Study it in the app“In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his force came against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.”
In the ninth yearבַּשָּׁנָה הַתְּשִׁעִיתof Zedekiahלְצִדְקִיָּהוּkingמֶלֶךְof Judah,יְהוּדָהin the tenth month,בַּחֹדֶשׁ הָעֲשִׂרִיNebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּרkingמֶלֶךְof Babylonבָּבֶלand allוְכָלhis forceחֵילוֹcameבָּאagainst Jerusalem,אֶל יְרוּשָׁלִַםand they besiegedוַיָּצֻרוּit.עָלֶיהָ
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appearsninth
Ninth.
Where else “teshiit” appearsZedekiah
Zedekiah: a name meaning "YHWH is righteousness." It is borne by several people, among them the prophet, son of Chenaanah, who announced a false victory to Ahab (1 Kings 22), and the last king of Judah (2 Kings 24:17).
Where else “tsidkiyahu” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearsmonth
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appearstenth
The one in tenth place in a list.
Where else “asiri” 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” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearsarmy
A body of soldiers, a king's armed force.
Where else “chel” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appearsbesiege
To encircle a city, or shut something in.
Where else “yatsuru” appears39:1-10 tells the same as 2 Kings 25:1-12 and Jeremiah 52:4-16.
1Babylon
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).
1 · This verse (above)
2In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth of the month, the city was breached.
