2 Kings 25:8

Jerusalem Is Sacked and the Temple Burned

8 In the fifth month, on the seventh of the month, that is, the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, a commander of the imperial guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came [to] Jerusalem.

2 Kings 25:8 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 8-12. And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month,
&c.] In ( Jeremiah 52:12 ) it is the tenth day of the month; which, how to be reconciled, (See Gill on Jeremiah 52:12) which is the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar;
who, according to Ptolemy's canon, reigned forty three years; Metasthenes ^F21 says forty five; and from hence, to the end of ( 2 Kings 25:12 ) facts are related as in ( Jeremiah 52:12-16 ) whither the reader is referred.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 De Judicio Temp. & Annal. Pers. fol. 221. 2.

2 Kings 25:8 In-Context

6 So they captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and {they passed sentence on him}.

7 They slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes; then they blinded the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him in bronze fetters and brought him [to] Babylon.

8 In the fifth month, on the seventh of the month, that is, the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, a commander of the imperial guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came [to] Jerusalem.

9 He burned the temple of Yahweh, the palace of the king, and all of the houses of Jerusalem; every large house he burned with fire.

10 He and all the army of [the] Chaldeans who [were with] the imperial guard tore down the wall of Jerusalem all around.