2 Kings

2 Kings 25:1–4

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 built^a 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. ⁴Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans^c had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden.

They headed toward the Arabah,^d

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.
c 25:4 That is, the Babylonians; also in verses 5, 6, 10, 13, 24, 25, and 26
d 25:4 Or the Jordan Valley

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2 Kings 25:1

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So	וַיְהִי֩	way·hî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
in the ninth	הַתְּשִׁיעִ֜ית	hat·tə·šî·‘îṯ	Article; Number - ordinal feminine singular	H8671 ninth
year	בִשְׁנַ֨ת	ḇiš·naṯ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct	H8141 year
of Zedekiah’s reign	לְמָלְכ֗וֹ	lə·mā·lə·ḵōw	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person masculine singular	H4427 be or become king, or queen, reign
on the tenth	בֶּעָשׂ֣וֹר	be·‘ā·śō·wr	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6218 a ten, decade
day of the tenth	הָעֲשִׂירִי֮	hā·‘ă·śî·rî	Article; Number - ordinal masculine singular	H6224 tenth
month	בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ	ba·ḥō·ḏeš	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H2320 (newness), new moon, month
Nebuchadnezzar	נְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּ֨ר	nə·ḇu·ḵaḏ·neṣ·ṣar	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H5019 Nebukadnetstsar, retstsar, retstsor
king	מֶֽלֶךְ־	me·leḵ-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4428 king
of Babylon	בָּבֶ֜ל	bā·ḇel	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H894 Babel, Babylon
marched	בָּ֠א	bā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
against	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
Jerusalem	יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם	yə·rū·šā·lim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem
with his entire	וְכָל־	wə·ḵāl	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
army	חֵיל֛וֹ	ḥê·lōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H2428 strength, efficiency, wealth, army
They encamped	וַיִּ֣חַן	way·yi·ḥan	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2583 decline, bend down, encamp
outside	עָלֶ֑יהָ	‘ā·le·hā	Preposition; third person feminine singular	H5921 height
and built	וַיִּבְנ֥וּ	way·yiḇ·nū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1129 build
a siege wall	דָּיֵ֥ק	dā·yêq	Noun - masculine singular	H1785 bulwark, siege-wall
all around it	סָבִֽיב׃	sā·ḇîḇ	Adverb	H5439 circuit, round about

2 Kings 25:2

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And the city	הָעִ֖יר	hā·‘îr	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H5892 excitement
was kept	וַתָּבֹ֥א	wat·tā·ḇō	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
under siege	בַּמָּצ֑וֹר	bam·mā·ṣō·wr	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4692 siege-enclosure, siege, entrenchment
until	עַ֚ד	‘aḏ	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
King	לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ	lam·me·leḵ	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
Zedekiah’s	צִדְקִיָּֽהוּ׃	ṣiḏ·qî·yā·hū	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6667 Tsidkijah
eleventh	עַשְׁתֵּ֣י	‘aš·tê	Number - common singular construct	H6249 one
year	שָׁנָ֔ה	šā·nāh	Noun - feminine singular	H8141 year

2 Kings 25:3

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
By the ninth	בְּתִשְׁעָ֣ה	bə·ṯiš·‘āh	Preposition-b; Number - masculine singular	H8672 a nine, nonad
of the	לַחֹ֔דֶשׁ	la·ḥō·ḏeš	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H2320 (newness), new moon, month
the famine	הָרָעָ֖ב	hā·rā·‘āḇ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7458 famine, hunger
in the city	בָּעִ֑יר	bā·‘îr	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H5892 excitement
was so severe	וַיֶּחֱזַ֥ק	way·ye·ḥĕ·zaq	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2388 be or grow firm, strong, strengthen
that the people	לְעַ֥ם	lə·‘am	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H5971 people
of the land	הָאָֽרֶץ׃	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
had	הָ֥יָה	hā·yāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
no	וְלֹא־	wə·lō-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
food	לֶ֖חֶם	le·ḥem	Noun - masculine singular	H3899 bread, food

2 Kings 25:4

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then the city	הָעִ֗יר	hā·‘îr	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H5892 excitement
was breached	וַתִּבָּקַ֣ע	wat·tib·bā·qa‘	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H1234 cleave, break open or through
and though the Chaldeans	וְכַשְׂדִּ֥ים	wə·ḵaś·dîm	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine plural	H3778 Chaldean
had surrounded	סָבִ֑יב	sā·ḇîḇ	Adverb	H5439 circuit, round about
the city	הָעִ֖יר	hā·‘îr	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H5892 excitement
all	וְכָל־	wə·ḵāl	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the men	אַנְשֵׁ֨י	’an·šê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H582 man, mankind
of war	הַמִּלְחָמָ֤ה׀	ham·mil·ḥā·māh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H4421 battle, war
fled by night	הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙	hal·lay·lāh	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3915 twist, night, adversity
by way	דֶּ֜רֶךְ	de·reḵ	Noun - common singular construct	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
of the gate	שַׁ֣עַר׀	ša·‘ar	Noun - masculine singular	H8179 gate
between	בֵּ֣ין	bên	Preposition	H996 interval, space between
the two walls	הַחֹמֹתַ֗יִם	ha·ḥō·mō·ṯa·yim	Article; Noun - fd	H2346 wall
near	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the king’s	הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
garden	גַּ֣ן	gan	Noun - common singular construct	H1588 enclosure, garden
They headed	וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ	way·yê·leḵ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
toward	דֶּ֥רֶךְ	de·reḵ	Noun - common singular construct	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
the Arabah	הָעֲרָבָֽה׃	hā·‘ă·rā·ḇāh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H6160 desert-plain, steppe

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

2 Kings 25:4 Ezekiel 33:21

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