2 Kings 25:12
New International Version
But the commander left behind some of the poorest people of the land to work the vineyards and fields.

New Living Translation
But the captain of the guard allowed some of the poorest people to stay behind to care for the vineyards and fields.

English Standard Version
But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.

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

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

New King James Version
But the captain of the guard left some of the poor of the land as vinedressers and farmers.

New American Standard Bible
But the captain of the bodyguards left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.

NASB 1995
But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.

NASB 1977
But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.

Legacy Standard Bible
But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.

Amplified Bible
But the captain of the bodyguard left some of the unimportant and poorest people of the land to be vineyard workers and farmers.

Christian Standard Bible
But the captain of the guards left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But the commander of the guards left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And some poor of the land Nebuzaradan General of the Guards left as Vinedressers and Farmers.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vine-dressers and husbandmen.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
But of the poor of the land he left some dressers of vines and husbandmen.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The captain of the guard left some of the poorest people in the land to work in the vineyards and on the farms.

Good News Translation
But he left in Judah some of the poorest people, who owned no property, and put them to work in the vineyards and fields.

International Standard Version
However, the captain of the guard left some of the poor people of the land to work as vinedressers and farmers.

JPS Tanakh 1917
But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

Literal Standard Version
and of the poor of the land the chief of the executioners has left for vinedressers and for farmers.

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

New American Bible
But some of the country’s poor the captain of the guard left behind as vinedressers and farmers.

NET Bible
But he left behind some of the poor of the land and gave them fields and vineyards.

New Revised Standard Version
But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest people of the land to be vinedressers and tillers of the soil.

New Heart English Bible
But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to work the vineyards and fields.

Webster's Bible Translation
But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vine-dressers 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.

Young's Literal Translation
and of the poor of the land hath the chief of the executioners left for vine-dressers and for husbandmen.

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Context
The Temple Destroyed
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. 12But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields. 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.…

Cross References
2 Kings 24:14
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 39:10
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 40:7
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 poorest of the land and had not been exiled to Babylon,

Jeremiah 52:16
But Nebuzaradan captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.


Treasury of Scripture

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

left of the poor.

2 Kings 24:14
And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.

Jeremiah 39:10
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.

Jeremiah 40:7
Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;

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2 Kings 25
1. Jerusalem is besieged.
4. Zedekiah taken, his sons slain, his eyes put out.
8. Nebuzaradan defaces the city, exiles the remnant, except a few poor laborers;
13. and carries away the treasures.
18. The nobles are slain at Riblah.
22. Gedaliah, who was over those who remained, being slain, the rest flee into Egypt.
27. Evil-Merodach advances Jehoiachin in his court.














(12) Of the poor of the land.--2Kings 24:14 (Comp. Jeremiah 39:10.)

Husbandmen.--Or, plowmen. The word (Hebrew text, g?bim) occurs here only. Jeremiah 52:16 has a cognate form (yog'bim) also unique.

Verse 12. - But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land. It was inconvenient to deport persons who had little or nothing. In the Assyrian sculptures we see the captives, who are carried off, generally accompanied by their own baggage-animals, and taking with them a certain amount of their own household stuff. Pauper immigrants would not have been of any advantage to a country. To be vinedressers and husbandmen. Jeremiah adds that Nebuzar-adan "gave" these persons "vineyards and fields at the same time" (Jeremiah 39:10). The Babylonians did not wish Judaea to lie waste, since it could then have paid no tribute. On the contrary, they designed its continued cultivation; and Gedaliah, the governor of their appointment, made great efforts to have cultivation resumed and extended (see Jeremiah 40:10, 12).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
But the captain
רַב־ (raḇ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7227: Much, many, great

of the guard
טַבָּחִ֑ים (ṭab·bā·ḥîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2876: A butcher, a lifeguardsman, a cook

left behind
הִשְׁאִ֖יר (hiš·’îr)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7604: To swell up, be, redundant

some of the poorest
וּמִדַּלַּ֣ת (ū·mid·dal·laṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 1803: Something dangling, a loose thread, hair, indigent

of the land
הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

to tend the vineyards
לְכֹֽרְמִ֖ים (lə·ḵō·rə·mîm)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 3755: To tend vineyards, dress vines

and fields.
וּלְיֹגְבִֽים׃ (ū·lə·yō·ḡə·ḇîm)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 1461: Husbandman


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