745

The number 745 appears in Jeremiah 52:30 as the count of Judeans exiled to Babylon, but otherwise has no well-established symbolic meaning in biblical tradition.

745 is not a number attributed special symbolic meaning in the Bible or in traditional Jewish numerology (gematria). The number does appear explicitly in Jeremiah 52:30, where it is reported that 745 Jews were taken into exile to Babylon in Nebuchadnezzar's twenty-third regnal year. This deportation was the third and final of the Babylonian exiles summarized in Jeremiah 52:28–30, and it marks the end of a painful era in Judah's history. Although the number here functions as a concrete historical count rather than a symbolic figure, it testifies to the scope of the exile and God's judgment upon the people. In gematria, any number can potentially be linked to Hebrew words, but 745 has no prominent or canonical interpretation in tradition.

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History

In Jeremiah 52:28–30, three separate deportations are listed with exact figures: 3,023 in the first, 832 in the second, and 745 in the third, totaling 4,600 people. These numbers are lower than those given in 2 Kings, which has led scholars to discuss whether only adult men or specific groups were counted.

History

The year 745 BC marks a change of throne when Tiglath-Pileser III became king of Assyria. His aggressive expansion policy had far-reaching consequences for both the northern kingdom of Israel and Judah, and he is mentioned in 2 Kings 15:29 and 16:7–10.

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