Nebuzaradan (lit. the chief butcher, an archaic title), the captain of Nebuchadnezzar"s bodyguard, was in charge of deporting the Jerusalemites to Babylon. He deported almost everyone who was left in the city, plus the Judahites who had defected to the Babylonians. The only native inhabitants that he left behind were some of the poorest of the people, to whom he gave vineyards and fields. It was in Babylon"s best interests to maintain the agricultural productivity of Canaan. [source][source][source]