2 Kings 25:12
But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
2 Kings 25:12 in other translations
| BSB | But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields. |
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| WEB | But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to work the vineyards and fields. |
| ASV | But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen. |
| YLT | and of the poor of the land hath the chief of the executioners left for vine-dressers and for husbandmen. |
| DARBY | But the captain of the body-guard left of the poor of the land for vinedressers and husbandmen. |
| BBE | But he let the poorest of the land go on living there, to take care of the vines and the fields. |
| Webster | But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vine-dressers and husbandmen. |
What does 2 Kings 25:12 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 25:8-18
8-18. on the seventh day of the month ... came Nebuzar-adan--(compare Jr 52:12). In attempting to reconcile these two passages, it must be supposed either that, though he had set out on the seventh, he did not arrive in Jerusalem till the tenth, or that he did not put his orders in execution till that day. His office as captain of the guard (Ge 37:36; 39:1) called him to execute the awards of justice on criminals…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 25:8-21
The city and temple were burnt, and, it is probable, the ark in it. By this, God showed how little he cares for the outward pomp of his worship, when the life and power of religion are neglected. The walls of Jerusalem were thrown down, and the people carried captive to Babylon. The vessels of the temple were carried away. When the things signified were sinned away, what should the signs stand there for? It was…
2 Kings 25:12 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Kings 25:12
- 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;
- 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.
- Ezekiel 33:24
Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.
- Jeremiah 52:16
But Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.
- Jeremiah 39:10
But Nebuzar–adan 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.
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Context
- 2 Kings 25:11
Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard carry away.
- 2 Kings 25:12
But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
- 2 Kings 25:13
And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the Lord, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the Lord, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.
2 Kings 25:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas de los pobres de la tierra dejó Nabuzaradán, capitán de los de la guardia, para que labrasen las viñas y las tierras. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | mais des pauvres du pays, le chef des gardes en laissa pour être vignerons et laboureurs. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Aber von den Geringen des Landes ließ der Oberste der Trabanten zurück zu Weingärtnern und zu Ackerleuten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et de pauperibus terræ reliquit vinitores et agricolas. |