2 Kings 25:1

1 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army during Zedekiah's ninth year as king, on the tenth day of the tenth month. He made a camp around the city and piled dirt against the city walls to attack 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

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2 Kings 25:1 In-Context

1 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army during Zedekiah's ninth year as king, on the tenth day of the tenth month. He made a camp around the city and piled dirt against the city walls to attack it.

2 The city was under attack until Zedekiah's eleventh year as king.

3 By the ninth day of the fourth month, the hunger was terrible in the city. There was no food for the people to eat.

4 Then the city was broken into, and the whole army ran away at night through the gate between the two walls by the king's garden. While the Babylonians were still surrounding the city, Zedekiah and his men ran away toward the Jordan Valley.

5 But the Babylonian army chased King Zedekiah and caught up with him in the plains of Jericho. All of his army was scattered from him,