Jeremiah 39:1-18 NLT Text Notes

*Jer 39:1 Hebrew In the tenth month, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. A number of events in Jeremiah can be cross-checked with dates in surviving Babylonian records and related accurately to our modern calendar. This event occurred on January 15, 588 B.C.; see 52:4a and the note there.

*Jer 39:1 Hebrew Nebuchadrezzar, a variant spelling of Nebuchadnezzar; also in 39:5, 11.

*Jer 39:2 Hebrew On the ninth day of the fourth month. This day was July 18, 586 B.C.; also see note on 39:1a.

*Jer 39:3 Or Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsekim.

*Jer 39:4 Hebrew the Arabah.

*Jer 39:5 Or Chaldean; similarly in 39:8.

*Jer 39:16 Hebrew the Cushite.