The name Nebushazban is of Babylonian origin, meaning "Nabu, deliver me." He was the Rabsaris (chief officer) of King Nebuchadnezzar, one of the Babylonian officials present at the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC. He was among those entrusted with the care of the prophet Jeremiah after the city's conquest.
Nebushazban appears only in Jeremiah 39:13, where he is listed among the Babylonian officials who retrieved Jeremiah from the courtyard of the guard and entrusted him to Gedaliah. This detail illustrates God's providential protection of His prophet even through pagan officials. The fact that Babylonian officers treated Jeremiah with respect confirms the prophet's earlier message that submission to Babylon was God's will.