2 Kings 25:12
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But of the poor of the land he left some dressers of vines and husbandmen.

left of the poor.

2 Kings 24:14 And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the valiant men of the army, to the number of ten thousand, into captivity: and every artificer and smith: and none were left, but the poor sort of the people of the land.

Jeremiah 39:10 But Nabuzardan the general left some of the poor people that had nothing at all, in the land of Juda, and he gave them vineyards, and cisterns at that time.

Jeremiah 40:7 And when all the captains of the army that were scattered through the countries, they and their companions, had heard that the king of Babylon had made Godolias the son of Ahicam governor of the country, and that he had committed unto him men and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, them that had not been carried away captive to Babylon:

Jeremiah 52:16 But of the poor of the land, Nabuzardan the general left some for vinedressers, and for husbandmen.

Ezekiel 33:24 Son of man, they that dwell in these ruinous places in the land of Israel, speak, saying: Abraham was one, and he inherited the land, but we are many, the land is given us in possession.

Context
The Temple Destroyed
11And Nabuzardan, the commander of the army, carried away the rest of the people, that remained in the city, and the fugitives, that had gone over to the king of Babylon, and the remnant of the common people. 12But of the poor of the land he left some dressers of vines and husbandmen.13And the pillars of brass that were in the temple of the Lord, and the bases, and the sea of brass, which was in the house of the Lord, the Chaldees broke in pieces, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.…
Cross References
2 Kings 24:14
And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the valiant men of the army, to the number of ten thousand, into captivity: and every artificer and smith: and none were left, but the poor sort of the people of the land.

Jeremiah 39:10
But Nabuzardan the general left some of the poor people that had nothing at all, in the land of Juda, and he gave them vineyards, and cisterns at that time.

Jeremiah 40:7
And when all the captains of the army that were scattered through the countries, they and their companions, had heard that the king of Babylon had made Godolias the son of Ahicam governor of the country, and that he had committed unto him men and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, them that had not been carried away captive to Babylon:

Jeremiah 52:16
But of the poor of the land, Nabuzardan the general left some for vinedressers, and for husbandmen.

Lexicon
But the captain
רַב־ (raḇ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7227: Much, many, great

of the guard
טַבָּחִ֑ים (ṭab·bā·ḥîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2876: A butcher, a lifeguardsman, a cook

left behind
הִשְׁאִ֖יר (hiš·’îr)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7604: To swell up, be, redundant

some of the poorest
וּמִדַּלַּ֣ת (ū·mid·dal·laṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1803: Something dangling, a loose thread, hair, indigent

of the land
הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

to tend the vineyards
לְכֹֽרְמִ֖ים (lə·ḵō·rə·mîm)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3755: To tend vineyards, dress vines

and fields.
וּלְיֹגְבִֽים׃ (ū·lə·yō·ḡə·ḇîm)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1461: Husbandman


Additional Translations
But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.But the captain of the guard left of the door of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.

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

But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vine-dressers and husbandmen.

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

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

But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vine-dressers and husbandmen.

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

and of the poor of the land hath the chief of the executioners left for vine-dressers and for husbandmen.
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