2 Kings 24:11
9 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his father had done.
10 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege.
And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it.
12 Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive.
13 As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it.
- KJV
- And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.
- WEB
- Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it,
- ASV
- And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came unto the city, while his servants were besieging it;
- DARBY
- And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, while his servants were besieging it.
- BLB
- And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants lay siege to it.
- ÅB
- Siden dro kongen i Babel Nebukadnesar selv mot byen, mens hans menn holdt den kringsatt.
- OTB
- Nebukadnesar, kongen av Babylon, kom selv til byen, mens hans tjenere beleiret den.
- B1930
- Siden drog kongen i Babel Nebukadnesar selv mot byen, mens hans menn holdt den kringsatt.