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NEBUZARADAN

(Heb. nĕḇûzarʾăḏān; Akk. Nabû-zer-iddinam)

The “chief cook” mentioned in a list of high officials of Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon (605-562 b.c.; ANET, 307-8). He is also noted in the biblical account of the fall of Jerusalem as commanding the forces of the Babylonian king. The title chief cook, like that of chief cupbearer, was an archaic term for those in high positions in Assyrian and Babylonian courts. They were often sent on military and diplomatic missions (cf. the Rabshekah, 2 Kgs. 18:17). Nebuzaradan (“Nabu has given me offspring”) was responsible for the destruction of the city of Jerusalem, for sending Judahite officials to be executed (2 Kgs. 25:8-12, 18-21), and for the deportation of a number of the Judahites a few years later (ca. 582; Jer. 52.24-30). He was also given orders to release the prophet Jeremiah (Jer. 39:11-14; 40:1-6; 43:6). Because of invoking the name of the Lord when speaking to Jeremiah, Nebuzaradan was considered a convert in later Jewish tradition (cf. Jer. 40:2-6).

Mark W. Chavalas

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NEBUZARADAN

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)