2 Kings 25:2 — Meaning and Application

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“And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.”

2 Kings 25:2

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And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth {day} of the month, {that} Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.

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

And on the ninth {day} of the {fourth} month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.

And the city was broken up, and all the men of war {fled} by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which {is} by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees {were} against the city round about:) and {the king} went the way toward the plain.

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2 Kings 25:1

"And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth {day} of the month, {that} Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about."

2 Kings 25:3

"And on the ninth {day} of the {fourth} month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land."

2 Kings 25:4

"And the city was broken up, and all the men of war {fled} by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which {is} by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees {were} against the city round about:) and {the king} went the way toward the plain."

2 Kings 25:5

"And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him."

2 Kings 25:6

"So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him. {gave...: Heb. spake judgment with him}"

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