2 Kings 25:12 - The Scriptures 2009

¹² But the chief of the guard left some of the poor of the land as vinedressers and farmers.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and soil tillers.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

Common English Bible

¹² The commander of the guard left some of the land’s poor people behind to work the vineyards and be farmers.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² But he left behind some vinedressers and farmers from the poor of the land.

2 Kings 25:12 Cross References

2 Kings 24:14

And he exiled all Yerushalayim, and all the officers and all the mighty brave men – ten thousand exiles – and all the craftsmen and smiths. None remained except the poorest people of the land.

2 Kings 24:15

And he exiled Yehoyaḵin to Baḇel. And the sovereign’s mother, and the sovereign’s wives, and his eunuchs, and the leading men of the land he exiled from Yerushalayim to Baḇel.

2 Kings 24:16

And all the mighty brave men, seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths, one thousand, all who were strong and fit for battle, these the sovereign of Baḇel brought to Baḇel into exile.

2 Chronicles 24:14

And when they had finished, they brought the rest of the silver before the sovereign and Yehoyaḏa, and they made utensils from it for the House of יהוה, utensils for serving and offering, ladles and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered ascending offerings in the House of יהוה continually all the days of Yehoyaḏa.

Nehemiah 1:2

that Ḥanani, one of my brothers, came with men from Yehuḏah. And I asked them concerning the Yehuḏim who had escaped, who had survived the captivity, and concerning Yerushalayim.

Isaiah 24:6

Therefore a curse shall consume the earth, and those who dwell in it be punished. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth shall be burned, and few men shall be left.

Jeremiah 39:10

But Neḇuzaraḏan, chief of the guard, left in the land of Yehuḏah the poor people, who had naught whatever, and gave them vineyards and fields on the same day.

Jeremiah 40:7

And all the commanders of the armies who were in the fields, they and their men, heard that the sovereign of Baḇel had made Geḏalyahu son of Aḥiqam governor in the land, and had put him in charge of the men, and women, and children, and the poor of the land who had not been exiled to Baḇel.

Jeremiah 52:16

But Neḇuzaraḏan, chief of the guard, left some of the poor of the land as vinedressers and farmers.

Ezekiel 33:24

“Son of man, they who inhabit those ruins in the land of Yisra’ĕl are saying, ‘Aḇraham was only one, and he inherited the land. But we are many, let the land be given to us as a possession.’