2 Kings 25:11
And the rest of the people who were still in the town, and all those who had given themselves up to the king of Babylon, and all the rest of the workmen, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, took away as prisoners;
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10And the walls round Jerusalem were broken down by the Chaldaean army which was with the captain.
12But he let the poorest of the land go on living there, to take care of the vines and the fields.
Cross References
Jeremiah 15:1Then the Lord said to me, Even if Moses and Samuel came before me, I would have no desire for this people: send them away from before me, and let them go.
Jeremiah 52:12Now in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, in the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, a servant of the king of Babylon, came into Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 12:11Say, I am your sign: as I have done, so will it be done to them: they will go away as prisoners.
Ezekiel 22:15And I will send you in flight among the nations and wandering among the countries; and I will completely take away out of you everything which is unclean.
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 25:9-22
The Temple Destroyed. ( b. c. 588.) 8 And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem: 9 And he burnt the house of the Lord , and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire. 10 And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round… Read the whole commentary →