Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
Left of the poor
Bible References
Left of the poor
2 Kings 24:14
And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the leaders, and all the mighty men of war, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths. None remained except the poorest sort of the people of the land.
Jeremiah 39:10
But Nebuzaradan, the chief of the executioners, left some of the poor people, who had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields on that day.
Jeremiah 40:7
And when all the commanders of the forces who were in the fields, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had entrusted to him men, and women, and children, and many of the poor of the land, of those who were not exiled to Babylon;
Jeremiah 52:16
But Nebuzaradan the chief of the executioners left some of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for farmers.
Ezekiel 33:24
Son of man, those who live in those wastes of the land of Israel are speaking, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land. But we are many; the land is given to us for inheritance.