2 Kings 25:2

And the town was shut in by their forces till the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

In Context

1Now in the ninth year of his rule, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came against Jerusalem with all his army and took up his position before it, building earthworks all round the town.

3Now on the ninth day of the fourth month, the store of food in the town was almost gone, so that there was no food for the people of the land.

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Cross References

2 Kings 24:10At that time the armies of Nebuchadnezzar came up to Jerusalem and the town was shut in on every side.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 25:2-8

Jerusalem Besieged. ( b. c. 590.) 1 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about. 2 And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. 3 And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. 4 And the city was broken up,… Read the whole commentary →

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