Nebuzar-Adan
Smith's Bible Dictionary [1]
Nebuzar-a'dan. (chief whom Nebo favors). The Rab-tabbachim , that is, chief of the slaughterers (Authorized Version, "captain of the guard"), a high officer in the court of Nebuchadnezzar. On the capture of Jerusalem, he was left, by Nebuchadnezzar, in charge of the city. Compare Jeremiah 39:11.
He seems to have quitted Judea, when he took down the chief people of Jerusalem, to his master at Riblah. 2 Kings 25:18-20. In four years, he again appeared. Jeremiah 52:30. Nebuchadnezzar, in his twenty-third year, made a descent on the regions east of Jordan, including the Ammonites and Moabites, who escaped when Jerusalem was destroyed. Thence, he proceeded to Egypt, and, either on the way thither , or on the return, Nebuzaradan again passed through the country, and carried off more captives. Jeremiah 52:30.
Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary [2]
a general of Nebuchadnezzar's army, and the chief officer of his household. He managed the siege of Jerusalem, and made himself master of the city, while his sovereign was at Riblah in Syria, 2 Kings 25; Jeremiah 39; Jeremiah 40; Jeremiah 52.
