2 Kings 25:2 - Forerunner Commentary

2 Kings 25:2

The Fall and Captivity of Judah

1 Now it came to pass ^ain the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and encamped against it; and they built a siege wall against it all around.

2 So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

3 By the ninth day of the ^afourth month the famine had become so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.

4 Then ^athe city wall was broken through, and all the men of war fled at night by way of the gate between two walls, which was by the king’s garden, even though the Chaldeans were still encamped all around against the city. And ^bthe king went by way of the plain.

5 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and they overtook him in the plains of Jericho. All his army was scattered from him.

6 So they took the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon ^aat Riblah, and they pronounced judgment on him.

7 Then they killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, ^aput out the eyes of Zedekiah, bound him with bronze fetters, and took him to Babylon.

8 And in the fifth month, ^aon the seventh day of the month (which was ^bthe nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), ^cNebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.

9 ^aHe burned the house of the Lord ^band the king’s house; all the houses of Jerusalem, that is, all the houses of the great, ^che burned with fire.

Verse Comparison: 2 Kings 25:2

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American Standard Version
So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

Amplified® Bible
The city was besieged [nearly two years] until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

Contemporary English Version
After a year and a half, all the food in Jerusalem was gone. Then on the ninth day of the fourth month,

Darby English Version
And the city was besieged until the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

Good News Bible
and kept it under siege until Zedekiah's eleventh year.

King James Version
And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

New American Standard Bible
So the city was under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

New International Version
The city was kept under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

New King James Version
So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So the city fell under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

Revised Standard Version
So the city was besieged till the eleventh year of King Zedeki'ah.

Young's Literal Translation
And the city entereth into siege till the eleventh year of king Zedekiah,

New English Translation
The city remained under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.

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