Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;
All the
The poor
Bible References
All the
Jeremiah 39:4
When King Zedekiah and all his soldiers saw what was happening, they tried to escape from the city during the night. They left by way of the royal garden, went through the gateway connecting the two walls, and escaped in the direction of the Jordan Valley.
2 Kings 25:4
An opening was made in the wall of the town. All the men of war went in flight by night through the doorway between the two walls by the king's garden. The Chaldaeans were stationed around the town: and the king went by the way toward the plain of Arabah.
The poor
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 33:24
Son of man, those who live in the ruined cities in Israel are saying: 'Abraham was only one person, and he was given the land. But we are many. Certainly the land has been given to us.'
Ezekiel 45:16
All the common people must give this contribution to the prince in Israel.