Commenting on this, Insight on the Scriptures, Volume 1, page 415, states: “The expression ‘that were left remaining in the city’ apparently indicates that great numbers had died from famine, disease, or fire, or else they were slaughtered in the war.”
Igqabaza ngako oku, i-Insight on the Scriptures, Umqulu 1, iphepha 415, ithi: “Ibinzana elithi ‘ababesele esixekweni’ limele ukuba libonisa ukuba abaninzi babulawa yindlala, izifo, okanye umlilo, okanye bafa emfazweni.”jw2019 jw2019