2 Kings 24:11

And Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came there, while his servants were shutting in the town;

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.

In Context

10At that time the armies of Nebuchadnezzar came up to Jerusalem and the town was shut in on every side.

12Then Jehoiachin, king of Judah, went out to the king of Babylon, with his mother and his servants and his chiefs and his unsexed servants; and in the eighth year of his rule the king of Babylon took him.

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Cross References

Isaiah 29:3And I will make war on you like David, and you will be shut in by earthworks, and I will make towers round you.

Ezekiel 19:8Then the nations came against him from the kingdoms round about: their net was stretched over him and he was taken in the hole they had made.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 24:9-20

Jehoiachin Carried Captive to Babylon. ( b. c. 599.) 8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. 9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord , according to all that his father had done. 10 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. 11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his… Read the whole commentary →

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