28 These are the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year, three thousand and twenty-three Jews;
28 The number of captives taken to Babylon in the seventh year of Nebuchadnezzar's reign was 3,023.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 52:28
Commentary on Jeremiah 52:24-30
(Read Jeremiah 52:24-30)
The leaders of the Jews caused them to err; but now they are, in particular, made monuments of Divine justice. Here is an account of two earlier captivities. This people often were wonders both of judgment and mercy.