Study it in the app“But it happened, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against the land, that we said, ‘Come, and let us go to Jerusalem, because of the army of the Chaldeans and because of the army of Aram’; so we have lived in Jerusalem.””
But it happened,וַיְהִיwhen Nebuchadnezzarבַּ נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּרkingמֶלֶךְof Babylonבָּבֶלcame upעֲלוֹתagainst the land,אֶל הָאָרֶץthat we said,וַנֹּאמֶר‘Come,בֹּאוּand let us goוְנָבוֹאto Jerusalem,יְרוּשָׁלִַםbecause of the armyמִפְּנֵי חֵילof the Chaldeansהַכַּשְׂדִּיםand because of the armyוּמִפְּנֵי חֵילof Aram’;אֲרָםso we have livedוַנֵּשֶׁבin Jerusalem.”בִּירוּשָׁלִָם
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearsNebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar: king of Babylon who subdued Judah, took Jerusalem, burned the house of YHWH and took the people into exile (2 Kings 24-25; Jeremiah; Daniel 1-4). The Hebrew writes his name in several forms.
Where else “nevuchadretsar” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alot” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “nomer” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bou” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appearsarmy
A body of soldiers, a king's armed force.
Where else “chel” appearsChaldean
The Chaldeans, or the Babylonians.
Where else “kasdim” appearsAram
Aram, a son of Shem; also the land of the Arameans (Syria) and its people; also other men.
Where else “aram” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “neshev” appears1Babylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
2Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
10but we have lived in tents, and have obeyed and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
11 · This verse (above)
12Then the word of YHWH came to Jeremiah, saying,
