2 Kings 24:14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.

Jerusalem

Craftsmen

1 Samuel 23:19

The poorest sort

Ezekiel 17:14

General references

Deuteronomy 28:43

Ezekiel 1:2

Bible References

Jerusalem

Jehoiachin was eight[teen] years old when he became king, and he reigned for three months and ten days in Jerusalem, and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.

After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken Jeconiah [who was also called Coniah and Jehoiachin] the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah [along] with the craftsmen and smiths into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, the Lord showed me [in a vision] two baskets of figs set before the temple of the Lord.

This is the number of people whom Nebuchadnezzar took captive and exiled: in the seventh year, 3,023 Jews;

Now it came about [when I was] in my thirtieth year [of life], on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles beside the River Chebar [in Babylonia], the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.

Craftsmen

Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, “Is David not hiding with us in strongholds of Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, which is south of Jeshimon?

The poorest sort

But the captain of the bodyguard left some of the unimportant and poorest people of the land to be vineyard workers and farmers.

But Nebuzaradan the [Babylonian] captain of the bodyguard left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who had nothing, and gave them vineyards and fields at that time.

Now when all the commanders of the forces that were [scattered] in the open country [of Judah] and their men heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land [of Judah] and had put him in charge of the men, women, and children, those of the poorest of the land who had not been exiled to Babylon,

But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.

so that the kingdom would be in subjection, unable to restore itself and rise again, but that by keeping his covenant it might continue.

General references

The stranger who lives among you will rise above you higher and higher, and you will go down lower and lower.

(On the fifth of the month, which was in the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity,