Jeremiah 52:16

The Fall Of Jerusalem

¹⁵ Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, deported some of the poorest of the people, as well as the rest of the people who were left in the city, the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the craftsmen. ¹⁶ But some of the poorest people of the land Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, left to be vinedressers and farmers. ¹⁷ Now the Chaldeans broke into pieces the bronze pillars for the Lord’s temple and the water carts and the bronze reservoir that were in the Lord’s temple, and carried all the bronze to Babylon.

Captain of the Guard

People of the Land

Poor of the Land

Poorest People Of The Land

Nebuzar-adan

2 Kings 25:12

But the commander of the guards left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.

Jeremiah 39:9-10

Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, deported the rest of the people to Babylon—those who had remained in the city and those deserters who had defected to him along with the rest of the people who had remained.

Jeremiah 40:5-7

When Jeremiah had not yet turned to go, Nebuzaradan said to him: “Return to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the cities of Judah, and stay with him among the people or go wherever you want to go.” So the captain of the guard gave him a ration and a gift and released him.

Ezekiel 33:24

“Son of man, those who live in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one person, yet he received possession of the land. But we are many; the land has been given to us as a possession.’