2 Kings 25:2

Nebuchadnezzar Besieges Jerusalem · 2 Kings 25:1–7

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Translations

Modern

And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.

Traditional

And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

Literal

And the city came under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

Latin

Et clausa est civitas atque vallata usque ad undecimum annum regis Sedeciæ,

Original

Hebrew

English

And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.

Notes

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

Parallels

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

People

Zedekiah: Last king of Judah before the Babylonian exile

Glossary

Babylon, Babylonia Book of Jeremiah Chaldea, Chaldeans Dispersion of the Jews, Diaspora Ezekiel, Book of Famine Kings, Books of First and Second

Topics

Armies: March in Ranks of Jerusalem Babylon: Nebuchadnezzar King of Besieged and Took Jerusalem Jerusalem: Calamities of, Mentioned: Taken and Burned by Nebuchadnezzar Jerusalem: Captured and Pillaged by Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon Prophecy: Miscellaneous, Fulfilled: Captivity of the Jews Predicted and Fulfilled Siege by Nebuchadnezzar Sieges: Jerusalem Zedekiah: Nebuchadnezzar Destroys the City and Temple