Jeremiah 52:16 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁶But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.

Jeremiah 52:16 —

Old words in this verse

husbandman: — farmer, one who tends the land.

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 25:12
But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
Jeremiah 39:9-10
Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained. …
Jeremiah 40:5-7
Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go. …
Ezekiel 33:24
Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 12-23)

We have here an account of the woeful havoc that was made by the Chaldean army, a month after the city was taken, under the command of Nebuzaradan, who was captain of the guard, or general of the army, in this action. In the margin he is called the chief of the slaughter-men, or executioners; for soldiers are but slaughter-men, and God employs them as executioners of his sentence against a sinful…