2 Kings 25:12

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Only some of the poorest people were left behind to work the vineyards and the fields.

Cross References

2 Kings 24:14

He also led away as prisoners the Jerusalem officials, the military leaders, and the skilled workers—ten thousand in all. Only the very poorest people were left in Judah.

2 Kings 24:15

Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachin to Babylon, along with his mother, his wives, his officials, and the most important leaders of Judah.

2 Kings 24:16

He also led away seven thousand soldiers, one thousand skilled workers, and anyone who would be useful in battle.

2 Chronicles 24:14

They did not use all the tax money for the repairs, so the rest of it was handed over to Joash and Jehoiada, who then used it to make dishes and other gold and silver objects for the temple. Sacrifices to please the LORD were offered regularly in the temple for as long as Jehoiada lived.

Nehemiah 1:2

when my brother Hanani came with some men from Judah. So I asked them about the Jews who had escaped from being captives in Babylonia. I also asked them about the city of Jerusalem.

Isaiah 24:6

The earth is under a curse; its people are dying out because of their sins.

Jeremiah 39:10

Only the poorest people who owned no land were left behind in Judah, and Nebuzaradan gave them fields and vineyards.

Jeremiah 40:7

Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, together with Johanan and Jonathan, the two sons of Kareah, had been officers in Judah's army. And so had Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah from Maacah. They and their troops had been stationed outside Jerusalem and had not been captured. They heard that Gedaliah had been chosen to rule Judah, and that the poorest men, women, and children had not been taken away to Babylonia. So they went to Mizpah and met with their new ruler.

Jeremiah 52:16

Only the very poorest were left behind to work the vineyards and the fields.

Ezekiel 33:24

Ezekiel, son of man, the people living in the ruined cities of Israel are saying, “Abraham was just one man, and the LORD gave him this whole land of Israel. There are many of us, and so this land must be ours.”