KJV King James Version
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.
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2 Kings 24:16
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The king of Babylon also brought into exile to Babylon all seven thousand men of valor and a thousand craftsmen and metalsmiths—all strong and fit for battle.
WEB World English Bible
All the men of might, even seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths one thousand, all of them strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
ASV American Standard Version
And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths a thousand, all of them strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and all the men of valour seven thousand, and the artificers and the smiths a thousand, the whole are mighty men, warriors; and the king of Babylon bringeth them in a captivity to Babylon.
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 24
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.
15 And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, [those] carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
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.
17 And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father’s brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
18 Zedekiah [was] twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name [was] Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
19 And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
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וְאֵת֩H853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallאַנְשֵׁ֨יH582 · e.noshhumanהַחַ֜יִלH2428 · cha.yilstrength: soldiersשִׁבְעַ֣תH7651 · she.vasevenאֲלָפִ֗יםH505 · e.lephthousandוְהֶחָרָ֤שׁH2796 · cha.rashartificerוְהַמַּסְגֵּר֙H4525 · mas.gerlocksmithאֶ֔לֶףH505 · e.lephthousandהַכֹּ֕לH3605 · kolallגִּבּוֹרִ֖יםH1368 · gib.bormighty manעֹשֵׂ֣יH6213 · a.sahto make: doמִלְחָמָ֑הH4421 · mil.cha.mahbattleוַיְבִיאֵ֧םH935 · boto come (in): comeמֶֽלֶךְ־H4428 · me.lekhkingבָּבֶ֛לH894 · ba.velBabylonגּוֹלָ֖הH1473 · go.lahcaptivityבָּבֶֽלָה׃H894 · ba.velBabylon
Cross-references
Jeremiah 52:28This [is] the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty:Jeremiah 29:2(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;)2 Kings 24:14And 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.
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