1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| II Kings 24:15 | *And he carried away Joachin into Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his eunuchs: and the judges of the land he carried into captivity, from Jerusalem, into Babylon. 2 Paralipomenon 36:10.; Esther 2:6.; Esther 11:4.; Ezechiel 17:12.; Jeremias 24:1.; Jeremias 39:2. | Judges. Hebrew, "the rams." Chaldean, "the grandees." These are not included in the 10,000, (ver. 14.) nor more than (Calmet) the 8,000 who were taken from the country (ver. 16.; Calmet) or 3,000 were taken from Jerusalem, and 7,000 from other places. (Du Hamel) |