2 Kings 25:10

10 So all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard ¹broke down the walls around Jerusalem.

2 Kings 25:10 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 25:10

(See Gill on 2 Kings 25:8)

2 Kings 25:10 In-Context

8 Now on the seventh day of the fifth month, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.

9 He burned the house of the LORD , the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every great house he burned with fire.

10 So all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.

11 Then the rest of the people who were left in the city and the deserters who had deserted to the king of Babylon and the rest of the people, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away into exile.

12 But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Kings 14:13; Nehemiah 1:3