2 Kings 25:1

Fall and Captivity of Judah

1 ¹And in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, ²Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came with all his army against Jerusalem and laid siege to it. ³And they built siegeworks all around it.

2 Kings 25:1 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 1-7. And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign,
2 Kings 25:2

(See Gill on 2 Kings 25:1)

2 Kings 25:1 In-Context

1 And in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came with all his army against Jerusalem and laid siege to it. And they built siegeworks all around it.

2 So the city was besieged till the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

3 On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.

4 Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, by the king’s garden, and the Chaldeans were around the city. And they went in the direction of the Arabah.

5 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was scattered from him.

Cross References

• 1. 25:1 For ver. 1-7, see 2 Chr. 36:17-20; Jer. 39:1-7; 52:4-11
• 2. 25:1 Jer. 34:1, 2; 39:1, 2; Ezek. 24:2
• 3. 25:1 [Ezek. 21:22; 26:8]