2 Kings 25:12 — Meaning and Application

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“But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land {to be} vinedressers and husbandmen.”

2 Kings 25:12

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And all the army of the Chaldees, that {were with} the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.

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 Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away. {fugitives: Heb. fallen away}

But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land {to be} vinedressers and husbandmen.

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.

And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.

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2 Kings 25:1

"And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth {day} of the month, {that} Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about."

2 Kings 25:2

"And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah."

2 Kings 25:3

"And on the ninth {day} of the {fourth} month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land."

2 Kings 25:4

"And the city was broken up, and all the men of war {fled} by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which {is} by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees {were} against the city round about:) and {the king} went the way toward the plain."

2 Kings 25:5

"And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him."

2 Kings 25:6

"So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him. {gave...: Heb. spake judgment with him}"

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