2 Kings 25:12
“But the captaine of the guard left of the poore of the land, to be Uine-dressers, and husbandmen.”
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2 Kings 25:12 Context
10And all the army of the Caldees that were with the captaine of the guard, brake downe the walles of Ierusalem round about. 11Now the rest of the people that were left in the citie, and the fugitiues that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captaine of the guard cary away. 12But the captaine of the guard left of the poore of the land, to be Uine-dressers, and husbandmen. 13And the pillars of brasse 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 Caldees breake in pieces, and caried the brasse of them to Babylon. 14And the pots, and the shouels, and the snuffers, and the spoones, and all the vessels of brasse wherewith they ministred, tooke they away.
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But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land [to be] vinedressers and husbandmen.
- King James Version
But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.
- New American Standard Version (1995)