2 Kings 24:14

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהִגְלָ֣ה אֶת־כָּל־יְ֠רוּשָׁלִַם וְֽאֶת־כָּל־הַשָּׂרִ֞ים וְאֵ֣ת ׀ כָּל־גִּבּוֹרֵ֣י הַחַ֗יִל *עשרה **עֲשֶׂ֤רֶת אֲלָפִים֙ גּוֹלֶ֔ה וְכָל־הֶחָרָ֖שׁ וְהַמַּסְגֵּ֑ר לֹ֣א נִשְׁאַ֔ר זוּלַ֖ת דַּלַּ֥ת עַם־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

And-hiḡlāh ʾeṯ-all-yərûšālaim and-ʾeṯ-all-haśśārîm and-ʾēṯ all-gibbôrê haḥayil ʿăśereṯ ʾălāp̄îm gôleh and-all-heḥārāš and-hammasgēr not nišʾar except dallaṯ ʿam-hāʾāreṣ.

Grammar Details

• *hiḡlāh*: Hiphil perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he carried into exile
• *ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
• *yərûšālaim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
• *haśśārîm*: masculine plural noun with definite article - the officials
• *gibbôrê*: masculine plural construct noun - mighty men of
• *haḥayil*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the army/valor
• *ʿăśereṯ*: cardinal number - ten
• *ʾălāp̄îm*: masculine plural noun - thousands
• *gôleh*: Qal participle masculine singular - exile/captive
• *heḥārāš*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the craftsman
• *hammasgēr*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the smith/locksmith
• *nišʾar*: Niphal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - was left/remained
• *dallaṯ*: feminine singular construct noun - poorest of
• *ʿam*: masculine singular construct noun - people of
• *hāʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the land

Word Meanings

• *hiḡlāh*: carried into exile/deported/removed
• *haśśārîm*: the officials/princes/nobles
• *gibbôrê* *haḥayil*: mighty men of valor/warriors/soldiers
• *gôleh*: exile/captive/deportation
• *heḥārāš*: craftsman/artisan/skilled worker
• *hammasgēr*: smith/metalworker/locksmith
• *dallaṯ* *ʿam*-*hāʾāreṣ*: poorest of the people of the land/lowest classes

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 25:12 : 12 But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land [to be] vinedressers and husbandmen.
• Jer 52:28 : 28 This [is] the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty:
• Ezek 1:1-2 : 1 ¶ Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, as I [was] among the captives by the river of Chebar, [that] the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. 2 In the fifth [day] of the month, which [was] the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,
• Ezek 17:14 : 14 That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, [but] that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.
• 2 Kgs 24:16 : 16 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.
• Jer 40:7 : 7 ¶ 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 unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;
• Jer 52:16 : 16 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left [certain] of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.
• 1 Sam 23:19-22 : 19 ¶ Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which [is] on the south of Jeshimon? 20 Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part [shall be] to deliver him into the king's hand. 21 And Saul said, Blessed [be] ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me. 22 Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, [and] who hath seen him there: for it is told me [that] he dealeth very subtilly.
• 2 Chr 36:9-9 : 9 Jehoiachin [was] eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD. 10 And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
• Jer 24:1-5 : 1 ¶ The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs [were] set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon. 2 One basket [had] very good figs, [even] like the figs [that are] first ripe: and the other basket [had] very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad. 3 Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. 4 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 5 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for [their] good.
• Jer 29:2 : 2 (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;)
• Jer 39:10 : 10 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.