The Meaning of 2 Kings 25:12 Explained

2 Kings 25:12

KJV: But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

YLT: and of the poor of the land hath the chief of the executioners left for vine-dressers and for husbandmen.

Darby: But the captain of the body-guard left of the poor of the land for vinedressers and husbandmen.

ASV: But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of 2 Kings 25:12?

MEANING: What does 2 Kings 25:12 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in 2 Kings 25:12 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in 2 Kings 25:12?

What is the context of 2 Kings 25:12?

Jerusalem Is Sacked and the Temple Burned (2 Kings 25:8-12)
Jerusalem is Burned and the Temple Demolished (2 Kings 25:8-17)
Jerusalem Destroyed (2 Kings 25:8-21)
The Temple Destroyed (2 Kings 25:8-21)
Jerusalem Burned and Plundered (2 Kings 25:8-21)
The Fall and Captivity of Judah (2 Kings 25:1-21)
Fall and Captivity of Judah (2 Kings 25:1-21)
The Fall of Jerusalem(C)(D)(E) (2 Kings 25:1-26)

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land [to be] vinedressers and husbandmen {08675;01461:08801}.

What does 2 Kings 25:12 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Kings 25:1-12 - The Captivity Made Complete

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 that on the very day when the foe made his appearance before Jerusalem, the fact was revealed to Ezekiel in Babylon, and the fate of the city made clear. Jeremiah besought Zedekiah to submit, but to no purpose, Jeremiah 38:17. The siege lasted eighteen months, and its calamities may be gathered from Lamentations 2:20-21; Lamentations 4:3-20. Finally famine triumphed, Lamentations 4:8; Lamentations 4:10; Ezekiel 5:10. A third of the population perished of hunger and plague, Ezekiel 5:12.

Such is the divine judgment upon sin. God pleads long with man, but if man will not turn, then God whets His sword, and becomes terrible in His retribution. Amid all this catastrophe, however, we recall the tears of the book of Lamentations, like those of Jesus afterward. There is that in God which sorrows as He chastises, and causes Him to say, "How shall I make thee as Admah, and set thee as Zeboim?" Deuteronomy 29:23; Hosea 11:8. Notice how, in putting out the eyes of Zedekiah, two prophecies which appeared to be contradictory were reconciled and fulfilled, Jeremiah 32:5; Jeremiah 34:3; and Ezekiel 12:13. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Kings 25

¹ Jerusalem is besieged
⁴ Zedekiah taken, his sons slain, his eyes put out
⁸ Nebuzaradan defaces the city, exiles the remnant, except a few poor laborers;
¹³ and carries away the treasures
¹⁸ The nobles are slain at Riblah
²² Gedaliah, who was over those who remained, being slain, the rest flee into Egypt
²⁷ Evil-Merodach advances Jehoiachin in his court

What do the individual words in 2 Kings 25:12 mean?

But [some] of the poor of the land left the captain of the guard as vinedressers and farmers

וּמִדַּלַּ֣ת הָאָ֔רֶץ הִשְׁאִ֖יר רַב־ טַבָּחִ֑ים לְכֹֽרְמִ֖ים וּלְיֹגְבִֽים

וּמִדַּלַּ֣ת	But [some] of the poor
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular construct Root: דַּלָּה Sense: hair, threads, thrum (threads of warp hanging in loom).
הָאָ֔רֶץ	of the land
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: אֶרֶץ Sense: land, earth.
הִשְׁאִ֖יר	left
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: שָׁאַר Sense: to remain, be left over, be left behind.
רַב־	the captain
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: רַב Sense: much, many, great.
טַבָּחִ֑ים	of the guard
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: טַבָּח Sense: executioner, cook, bodyguard, guardsman.
לְכֹֽרְמִ֖ים	as vinedressers
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural Root: כָּרַם Sense: to tend vines or vineyards, to dress vines or vineyards.
וּלְיֹגְבִֽים	and farmers
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural Root: גּוּב Sense: to dig.

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Similar Scriptures for 2 Kings 25:12

		2 Kings 24:14 [6]
		Jeremiah 40:7 [5]
		Jeremiah 39:10 [3]
		Jeremiah 52:16 [3]
		Ezekiel 33:24 [2]