Jeremiah 52:4

4 and so Nebuchadnezzar came with all his army and attacked Jerusalem on the tenth day of the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign. They set up camp outside the city, built siege walls around it, ¹

Jeremiah 52:4 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 52:4

And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign
Of Zedekiah's reign: in the tenth month, in the tenth [day] of the month;
the month Tebet, which answers to part of December and part of January; hence the fast of the tenth month, on account of the siege of Jerusalem, ( Zechariah 8:19 ) ; [that] Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his army,
against Jerusalem;
from whence it appears that he came in person with his army at first to Jerusalem; but, during the siege, or some part of it, retired to Riblah; perhaps upon the news of the king of Egypt's coming to the assistance of the Jews: and pitched against it;
or encamped against it: and built forts against it round about;
wooden towers, as Jarchi and Kimchi explain it; from whence they could shoot their arrows and cast their stones.

Jeremiah 52:4 In-Context

2 King Zedekiah sinned against the Lord, just as King Jehoiakim had done.

3 The Lord became so angry with the people of Jerusalem and Judah that he banished them from his sight. Zedekiah rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia,

4 and so Nebuchadnezzar came with all his army and attacked Jerusalem on the tenth day of the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign. They set up camp outside the city, built siege walls around it,

5 and kept it under siege until Zedekiah's eleventh year.

6 On the ninth day of the fourth month of that same year, when the famine was so bad that the people had nothing left to eat,

Cross References

• 1. 52.4Ezekiel 24.2.