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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Rab-mag
It is a Babylonian court title, roughly chief of the magi, and not a name. Nergal-sharezer held it, one of the officials Nebuchadnezzar sent to see Jerusalem fall.
First, in plain English
It is a Babylonian court title, roughly chief of the magi, and not a name. Nergal-sharezer held it, one of the officials Nebuchadnezzar sent to see Jerusalem fall.
Who this is
Rab-mag is not a personal name but a Babylonian court title, roughly chief of the magi or chief soothsayer, held by Nergal-sharezer, one of the officials Nebuchadnezzar sent to oversee the fall of Jerusalem and the treatment of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 39:3, 13).
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The word
H7248
Where it appears
- Jeremiah 39:3
- Jeremiah 39:13
