2 Kings

2 Kings 25:1–3

1So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and builta a siege wall all around it. 2And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.

3By the ninth day of the fourth month,b the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.

Footnotes

  • a 25:1 Literally He encamped outside it and they built
  • b 25:3 Probable reading (see Jeremiah 52:6|JER 52:6); MT does not include fourth.

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2 Kings 25:1

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Soוַיְהִי֩way·hîConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
in the ninthהַתְּשִׁיעִ֜יתhat·tə·šî·‘îṯArticle; Number - ordinal feminine singularH8671 ninth
yearבִשְׁנַ֨תḇiš·naṯPreposition-b; Noun - feminine singular constructH8141 year
of Zedekiah’s reignלְמָלְכ֗וֹlə·mā·lə·ḵōwPreposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person masculine singularH4427 be or become king, or queen, reign
on the tenthבֶּעָשׂ֣וֹרbe·‘ā·śō·wrPreposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singularH6218 a ten, decade
day of the tenthהָעֲשִׂירִי֮hā·‘ă·śî·rîArticle; Number - ordinal masculine singularH6224 tenth
monthבַּחֹ֣דֶשׁba·ḥō·ḏešPreposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singularH2320 (newness), new moon, month
Nebuchadnezzarנְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּ֨רnə·ḇu·ḵaḏ·neṣ·ṣarNoun - proper - masculine singularH5019 Nebukadnetstsar, retstsar, retstsor
kingמֶֽלֶךְ־me·leḵ-Noun - masculine singular constructH4428 king
of Babylonבָּבֶ֜לbā·ḇelNoun - proper - feminine singularH894 Babel, Babylon
marchedבָּ֠אbāVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularH935 come in, come, go in, go
againstעַל־‘al-PrepositionH5921 height
Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םyə·rū·šā·limNoun - proper - feminine singularH3389 Jerusalem
with his entireוְכָל־wə·ḵālConjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular constructH3605 the whole, all
armyחֵיל֛וֹḥê·lōwNoun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singularH2428 strength, efficiency, wealth, army
They encampedוַיִּ֣חַןway·yi·ḥanConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH2583 decline, bend down, encamp
outsideעָלֶ֑יהָ‘ā·le·hāPreposition; third person feminine singularH5921 height
and builtוַיִּבְנ֥וּway·yiḇ·nūConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralH1129 build
a siege wallדָּיֵ֥קdā·yêqNoun - masculine singularH1785 bulwark, siege-wall
all around itסָבִֽיב׃sā·ḇîḇAdverbH5439 circuit, round about

2 Kings 25:2

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
And the cityהָעִ֖ירhā·‘îrArticle; Noun - feminine singularH5892 excitement
was keptוַתָּבֹ֥אwat·tā·ḇōConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singularH935 come in, come, go in, go
under siegeבַּמָּצ֑וֹרbam·mā·ṣō·wrPreposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singularH4692 siege-enclosure, siege, entrenchment
untilעַ֚ד‘aḏPrepositionH5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
Kingלַמֶּ֖לֶךְlam·me·leḵPreposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singularH4428 king
Zedekiah’sצִדְקִיָּֽהוּ׃ṣiḏ·qî·yā·hūNoun - proper - masculine singularH6667 Tsidkijah
eleventhעַשְׁתֵּ֣י‘aš·têNumber - common singular constructH6249 one
yearשָׁנָ֔הšā·nāhNoun - feminine singularH8141 year

2 Kings 25:3

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
By the ninthבְּתִשְׁעָ֣הbə·ṯiš·‘āhPreposition-b; Number - masculine singularH8672 a nine, nonad
of theלַחֹ֔דֶשׁla·ḥō·ḏešPreposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singularH2320 (newness), new moon, month
the famineהָרָעָ֖בhā·rā·‘āḇArticle; Noun - masculine singularH7458 famine, hunger
in the cityבָּעִ֑ירbā·‘îrPreposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singularH5892 excitement
was so severeוַיֶּחֱזַ֥קway·ye·ḥĕ·zaqConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH2388 be or grow firm, strong, strengthen
that the peopleלְעַ֥םlə·‘amPreposition-l; Noun - masculine singular constructH5971 people
of the landהָאָֽרֶץ׃hā·’ā·reṣArticle; Noun - feminine singularH776 earth, land
hadהָ֥יָהhā·yāhVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularH1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
noוְלֹא־wə·lō-Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particleH3808 not
foodלֶ֖חֶםle·ḥemNoun - masculine singularH3899 bread, food

Cross-references

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2 Kings 25:1 Jeremiah 52:4–11 · Jeremiah 34:1–6 · 1 Chronicles 6:15 · Jeremiah 43:10 · Isaiah 29:3

2 Kings 25:3 Ezekiel 5:12 · Jeremiah 38:2 · Ezekiel 7:15 · Jeremiah 52:6 · Ezekiel 14:21 · Lamentations 4:4–10 · Leviticus 26:26 · Deuteronomy 28:52–53

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.