2 Kings 25:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen. ”

2 Kings 25:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

There was probably an intention of seating colonists into the country from some other part of the Empire, as the Assyrians had done in Samaria 2 Kings 17:24 .
2 Kings 25:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Destruction of Jerusalem. Fate of the Remnant. This again is more fully related in Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 39:8 to Jeremiah 42:22 ), of which the passage before us is probably an abridgement. 2 K...
2 Kings 25:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

husbandmen. Compare Jeremiah 52:16 .
2 Kings 25:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
2 Kings 25:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about. No JFB commentary on these verses.
2 Kings 25:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Fall of Jerusalem This chapter relates the siege and destruction of Jerusalem, the capture of king Zedekiah, and the deportation of most of the Jewish people.
2 Kings 25:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Of the poor of the land. — 2 Kings 24:14 (Comp. Jeremiah 39:10 .) Husbandmen. — Or, plowmen. The word (Hebrew text, gâbîm ) occurs here only. Jeremiah 52:16 has a cognate form ( yôg’bîm...
2 Kings 25:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

ZEDEKIAH, THE LAST KING OF JUDAH B.C. 597-586 2 Kings 24:18-20 ; 2 Kings 25:1-7 " Quand ce grand Dieu a choisi quelqu'un pour etre l'instrument de ses desseins rien n'arrete le cours, en e...
2 Kings 25:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Captivity Made Complete 2 Kings 25:1-12 As the final catastrophe approaches, the historian becomes more minute in his dates, marking the month and the day . From Ezekiel 24:1 we gather...
2 Kings 25:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The rebellion was easily quelled, and Zedekiah was captured and taken to Babylon. His fate is tragic and awful. With eyes put out, and bound in fetters, he was carried to the court of his conqueror a...
2 Kings 25:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here we have the final account of Judah as a kingdom. So that from Joshua's days, in which it began to be formed, to the last of its kings, Zedeciah, it stood about 850 or 860 years. And the church's...
2 Kings 25:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 25:8
2 Kings 25:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land [to be] vinedressers and husbandmen. Ver. 12. Left of the poor of the land. ] Who would be rather a burden than a benefit to the Chaldees;...
2 Kings 25:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Now the rest of the people that were left in the city Whom neither the sword nor famine had destroyed, who were eight hundred and thirty-two persons, ( Jeremiah 52:29 ,) being members and traders o...
2 Kings 25:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE TOTAL CAPTIVITY OF JUDAH (vv.1-21) In the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign Nebuchadnezzar came and besieged Jerusalem, building a wall around it. Jeremiah told Zedekiah, by the word of the Lor...
2 Kings 25:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Temple Destroyed. B. C. 588. 8 And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the...
2 Kings 25:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
2 Kings 25:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

3). The Final Destruction Of Jerusalem And The Death Of Its Leaders ( 2 Kings 25:8-22 ). Kings began with a description of the building of the house of YHWH and of the king's house ( 1 Kings 5:1...
2 Kings 25:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE UTTER DESOLATION OF JERUSALEM CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 2 Kings 25:1 . In the ninth year of his reign —The revolt of Zedekiah so incensed Nebuchadnezzar that he determined on the fin...
2 Kings 25:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 25:18 . Seraiah, the father of Ezra, was put to death with the nobles for rebellion; but many of those who thus suffered had also made a false covenant with the Lord; and their sins found...
2 Kings 25:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign. Captivity of Judah We have two prominent characters in this lesson--Zedekiah King of Judah, and Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon. The latter wa...
2 Kings 25:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Kings 25:1-12 THE LAST SIEGE OF JERUSALEM . THE JEWS LED INTO CAPTIVITY . HISTORY OF THE REMNANT LEFT BEHIND . RELEASE FROM PRISON OF JEHO...
2 Kings 25:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judah Carried into Captivity
2 Kings 25:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 24:14 ; Ezekiel 33:24 ; Jeremiah 39:10 ; Jeremiah 40:7 ; Jeremiah 52:16
2 Kings 25:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Left of the poor — So while the rich were prisoners in a strange land, the poor had liberty and peace in their own country! Thus providence sometimes humbles the proud, and favours them of low degr...

2 Kings 25:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Kings 25:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 25:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Kings 25:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 25:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 25:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 25:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 25:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 25:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 25:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 25:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 25:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 25:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 25:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 25:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 25:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 25:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 25:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 25:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 25:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 25:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Kings 25:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 25:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 25:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 25:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes