2 Kings 25:2
1 So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.
3 By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.
4 Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,
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.
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- BSB
- And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.
- KJV
- And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
- WEB
- So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
- ASV
- So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
- DARBY
- And the city was besieged until the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
- BLB
- And the city came under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
- ÅB
- Og de holdt byen kringsatt like til kong Sedekias' ellevte år.
- OTB
- Slik ble byen beleiret inntil det ellevte året av kong Sidkia.
- B1930
- Og de holdt byen kringsatt like til kong Sedekias' ellevte år.