2 Kings 24:14
Nebuchadnezzar carried away as prisoners the people of Jerusalem, all the royal princes, and all the leading men, ten thousand in all. He also deported all the skilled workers, including the blacksmiths, leaving only the poorest of the people behind in Judah.
2 Kings 25:12
He let the poorest of the land go on living there, to take care of the vines and the fields.
Jeremiah 52:28
These are the people whom Nebuchadnezzar took captive: In his seventh year as king, he took three thousand and twenty-three Jews.
Jeremiah 40:7
All the army commanders and their men who were in the field heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah, son of Ahikam, to govern the country and some of the country's poorest men, women, and children who had not been taken away to Babylon.
Jeremiah 52:16
Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, left some of the poorest people in the land to work in the vineyards and on the farms.
1 Samuel 23:19-22
Some people from the town of Ziph went to Saul at Gibeah. They said: Your Majesty, David has a hideout not far from us! It is near Horesh. It is somewhere on Mount Hachilah south of Jeshimon.
2 Kings 24:16
Included as prisoners were all the men of war, seven thousand of them, and a thousand expert workmen and metalworkers, all of them strong and able to take up arms.
2 Chronicles 36:9-10
Jehoiakin was eight years old when he began to rule as king. He was king for three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did what Jehovah considered evil.
Jeremiah 24:1-5
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon carried away captive Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the officials of Judah. He also captured the craftsmen and smiths from Jerusalem and brought them to Babylon. Then Jehovah showed me two baskets of figs set before the Temple of Jehovah!
Jeremiah 29:2
This was after King Jehoiakin and his mother, the court officials, the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and metal workers left Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 39:10
He left in the land of Judah some of the poorest people, who owned no property, and he gave them vineyards and fields.
Ezekiel 1:1-2
I was living among the exiles by the Chebar River. On the fifth day of the fourth month in the thirtieth year the [figurative] heaven opened and I saw visions from God.
Ezekiel 17:14
that the kingdom might be in subjection, not exalting itself, but keeping his covenant that it might continue.