2 Kings 25:12

But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

Cross-reference

2 Kings 24:14 also records that only the poorest were left after an earlier deportation, showing a repeated pattern.

Jeremiah 39:10 gives a parallel account, adding that the poor were given vineyards and fields by the Babylonians.

Jeremiah 52:16 gives a parallel account of the same event, confirming the poorest were left as vinedressers and plowmen.