2 Kings 24:14
Old Testament • 20 words with Strong's data
"And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Yᵉrûwshâlaim
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
שַׂר
sar
a head person (of any rank or class)
גִּבּוֹר
gibbôwr
powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
חַיִל
chayil
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
עֶשֶׂר
ʻeser
ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)
אֶלֶף
ʼeleph
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
חֲרָשִׁים
Chărâshîym
mechanics, the name of a valley in Jerusalem
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
יָשַׁע
yâshaʻ
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
Key Terms in This Verse
חַיִל chayil
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
Study H2428 →שָׁאַר shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
Study H7604 →יָשַׁע yâshaʻ
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
Study H3467 →Cross References
This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty:
But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.
Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed un...
(After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)
That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.
Welcome to LOGOS Study
Your complete Bible study toolkit