2 Kings 25:12
But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
Context
This verse from 2 Kings Chapter 25 connects to 5 cross-references. Zedekiah rebels; Nebuchadnezzar besieges Jerusalem for eighteen months. When the city's defenses fail and famine is severe, Zedekiah flees but is captured; his sons are killed before his eyes, then he is blinded, bound, and taken to Babylon. The temple …
Other Translations
But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
and of the poor of the land hath the chief of the executioners left for vine-dressers and for husbandmen.
But he let the poorest of the land go on living there, to take care of the vines and the fields.
Cross References
And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand …
But Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.
Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that …
But Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land …
Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he …