1)

Why were more people exiled in his 23rd year?

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Rashi 1 citing Seder Olam 26: That year he conquered Tzor, and overran all the Yehudim in Amon and Mo'av and around Eretz Yisrael.


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We fixed the text of Rashi based on Radak and our text of Seder Olam.

2)

Who are included in the 4,600?

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Radak: This is the total of those mentioned in verses 28-30 (3,023 1 in Nebuchadnetzar's seventh year, 832 in his 18th year (the year of the Churban), and 745 five years later).


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Malbim (Melachim II, 24:14): In Daniel it says that when Nebuchadnetzar conquered Yehoyakim, he asked to bring children from Yehudah and the kingship; only here it reveals how many. The 4,600 excludes the exile of Yehoyachin.

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