Jeremiah 39:10

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon advanced against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to the city. ²And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah's eleventh year, the city was broken through. ³Then all the officials of the king of Babylon entered and sat in the Middle Gate: Nergal-sharezer, Samgar, Nebusarsechim the Rab-saris, Nergal-sharezer the Rab-mag, and all the rest of the officials of the king of Babylon. ⁴When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king's garden, through the gate between the two walls, and they went out along the route to the Arabah. ⁵But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him. ⁶There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the nobles of Judah. ⁷Then he put out Zedekiah's eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon. ⁸The Chaldeans set fire to the palace of the king and to the houses of the people, and they tore down the walls of Jerusalem. ⁹Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, carried away to Babylon the remnant who had remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to him and the rest of the people. ¹⁰But 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.

Bible Verse Review
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left of: Jeremiah 40:7, 2 Kings 25:12, Ezekiel 33:24

at the same time: Heb. in that day

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 24:14 - the poorest sort Proverbs 13:8 - the poor Isaiah 7:21 - a man Jeremiah 39:9 - captain of the guard Jeremiah 40:10 - gather Jeremiah 43:6 - every Jeremiah 52:16 - certain Jeremiah 52:27 - Thus Ezekiel 5:3 - a few

Cross-References

Genesis 39:8
But he refused. "Look," he said to his master's wife, "with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.

Proverbs 1:15
my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.

Proverbs 2:16
It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words,

Proverbs 5:3
Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,

Proverbs 5:8
Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,

Proverbs 7:5
that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.

Proverbs 7:13
She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:

Proverbs 9:14
She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,

Proverbs 9:16
"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" To him who lacks judgment she says:

Proverbs 22:14
The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is cursed by the LORD will fall into it.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah,.... Because they would have been of no service to the Chaldeans, but a burden to them; and because they had nothing to fear from them; they had no arms to rebel against them, nor money to purchase any; and because it would be to their interest to have the land manured, and not lie waste, that they might have some tribute from it:

and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time; as their own property to dress and cultivate, and receive the advantage of them; though very probably a tax was laid upon them; or they were to pay tribute to the king of Babylon; or, however, contribute out of them to the support of the government that was placed over them; and this was a happy incident in their favour; here was a strange change of circumstances with them; though the nation in general was in distress, they, who before had nothing, are now proprietors of vineyards and fields, when the former owners were carried captive: there might be much of the justice of God conspicuous in this affair; such who had been oppressed and ill used by the rich are now retaliated with their possessions. The Targum is,

"and he appointed them to work in the fields and in the vineyards in that day.''

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare the marginal reference. The differences between the two accounts are slight.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 39:10. Left of the poor of the people — The very refuse of the inhabitants, who were not worthy of being carried away; and among them he divided the fields and vineyards of those whom he took away.