2 Kings 24:11
9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done.
10 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.
12 And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
13 And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said.
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.