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2 Kings 25:12 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

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

2 Kings 25:12

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10 All the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down the walls around Jerusalem.

11 Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive the rest of the people who were left in the city and those who had deserted to the king of Babylon—all the rest of the multitude.

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

13 The Chaldeans broke up the pillars of bronze that were in the LORD’s house and the bases and the bronze sea that were in the LORD’s house, and carried the bronze pieces to Babylon.

14 They took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the spoons, and all the vessels of bronze with which they ministered.

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Jeremiah 52:16

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"But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vineyard keepers and farmers."

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Jeremiah 39:10

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"But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, who had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time."

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Luke 20:10

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"At the proper season, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him away empty."

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1 Samuel 8:14

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"He will take your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, even your best, and give them to his servants."

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Mark 12:9

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"What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others."

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2 Kings 24:14

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"He carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. No one remained except the poorest people of the land."

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2 Kings 25:1

"In the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it around it."

2 Kings 25:2

"So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah."

2 Kings 25:3

"On the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land."

2 Kings 25:4

"Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden (now the Chaldeans were against the city around it); and the king went by the way of the Arabah."

2 Kings 25:5

"But the Chaldean army pursued the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him."

2 Kings 25:6

"Then they captured the king and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they passed judgment on him."

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