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2 Kings 25:3

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 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.

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.

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.

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
On the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
ASV
On the ninth day of the [fourth] month the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
DARBY
On the ninth of the [fourth] month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
BLB
And on the ninth [day] of the [fourth] month, the famine had become so severe in the city that there was no bread for the people of the land.
ÅB
På den niende dag i måneden[^1] var hungersnøden så stor i byen at landets folk ikke hadde noe å spise.
OTB
På den niende dagen i den fjerde måneden var hungersnøden alvorlig i byen, slik at det ikke var mat for folkene i landet.
B1930
På den niende dag i måneden var hungersnøden så stor i byen at landets folk ikke hadde noget å ete. / < den fjerde måned, JER 52, 5. 6.>

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  • Jeremiah 38:2

    Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:52–53

    And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

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  • Ezekiel 5:12

    A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.

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  • Lamentations 4:4–10

    The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.

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  • Leviticus 26:26

    And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.

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  • Ezekiel 14:21

    For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?

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  • Ezekiel 7:15

    The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.

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  • Jeremiah 52:6

    And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

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