2 Kings 25:1

Translations

Modern

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.

Traditional

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.

Literal

And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem and encamped against it. And they built against it a siege wall all around.

Latin

Factum est autem anno nono regni ejus, mense decimo, decima die mensis, venit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis, ipse et omnis exercitus ejus, in Jerusalem, et circumdederunt eam: et exstruxerunt in circuitu ejus munitiones.

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English

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.

Notes

2 Kings 25:1

Siege ramps were common in ancient Near Eastern warfare. Attackers built a siege wall (tall dirt ramps and towers) to gain a better position (see Jeremiah 52:14; Ezekiel 21:22).

2 Kings 24:1–25:21

Nebuchadnezzar II attacked Judah at least three times, in 605 BC, 597 BC, and 586 BC.

He took treasures from Jerusalem and captured people to bring to Babylon (see 2 Kings 24:1, 10–17; 25:1–21).

Theme notes and profiles

Babylon Nebuchadnezzar II Canaanite Religion Famine God’s Anger God’s Judgment of His People Jerusalem Making Sense of the Exile Promised Land The Collapse of Culture The Dangers of Sin The Land

Events

Reign of Zedekiahc. 597 BC

Related verses

Jeremiah 52:4–11
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.
1 Chronicles 6:15
Jehozadak went into captivity when the LORD sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
Jeremiah 43:10
Then tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will set his throne over these stones that I have embedded, and he will spread his royal pavilion over them.
Jeremiah 34:1–6
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, all his army, all the earthly kingdoms under his control, and all the other nations were fighting against Jerusalem and all its surrounding cities.
Isaiah 29:3
I will camp in a circle around you; I will besiege you with towers and set up siege works against you.
2 Kings 24:10
At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege.
2 Chronicles 36:17–21
So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,
Ezekiel 24:1–14
In the ninth year, on the tenth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Ezekiel 4:1–8
“Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you, and draw on it the city of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 32:24
See how the siege ramps are mounted against the city to capture it. And by sword and famine and plague, the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What You have spoken has happened, as You now see!
Jeremiah 51:34
“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out.
Luke 19:43–44
For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.

Parallels

2 Chronicles 36:15–21 Jeremiah 39:1–10

People

Nebuchadnezzar: Emperor of Babylon who conquered Judah

Places

Babylon: Ancient Mesopotamian city, capital of Babylonian Empire, site of the Tower of Babel Jerusalem: The capital of Israel, a holy city for three religions

Glossary

Babylon, Babylonia Book of Jeremiah Chaldea, Chaldeans Chronology of the Bible (Old Testament) Dispersion of the Jews, Diaspora Ezekiel, Book of Kings, Books of First and Second

Topics

Armies were Led by Kings in Person Armies: March in Ranks of Jerusalem Armies: March in Ranks: Fortifications Assyria: Jews Carried Captive To Babylon: Empire of Jews Carried To Babylon: Nebuchadnezzar King of Besieged and Took Jerusalem Captivity: Fulfilled Fort: Field Fortifications Jerusalem: Calamities of, Mentioned: Taken and Burned by Nebuchadnezzar Jerusalem: Captured and Pillaged by Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon Month: Tebeth (January): Nebuchadnezzar Besieges Jerusalem In Nebuchadnezzar: Conquests of Jerusalem Prophecies Concerning Israel: Zedekiah is Made King by Nebuchadnezzar Prophecy: Miscellaneous, Fulfilled: Captivity of the Jews Predicted and Fulfilled Prophecy: Miscellaneous, Fulfilled: The Invasion of Judah by the Chaldeans Fulfilled Siege by Nebuchadnezzar Sieges: Jerusalem Sieges: Pitching Against Zedekiah: Nebuchadnezzar Destroys the City and Temple

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