He deported all Jerusalem and all the commanders and all the best soldiers #– #ten thousand captives including all the craftsmen and metalsmiths. Except for the poorest people of the land, no one remained.
2 Kings 25:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised But the captain of the guards left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and soil tillers. American Standard Version (1901) But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen. Common English Bible 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 But he left behind some vinedressers and farmers from the poor of the land. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But of the poor of the land he left some dressers of vines and husbandmen. |
He deported all Jerusalem and all the commanders and all the best soldiers #– #ten thousand captives including all the craftsmen and metalsmiths. Except for the poorest people of the land, no one remained.
Nebuchadnezzar deported Jehoiachin to Babylon. He took the king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officials, and the leading men of the land into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.
The king of Babylon brought captive into Babylon all seven thousand of the best soldiers and one thousand craftsmen and metalsmiths #– #all strong and fit for war.
When they finished, they presented the rest of the silver to the king and Jehoiada, who made articles for the Lord’s temple with it #– #articles for ministry and for making burnt offerings, and ladles and articles of gold and silver. They regularly offered burnt offerings in the Lord’s temple throughout Jehoiada’s life.
Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived with men from Judah, and I questioned them about Jerusalem and the Jewish remnant that had survived the exile.
Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants have become guilty; the earth’s inhabitants have been burned, and only a few survive.
However, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guards, left in the land of Judah some of the poor people who owned nothing, and he gave them vineyards and fields at that time.
All the commanders of the armies that were in the countryside #– #they and their men #– #heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam over the land. He had been put in charge of the men, women, and children from among the poorest of the land, who had not been deported to Babylon.
But Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guards, left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.
‘Son of man, those who live in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, “Abraham was only one person, yet he received possession of the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.”