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Why leave the poor behind? (2 Kings 24:14)

Context: 2 Kings 24:10-14 KJV

10 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.

11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.

12 And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.

13 And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, as the Lord had said.

14 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.

2 Kings 24:14

ESV - 14 He carried away all Jerusalem and all the officials and all the mighty men of valor, 10,000 captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. None remained, except the poorest people of the land.

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Mini Tim Maas Supporter Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army 
I would say that the poorest people were left in the land to do the work of raising crops, since the land itself could not be carried away, and such work did not require special qualifications or skills (such as the warriors, craftsmen, and smiths possessed), so that some value could be realized from the land, rather just allowing it to remain uncultivated.

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