Melachim Bais 25:12

12 But the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land to be koremim and farmers.

Melachim Bais 25:12 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 25:12

(See Gill on 2 Kings 25:8)

Melachim Bais 25:12 In-Context

10 And all the army of the Kasdim (Chaldeans), that were with the captain of the guard, broke down the chomot (walls) around Yerushalayim.
11 Now the remainder of the people that were left in the Ir, and the deserters that fell away to Melech Bavel, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nevuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away.
12 But the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land to be koremim and farmers.
13 And the pillars of bronze that were in the Beis Hashem, and the moveable stands, and the Yam Hanechoshet that was in the Beis Hashem, the Kasdim (Chaldeans) broke in pieces, and carried all the bronze to Babylon.
14 And the caldrons, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the basins and all the klei hanechoshet wherewith they ministered, they took away.
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