2 Kings 25:2

And the city entereth into siege till the eleventh year of king Zedekiah,

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1And it cometh to pass, in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth of the month, come hath Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, he and all his force, against Jerusalem, and encampeth against it, and buildeth against it a fortification round about.

3on the ninth of the month — when the famine is severe in the city, and there hath not been bread for the people of the land,

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Cross References

2 Kings 24:10At that time come up have servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Jerusalem, and the city goeth into siege,

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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