2 Kings 25:12
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New International Version (©2011)
But the commander left behind some of the poorest people of the land to work the vineyards and fields.

New Living Translation (©2007)
But the captain of the guard allowed some of the poorest people to stay behind in Judah to care for the vineyards and fields.

English Standard Version (©2001)
But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
But the commander of the guards left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.

International Standard Version (©2012)
However, the captain of the guard left some of the poor people of the land to work as vinedressers and farmers.

NET Bible (©2006)
But he left behind some of the poor of the land and gave them fields and vineyards.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The captain of the guard left some of the poorest people in the land to work in the vineyards and on the farms.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
But the captain of the guard left some of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.

American King James Version
But the captain of the guard left of the door of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.

American Standard Version
But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But of the poor of the land he left some dressers of vines and husbandmen.

Darby Bible Translation
But the captain of the body-guard left of the poor of the land for vinedressers and husbandmen.

English Revised 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.

World English Bible
But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to work the vineyards and fields.

Young's Literal Translation
and of the poor of the land hath the chief of the executioners left for vine-dressers and for husbandmen.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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 righteous with God to deprive those of the benefit of his worship, who had preferred false worships before it; those that would have many altars, now shall have none. As the Lord spared not the angels that sinned, as he doomed the whole race of fallen men to the grave, and all unbelievers to hell, and as he spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, we need not wonder at any miseries he may bring upon guilty nations, churches, or persons.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 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).

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The Temple Destroyed
…11Now 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 Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away. 12But the captain of the guard left of the door of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and farmers. 13And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brazen 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 24:14 He carried all Jerusalem into exile: all the officers and fighting men, and all the skilled workers and artisans--a total of ten thousand. Only the poorest people of the land were left.
Jeremiah 39:10 But Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people, who owned nothing; and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.
Jeremiah 40:7 When all the army officers and their men who were still in the open country heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam as governor over the land and had put him in charge of the men, women and children who were the poorest in the land and who had not been carried into exile to Babylon,
Jeremiah 52:16 But Nebuzaradan left behind the rest of the poorest people of the land to work the vineyards and fields.