2 Kings 25:12 “But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the la…”

2 Kings 25:12

But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to work the vineyards and fields.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

But the chiefe steward left of the poore of the land to dresse the vines, and to till the land.

Darby Translation

But the captain of the body-guard left of the poor of the land for vinedressers and husbandmen.

Young's Literal Translation

and of the poor of the land hath the chief of the executioners left for vine-dressers and for husbandmen.

Bible in Basic English

But he let the poorest of the land go on living there, to take care of the vines and the fields.

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Cross references

“left of the poor”

2 Kings 24:14 Jeremiah 40:7 Jeremiah 39:10 Jeremiah 52:16 Ezekiel 33:24

2 Kings 24:14 · BSB

He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.

Jeremiah 40:7 · BSB

When all the commanders and men of the armies in the field heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam over the land and that he had put him in charge of the men, women, and children who were the…

Jeremiah 39:10 · BSB

But Nebuzaradan left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who had no property, and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.

Jeremiah 52:16 · BSB

But Nebuzaradan captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.

Ezekiel 33:24 · BSB

“Son of man, those living in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.’

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population.

13Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon.

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