📖WEB · 2 Kings 25:12
What does 2 Kings 25:12 mean?
"But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to work the vineyards and fields."
— 2 Kings 25:12 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
He burned Yahweh’s house, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, he burned with fire.
All the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down the walls around Jerusalem.
Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive the residue of the people who were left in the city, and those who fell away, who fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude.
But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to work the vineyards and fields.
The Chaldeans broke up the pillars of brass that were in Yahweh’s house and the bases and the bronze sea that were in Yahweh’s house, and carried the brass pieces to Babylon.
They took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the spoons, and all the vessels of brass with which they ministered.
The captain of the guard took away the fire pans, the basins, that which was of gold, in gold, and that which was of silver, in silver.
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