King James Version (KJV)
2 Kings 25:12
“But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land [to be] vinedressers and husbandmen.”
Verse in context — 2 Kings 25
And all the army of the Chaldees, that [were with] the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
Now the rest of the people [that were] left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away.
But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land [to be] vinedressers and husbandmen.
And the pillars of brass 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 Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.
And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.
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The decline of both kingdoms, leading to exile in Assyria and Babylon.
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