King James Version
“Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.”
Jeremiah 52:15 · KJV
And burned the house of the LORD, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire:
And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.
Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.
Also 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, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“certain of the poor”
H1803properly, something dangling, i.e., a loose thread or hair; figuratively, indigent
“of the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and the residue”
H3499properly, an overhanging, i.e., (by implication) a small rope (as hanging free)
“of the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“that remained”
H7604properly, to swell up, i.e., be (causatively, make) redundant
“in the city”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and those that fell away”
H5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“and those that fell away”
H5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and the residue”
H3499properly, an overhanging, i.e., (by implication) a small rope (as hanging free)
“carried away captive”
H1540to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
“of the guard”
H2876properly, a butcher; hence, a lifeguardsman (because he was acting as an executioner); also a cook (usually slaughtering the animal for food)
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