Rujukan Talmud untuk 2 Raja-raja 24:16: Jerusalem Talmud Nedarim

It is written¹³⁰Jer. 29:1., “to the outstanding Elders of the diaspora”. The Holy One, praise to Him, said: The Elders of the diaspora are very dear to me. More beloved by me is a small group in the Land of Israel than a great Synhedrion outside the Land. It is written¹³¹2K. 24:16. It has been suggested from their association with the soldiers that these were the people trained in the production of weapons.: “The craftsmen and the smiths one thousand,” and you say so? Rebbi Berekhiah in the name of Rebbi Ḥelbo and the rabbis. Rebbi Berekhiah said, one thousand craftsmen and one thousand smiths. But the rabbis say, together one thousand¹³²Modern Bible commentators follow the rabbis.. Rebbi Berekhiah in the name of Rebbi Ḥelbo said, these are the fellows¹³³The people strictly adhering to the rules of ritual purity, cf. Introduction to Tractate Demay, p. 349. If this is the correct interpretation, the question is who are the small group in the Land of Israel. In the Babli, Giṭṭin 88a, this is the only opinion mentioned.; but the rabbis say, these are the councilmen¹³⁴Greek βουλευταί, cf. Peah 1:1, Note 167..