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Jeremiah 34:7

AzekahBabylonJerusalemLachish

5 you will die in peace. As spices were burned for your fathers, the former kings who preceded you, so people will burn spices for you and lament, ‘Alas, O master!’ For I Myself have spoken this word, declares the LORD.”

6 In Jerusalem, then, Jeremiah the prophet relayed all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah

as the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and the remaining cities of Judah—against Lachish and Azekah. For these were the only fortified cities remaining in Judah.

8 After King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim liberty, the word came to Jeremiah from the LORD

9 that each man should free his Hebrew slaves, both male and female, and no one should hold his fellow Jew in bondage.

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BSB
as the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and the remaining cities of Judah—against Lachish and Azekah. For these were the only fortified cities remaining in Judah.
KJV
When the king of Babylon’s army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah.
WEB
when the king of Babylon’s army was fighting against Jerusalem and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish and against Azekah; for these alone remained of the cities of Judah as fortified cities.
ASV
when the king of Babylon`s army was fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish and against Azekah; for these [alone] remained of the cities of Judah [as] fortified cities.
DARBY
And the king of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah; for these were amongst the cities of Judah, the fenced cities that were left.
BLB
and the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and against all the cities of Judah that were left—against Lachish and against Azekah. For these fortified cities remained among the cities of Judah.
ÅB
mens Babels konges hær stred mot Jerusalem og mot alle Judas byer som enda var igjen, Lakis og Aseka; for det var de faste byer som enda var igjen av Judas byer.
OTB
mens hæren til kongen av Babylon var i kamp mot Jerusalem og de gjenværende byene i Juda, nemlig Lakisj og Aseka, da disse var de eneste befestede byene igjen i Juda.
B1930
mens Babels konges hær stred mot Jerusalem og mot alle Judas byer som ennu var igjen, Lakis og Aseka; for det var de faste byer som ennu var igjen av Judas byer.

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