And in the fifth month, on the seventh [day] of the month, which [is] the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:
Ver. 8. And in the fifth month.] In memory whereof the poor captives in Babylon kept a yearly fast. Zec 7:3
And on the seventh day of the month.] Jeremiah hath it, on the tenth day, Jeremiah 52:12 ; Jer 39:8 on the Sabbath day; till when, this profane person haply did, on purpose, defer the burning of the city and temple. Lydiat thinketh that he set fire to them on the seventh day, and burned them down on the tenth.
Nebuzaradan captain of the guard.] Praefectus laniorum; master of the butchers or slaughtermen; so his swordmen seem to be called for their bloody cruelty.