This Nebuzar-adan was in that place which we call the provost-marshal, with them it was called the captain of the guard; and here are two sorts of prisoners reckoned up whom he carried away:
1. Such as, after the armies were come into Judea, had yielded themselves.
2. Such as, when they took the city, remained in it, not being before consumed by the sword, famine, and pestilence; and so were taken upon the storming or surprisal of the city. Both sorts were carried away prisoners, although it is probable that the conqueror treated the former much more gently than he treated the latter, as is usual in those cases.