“He carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. No one remained except the poorest people of the land.”

Reading this verse in context

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Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.