Jeremiah 39:13,14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Bible Comments

Nebuzar-adan sent and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison Where he was when the city was taken, Jeremiah 38:28; and committed him unto Gedaliah Namely, after he had been carried out of Jerusalem with the rest of the captives as far as Ramah: see Jeremiah 40:1-5. Observe here, reader, a king of Israel and his princes put the Lord's prophet in prison, and a heathen king and his princes took him out! God's people and ministers have often met with fairer and kinder treatment among strangers and infidels than among those who call themselves of the holy city. St. Paul found more favour and justice with King Agrippa than with Ananias the high-priest. But we shall meet with a more full account of Jeremiah's release, and of the kind treatment he received from the Chaldeans, in the next chapter.

Jeremiah 39:13-14

13 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of Babylon's princes;

14 Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people.