He carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths; none remained, except the poorest people of the land.
2 Kings 25:12 - Revised Standard Version But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen. 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 carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths; none remained, except the poorest people of the land.
And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon; the king's mother, the king's wives, his officials, and the chief men of the land, he took into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
And the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon all the men of valor, seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths, one thousand, all of them strong and fit for war.
And when they had finished, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, and with it were made utensils for the house of the Lord, both for the service and for the burnt offerings, and dishes for incense, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the Lord continually all the days of Jehoiada.
that Hanani, one of my brethren, came with certain men out of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that survived, who had escaped exile, and concerning Jerusalem.
Therefore a curse devours the earth, and its inhabitants suffer for their guilt; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched, and few men are left.
Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, left in the land of Judah some of the poor people who owned nothing, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
When all the captains of the forces in the open country and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed to him men, women, and children, those of the poorest of the land who had not been taken into exile to Babylon,
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.
“Son of man, the inhabitants of these waste places in the land of Israel keep saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he got possession of the land; but we are many; the land is surely given us to possess.’