Jeremías 39:9

9. Nebuzar-adan seems to have been the highest officer under Nebuchadnezzar the commander in chief of his army and his secretary of state. He was not at the capture of Jerusalem, but was sent there immediately upon its downfall. He decided as to the booty to be carried away; he appointed the governor to be left in charge; he released Jeremiah from his confinement, making to him at the same time a speech, which, as coming from a heathen man, was certainly most remarkable. From all we know of him he certainly stands in a very attractive light.

Captain of the guard Literally, chief of the executioners a phrase fearfully suggestive of the bloody and cruel nature of oriental administration.

Those that fell… to him That is, deserters.