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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Nergal-sharezer (Babylonian official living at the time of Divided Monarchy)
One of Nebuchadnezzar's officers at the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC; a man of this name with the title Rab-mag helped get Jeremiah out of prison. Scholars generally take him for Neriglissar, who later killed his brother-in-law Evil-Merodach and ruled Babylon from about 560 to 556 BC.
First, in plain English
One of Nebuchadnezzar's officers at the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC; a man of this name with the title Rab-mag helped get Jeremiah out of prison. Scholars generally take him for Neriglissar, who later killed his brother-in-law Evil-Merodach and ruled Babylon from about 560 to 556 BC.
The word
H5371
Where it appears
- Jeremiah 39:3
