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2 Kings 25:12

But the captain of the soldiers left behind some of the very poor people of the land to take care of the vines and to plow the fields.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Jerusalem;   Nebuzaradan (Nebuzar-Adan);   Prophecy;   Temple;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Jerusalem;   Vineyards;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Captivity;   Jeremiah, the Book of;   Vine;   Zedekiah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Babylon;   Egypt;   Exile;   Gedaliah;   Israel;   Jeremiah;   Jerusalem;   Judah, tribe and kingdom;   Lamentations;   Temple;   War;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Worship;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Judah, Kingdom of;   Nebuzaradan;   Temple, Solomon's;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Kings, the Books of;   Nebuzaradan;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Babylon, History and Religion of;   Diaspora;   Exile;   Guard;   People of the Land;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Lamentations, Book of;   Nebuzaradan;   Nehemiah, Book of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Babylon ;   Nebuzaradan ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Captivity;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Captivity;   Gedaliah;   Husbandman;   Poor;   Samaria, Country of;   Temple;   Vine;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Agriculture;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But the captain of the guards left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.
Hebrew Names Version
But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to work the vineyards and fields.
King James Version
But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
English Standard Version
But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.
New Century Version
But the commander left behind some of the poorest people of the land to take care of the vineyards and fields.
New English Translation
But he left behind some of the poor of the land and gave them fields and vineyards.
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.
New American Standard Bible
But the captain of the bodyguards left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.
World English Bible
But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to work the vineyards and fields.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But the chiefe steward left of the poore of the land to dresse the vines, and to till the land.
Legacy Standard Bible
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.
Contemporary English Version
Only some of the poorest people were left behind to work the vineyards and the fields.
Complete Jewish Bible
But the commander of the guard left behind some of the poor people of the land to be vineyard-workers and farmers.
Darby Translation
But the captain of the body-guard left of the poor of the land for vinedressers and husbandmen.
Easy-to-Read Version
He let only the poorest of the common people stay there. He let them stay so that they could take care of the grapes and other crops.
George Lamsa Translation
But Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guard, left some of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
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.
Lexham English Bible
But the poor of the land the commander of the imperial guard left for the vineyards and for tilling.
Literal Translation
But the chief of the executioners left of the poorest of the land for vinedressers and farmers.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And of the poorest people dyd the chefe captaine leaue in ye londe to be wynegardeners and plowmen.
American Standard Version
But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and 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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But the captaine of the souldiers left of the poore of the land, to dresse the vines and to tyll the grounde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
King James Version (1611)
But the captaine of the guard left of the poore of the land, to be Uine-dressers, and husbandmen.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vine-dressers and husbandmen.
English Revised Version
But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he lefte of the pore men of the lond vyntilieris, and erthe tilieris.
Update Bible Version
But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
Webster's Bible Translation
But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land [to be] vine-dressers 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 Living Translation
But the captain of the guard allowed some of the poorest people to stay behind to care for the vineyards and fields.
New Revised Standard
But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest people of the land to be vinedressers and tillers of the soil.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, of the poorest of the land, did the chief of the royal executioners, leave, for vine-dressers and for husbandmen.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But of the poor of the land he left some dressers of vines and husbandmen.
Revised Standard Version
But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.
Young's Literal Translation
and of the poor of the land hath the chief of the executioners left for vine-dressers and for husbandmen.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.

Contextual Overview

8 On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Nebuzaradan came to Jerusalem. He was the captain of the soldiers, a servant of the king of Babylon. 9 He burned the house of the Lord, the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem. He burned every great house with fire. 10 And all the Babylonian army who were with the captain of the soldiers broke down the walls around Jerusalem. 11 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the soldiers carried away to Babylon the rest of the people who were left in the city. And he carried away the soldiers who had run away from the battle. 12 But the captain of the soldiers left behind some of the very poor people of the land to take care of the vines and to plow the fields. 13 The Babylonians broke in pieces the brass pillars in the house of the Lord. And they broke in pieces the stands and the brass pool which were in the house of the Lord. Then they carried the brass to Babylon. 14 They took away the pots, the tools for digging, the things for putting out the lamps, the dishes for special perfume, and all the brass dishes used for the work of the Lord's house. 15 And they took away the fire-holders and the wash-pots. The captain of the soldiers took away what was made of fine gold and what was made of fine silver. 16 The brass of the two pillars, the one pool, and the stands which Solomon had made for the Lord's house, was too much to weigh. 17 One pillar was five times taller than a man. The brass top piece on it was three cubits tall. A network and pomegranates made of brass were all around the top piece. And the second pillar had the same, with a network.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

left of the poor: 2 Kings 24:14, Jeremiah 39:10, Jeremiah 40:7, Jeremiah 52:16, Ezekiel 33:24

Reciprocal: Ezra 5:12 - into the hand Proverbs 13:8 - the poor Ezekiel 5:3 - a few

Cross-References

Genesis 17:20
As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will bring good to him. I will make him grow in number. He will be the father of twelve rulers. I will make him a great nation.
Genesis 21:13
But I will also make a nation of the son of the woman who serves you, because he is your son."
Genesis 25:10
This was the field that Abraham bought from the sons of Heth. Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah.
Genesis 25:15
Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
Psalms 83:6
The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab and the Hagarites;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

There was probably an intention of seating colonists into the country from some other part of the Empire, as the Assyrians had done in Samaria 2 Kings 17:24.


 
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