Then he ledawayinto exileallJerusalemand allthe captainsand allthe mightymenof valor,tenthousandcaptives,and allthe craftsmenand the smiths.Noneremainedexceptthe poorestpeopleof the land.
Allthe menof valor,seventhousand,and the craftsmenand the smiths,one thousand,allstrongand fitfor war,and these the kingof Babylonbroughtinto exileto Babylon.
But the captainof the guardleftsomeof the poorestof the landto be vinedressersand plowmen.
So allIsraelwas enrolledby genealogies;and behold,they are writtenin the Bookof the Kingsof Israel.And Judahwas carriedawayinto exileto Babylonfor their unfaithfulness.
Now theseare the peopleof the provincewho cameup out of the captivityof the exileswhomNebuchadnezzarthe kingof Babylonhad carriedawayto Babylon,and returnedto Jerusalemand Judah,eachto his city.
that Hanani,oneof my brothers,and some menfrom Judahcame;and I askedthem concerningthe Jewswho had escaped[and] had survivedthe captivity,and aboutJerusalem.
whohad been takeninto exilefrom Jerusalemwith the captiveswhohad been exiledwith Jeconiahkingof Judah,whomNebuchadnezzarthe kingof Babylonhad exiled.
The mightymanand the warrior,The judgeand the prophet,The divinerand the elder,
whichNebuchadnezzarkingof Babylondid not takewhen he carriedinto exileJeconiahthe sonof Jehoiakim,kingof Judah,from Jerusalemto Babylon,and allthe noblesof Judahand Jerusalem.
I am also going to bringbackto thisplaceJeconiahthe sonof Jehoiakim,kingof Judah,and allthe exilesof Judahwho wentto Babylon,'declaresthe LORD,'for I will breakthe yokeof the kingof Babylon.'"
(This was afterKingJeconiahand the queenmother,the courtofficials,the princesof Judahand Jerusalem,the craftsmenand the smithshad departedfrom Jerusalem.)
But someof the poorestpeoplewhohadnothing,Nebuzaradanthe captainof the bodyguardleftbehindin the landof Judah,and gavethem vineyardsand fieldsat that time.
Now allthe commandersof the forcesthat were in the field,they and their men,heardthat the kingof Babylonhad appointedGedaliahthe sonof Ahikamover the landand that he had puthim in chargeof the men,womenand children,those of the poorestof the landwhohad not been exiledto Babylon.
But Nebuzaradanthe captainof the guardleftsomeof the poorestof the landto be vinedressersand plowmen.
Theseare the peoplewhomNebuchadnezzarcarriedawayinto exile:in the seventhyear3023Jews;
that the kingdommight be in subjection,not exaltingitself, [but] keepinghis covenantthat it might continue.
saying,'Thussaysthe LordGOD,"A greateaglewith greatwings,longpinionsand a fullplumageof manycolorscameto Lebanonand tookaway the topof the cedar.
Josiahbecame the fatherof Jeconiahand his brothers,at the timeof the deportationto Babylon.
Afterthe deportationto Babylon:Jeconiahbecamethe fatherof Shealtiel,and Shealtielthe fatherof Zerubbabel.
Soallthe generationsfrom Abrahamto Davidare fourteengenerations;from Davidto the deportationto Babylon,fourteengenerations;and from the deportationto Babylonto the Messiah,fourteengenerations.
"The LORDwill bringyou and your king,whomyou setoveryou, to a nationwhichneitheryou noryour fathershave known,and thereyou shall serveothergods,woodand stone.
Now noblacksmithcould be foundin allthe landof Israel,for the Philistinessaid,"Otherwisethe Hebrewswill makeswordsorspears."
