Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Kings 24:14

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 crastsmen and smiths [illegible: 1+ letters]: none remained save the poorest sort of the people of the land.

i. e. The Inhabitants of Ierusalem; not simply all, but the best and most considerable part, as the following words explain and restrain it.

Which are more particularly reckoned up, v. 16. where there are 7000 mighty men, and a thousand Smiths; and those mentioned v. 15. make up the other 2000. [illegible: 1+ letters] Which might furnish them with new Arms, and thereby give him fresh trouble.

Marginal references: [illegible: 1 word]. 24. 1.