Jeremiah 39:2

On the ninth day of the fourth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah's reign, the city wall was broken through.

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In The King James Version

And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up.

In Context

1In the tenth month of the ninth year of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his whole army arrived at Jerusalem and besieged it.

3All the officials of the king of Babylon came in and took over the city, making their headquarters at the Middle Gate. They were Nergal-sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-sarsekim the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and all the other officials of the king of Babylon.

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Cross References

2 Kings 25:3By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so bad that the people had nothing left to eat.

Jeremiah 5:10Go through her vineyards and damage them, but don't destroy them completely. Rip off her branches, because they don't belong to the Lord.

Ezekiel 33:21On the fifth day of the tenth month of the twelfth year of our exile, a refugee who'd escaped from Jerusalem arrived and told me, “The city has been captured!”

Zephaniah 1:10On that day, declares the Lord, a cry of grief will come from the Fish Gate, a wailing from the Second Quarter, and a loud crash from the hills.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 39:2-11

Jerusalem Taken. ( b. c. 588.) 1 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it. 2 And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up. 3 And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, Rab-saris, Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, with all the residue of the princes of the king… Read the whole commentary →

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