This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty:
In the seventh year - in 2 Kings 24:12; 2 Kings 24:14; 2 Kings 24:16 it is said "the eighth year" of Nebuchadrezzar. No doubt it was in part about the end of the 7th year, in part about the beginning of the 8th year. Also in 2 Kings 24:10, 2 Kings 24 (Jeremiah 52:14), and 7,000 men of might, and 1,000 craftsmen (Jeremiah 52:16) are said to have been carried away. But here 3,023 Probably the latter 3,023 were of the tribe of Judah, the remaining 7,000 out of the 10,000 were of the other tribes, out of which many Israelites still had been left in the land. The 1,000 "craftsmen" were exclusive of the 10,000, as appears by comparing 2 Kings 24:14 with Jeremiah 52:16. Probably the 3,023 of Judah were first removed in the end of "the seventh year;" the 7,000 and 1,000 craftsmen in the "eighth year." This was at the first captivity under Jehoiachin.