Bible Person

Nebushasban

Male · 1 cross reference

Nebushasban is the Babylonian chief official in Jeremiah 39:13 involved in Jeremiah's release. He belongs to the imperial apparatus that unexpectedly becomes the means of mercy for the prophet. First appears in Jer 39:13.1

AI summary: Nebushasban matters because his single cross reference shows a foreign court official participating in Jeremiah's deliverance after Jerusalem's fall. The entry highlights the irony that help for God's prophet arrives through Babylonian channels rather than Judah's own leadership. Taken together, the material presents Nebushasban as an imperial official connected to Jeremiah's release.1

Central Figure

Nebushasban

Adorer of Nebo, or Nebo saves me, the “Rabsaris,” or chief chamberlain, of the court of Babylon.