2nd Kings Chapter 25 verse 12 Holy Bible
But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
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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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But the captain of the body-guard left of the poor of the land for vinedressers and husbandmen.
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But the captain of the guard left of the door of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
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But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vine-dressers and husbandmen.
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But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to work the vineyards and fields.
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and of the poor of the land hath the chief of the executioners left for vine-dressers and for husbandmen.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 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).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(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.
